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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Quality Assurance (QA) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 79 | 55 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -24 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 69 | 115 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.034 % | 0.051 % |
| As % of the category below | 29.87 % | 48.94 % |
| Salaries quoted | 60 | 101 |
| Average minimum salary | £27,877 | £28,187 |
| Average salary | £29,966 | £29,659 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.03 % |
| Average maximum salary | £32,055 | £31,131 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £37,636 | £37,770 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.35 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 231 | 235 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.113 % | 0.104 % |
| Salaries quoted | 211 | 217 |
| Average minimum salary | £28,738 | £29,771 |
| Average salary | £31,004 | £31,815 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.54 % |
| Average maximum salary | £33,270 | £33,859 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £38,390 | £40,714 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.70 % |
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Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing QA across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.
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