QA Jobs in Cheshire
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Cheshire region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 69 39 41
Rank change year-on-year
-30 +2
Permanent jobs citing QA 57 104 89
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 3.168% 5.179% 5.391%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 34.97% 48.83% 58.17%
Number of salaries quoted 44 87 86
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £28,300 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £49,250 £40,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
Search 12 QA jobs in Cheshire
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 163 213 153
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 9.061% 10.61% 9.267%
Number of salaries quoted 121 176 144
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £27,750 £29,450
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £65,250 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
North West

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Cheshire QA Jobs Demand Trend

QA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire QA Salary Histogram

QA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Warrington -12 21 £38,000 +4.82%
Macclesfield -6 8 £38,500 +35.08%
Wilmslow - 5 £37,500 -
Chester -10 4 £37,500 -16.66%
Crewe +5 3 £35,000 +7.69%
Northwich -1 3 £22,500 -25.00%
Knutsford +5 2 £30,000 -42.85%
QA
North West

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing QA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited QA.

1 31 (29.52%) SQL
2 25 (23.81%) MS Excel
3 24 (22.86%) SQL Server
3 24 (22.86%) Java
3 24 (22.86%) .NET
4 19 (18.10%) ASP.NET
4 19 (18.10%) Microsoft
4 19 (18.10%) Project Management
5 18 (17.14%) Oracle
5 18 (17.14%) XML
5 18 (17.14%) JavaScript
6 16 (15.24%) Agile Software Development
7 15 (14.29%) jQuery
7 15 (14.29%) PL/SQL
8 14 (13.33%) Finance
8 14 (13.33%) TDD
8 14 (13.33%) Open Source
9 13 (12.38%) Software Testing
9 13 (12.38%) SQL Server 2005
9 13 (12.38%) Degree
9 13 (12.38%) MVC
9 13 (12.38%) PHP
9 13 (12.38%) C
9 13 (12.38%) OO
10 12 (11.43%) OOD
10 12 (11.43%) SOA
10 12 (11.43%) Linux
10 12 (11.43%) UML
10 12 (11.43%) Use Case
10 12 (11.43%) User Acceptance Testing

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing QA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited QA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (22.86%) .NET
2 19 (18.10%) ASP.NET
3 18 (17.14%) XML
4 15 (14.29%) jQuery
5 11 (10.48%) XSLT
5 11 (10.48%) J2EE
5 11 (10.48%) ASP.NET MVC
5 11 (10.48%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 8 (7.619%) CSS
7 5 (4.762%) Web Services
8 4 (3.810%) SOAP
9 2 (1.905%) Ajax
9 2 (1.905%) .NET Framework
9 2 (1.905%) LAMP
9 2 (1.905%) HTML
9 2 (1.905%) XHTML
10 1 (0.952%) HTML5
10 1 (0.952%) REST
10 1 (0.952%) CSS3
10 1 (0.952%) XML-RPC
Application Platforms
1 11 (10.48%) Drupal
1 11 (10.48%) WordPress
1 11 (10.48%) Apache Solr
2 3 (2.857%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (23.81%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.810%) MS Office
3 3 (2.857%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.762%) Sage 200
1 5 (4.762%) Agresso
1 5 (4.762%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (4.762%) Dynamics AX
1 5 (4.762%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.952%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.48%) Internet
2 6 (5.714%) HTTP
3 4 (3.810%) IMAP
3 4 (3.810%) TCP/IP
3 4 (3.810%) SMTP
3 4 (3.810%) LDAP
4 2 (1.905%) FTP
5 1 (0.952%) SMS
5 1 (0.952%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (22.86%) SQL Server
2 13 (12.38%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (10.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 11 (10.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (10.48%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 11 (10.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 11 (10.48%) Oracle 9i
3 11 (10.48%) GIS
4 7 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (3.810%) DB2
5 4 (3.810%) RDBMS
5 4 (3.810%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.905%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (0.952%) Big Data
7 1 (0.952%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (8.571%) Selenium
2 4 (3.810%) NUnit
3 3 (2.857%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.857%) Subversion
4 2 (1.905%) JIRA
4 2 (1.905%) WinRunner
5 1 (0.952%) Cucumber
General
1 14 (13.33%) Finance
2 9 (8.571%) Pharmaceutical
2 9 (8.571%) Telecoms
3 5 (4.762%) Marketing
4 4 (3.810%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.857%) Banking
6 2 (1.905%) German Language
6 2 (1.905%) Electronics
7 1 (0.952%) French Language
Job Titles
1 26 (24.76%) Analyst
2 18 (17.14%) Developer
3 17 (16.19%) Tester
4 10 (9.524%) Business Analyst
4 10 (9.524%) Test Analyst
5 9 (8.571%) QA Analyst
5 9 (8.571%) .NET Developer
6 7 (6.667%) Support Engineer
6 7 (6.667%) Software Tester
6 7 (6.667%) Senior Support Engineer
7 6 (5.714%) Software Test Analyst
7 6 (5.714%) Project Manager
8 5 (4.762%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (4.762%) Architect
8 5 (4.762%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.762%) Web Tester
9 4 (3.810%) QA Test Analyst
9 4 (3.810%) Applications Support Engineer
9 4 (3.810%) ASP.NET Developer
9 4 (3.810%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.33%) Open Source
2 11 (10.48%) Client/Server
3 9 (8.571%) NHS
3 9 (8.571%) Handset
4 7 (6.667%) Computer Science
5 3 (2.857%) N-Tier
5 3 (2.857%) PMI
5 3 (2.857%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.857%) DTV
5 3 (2.857%) STB
5 3 (2.857%) Interactive TV
6 1 (0.952%) Clustering
6 1 (0.952%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.952%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.952%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.952%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 12 (11.43%) Linux
2 10 (9.524%) UNIX
3 5 (4.762%) Windows
3 5 (4.762%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.810%) Ubuntu
4 4 (3.810%) CentOS
4 4 (3.810%) Fedora
4 4 (3.810%) Solaris
5 3 (2.857%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.952%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.952%) AIX
6 1 (0.952%) Tru64
6 1 (0.952%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.952%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (18.10%) Project Management
2 16 (15.24%) Agile Software Development
3 14 (13.33%) TDD
4 13 (12.38%) Software Testing
4 13 (12.38%) MVC
4 13 (12.38%) OO
5 12 (11.43%) OOD
5 12 (11.43%) SOA
5 12 (11.43%) UML
5 12 (11.43%) Use Case
5 12 (11.43%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (10.48%) Test Scripting
7 9 (8.571%) Scrum
8 8 (7.619%) Web Development
8 8 (7.619%) Automated Testing
8 8 (7.619%) PRINCE2
8 8 (7.619%) ERP
8 8 (7.619%) E-Commerce
8 8 (7.619%) User Stories
9 7 (6.667%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 31 (29.52%) SQL
2 24 (22.86%) Java
3 18 (17.14%) JavaScript
4 15 (14.29%) PL/SQL
5 13 (12.38%) PHP
5 13 (12.38%) C
6 11 (10.48%) XPath
6 11 (10.48%) Python
7 10 (9.524%) Shell Script
8 5 (4.762%) VB
9 4 (3.810%) VB.NET
9 4 (3.810%) C#
9 4 (3.810%) C++
9 4 (3.810%) Perl
9 4 (3.810%) Bash shell
10 2 (1.905%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.952%) VBScript
11 1 (0.952%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (12.38%) Degree
2 11 (10.48%) ISEB
3 8 (7.619%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.857%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (2.857%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.952%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (0.952%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.952%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.810%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (3.810%) GAMP
1 4 (3.810%) GMP
2 1 (0.952%) ISO 9000
2 1 (0.952%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.905%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.952%) PowerHA
2 1 (0.952%) VMware ESX
2 1 (0.952%) XenApp
2 1 (0.952%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.952%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (0.952%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (0.952%) WSUS
1 1 (0.952%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (18.10%) Microsoft
2 18 (17.14%) Oracle
3 11 (10.48%) ESRI
4 5 (4.762%) Red Hat
4 5 (4.762%) Sage
4 5 (4.762%) Infor
5 4 (3.810%) Business Objects
5 4 (3.810%) Cognizant
6 3 (2.857%) Google
7 2 (1.905%) Northgate
7 2 (1.905%) VMware
7 2 (1.905%) Compuware
7 2 (1.905%) HP
8 1 (0.952%) Progress
8 1 (0.952%) Citrix
8 1 (0.952%) CA
8 1 (0.952%) SAP
8 1 (0.952%) McAfee
8 1 (0.952%) Sophos
Test Analyst
Chester, Cheshire
URGENTLY RECRUITING / Test Analyst / Chester / £20-25k + Benefits Test Analyst - Role As a Test Analyst working in the IT Projects team you will be responsible for assisting the...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Web Tester / Front End Test Analyst - Ecommerce, Web Development
Cheshire
Testing, Tester, Test Analyst, Software / Web Testing, Front-End Testing, QA Processes, Selenium, Automated testing, Javascript, HTML, CSS, QA Tester... The Ideal Web Tester /Front End Test Analyst...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
QA Software Test Analyst
Cheshire
We are seeking an experienced QA Software Test Analyst to primarily carry out testing on their datalog management graphics based software, integrated with third party systems... You will...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Tester/Test Lead
Crewe, North West
Tester- main duties will include Join an existing Agile team developing WPF .Net (Vb.net) applications and websites written with ASP.net/jQuery. Regression, performance and blackbox testing,...
OCC Computing
Salary: £0 - 35k per year
Posted: 16 May 2013
Strategic IT Manager (.NET ) - Runcorn
Runcorn, North West
Strategic IT Manager (.NET Technologies) - £65,000 - £75,000 - Runcorn .IT Manager / IT Director (Software, .NET) looking for an IT Manager... This is achieved through 3 distinct areas...
Computer Futures
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
Software Tester / Windows Application (Citrix, VMware, Windows)
Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, North West
Understanding of Virtual technologies (such as VMWare, Hyper-V, App-V etc), - Understanding of Active Directory, SQL, IIS - Scripting experience with either Powershell / VBScript. - Experience with Citrix (XenApp/...
AppSense
Posted: 25 May 2013
Test Specialist / Project Executive
Chester, Cheshire
Test Specialist - Test Strategy / Verification Testing / Quality Assurance / Test Scripts / UAT ** FREE iPad-Mini for all candidates successfully placed into permanent roles in May - read on for details **...
Searchability.co.uk
Posted: 21 May 2013
Project Office Support Analyst - Chester
Chester, Cheshire
Business / Systems analysis skills... And/or junior project management experience... Experience of project management software. Good skills in Microsoft Office Products... Visio) Understanding of a formal project management...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
3rd Line Technical Support Engineer - Tester (Windows, VMWare, Citrix)
Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester, North West
This role is for a 3rd Line Technical Support engineer who has strong Windows OS background and ideally VMWare and Citrix experience... The most successful Technical Support candidates...
360 Resourcing Solutions
Salary: £30k - 40k per year + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Supply Chain and Logistics Solution Consultant - Cheshire
Supply Chain and Logistics in Cheshire, North...
The role requires first-class client facing skills and customer engagement experience; with a clear ability to connect with your customers to achieve service levels and to formulate...
IS Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 15 May 2013
Lead Infrastructure Delivery Manager - Cheshire
Cheshire, North West
You will be responsible for engaging across all stakeholders to ensure the appropriate prioritisation of delivery, for demand pipeline management, for project governance and Quality Assurance... The successful...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Car Allowance + package
Posted: 18 May 2013
PAS Subject Matter Expert, £Competitive, Warrington
Warrington, Cheshire
In addition to devising and executing product testing and quality assurance regimes you will also use your specialist clinical knowledge to support colleagues in the following areas: product...
Experis IT
Salary: £Very competitive
Posted: 24 May 2013
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