Cheshire QALoad Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Compuware QALoad skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QALoad over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Compuware QALoad
Location Berkshire Cheshire City of London East Midlands Edinburgh England Glasgow Livingston London North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Runcorn Scotland South East Thames Valley UK Warrington West Lothian	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	149	130
Rank change on same period last year	-19
Matching permanent IT job ads	5	7
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	1.389 %	2.509 %
Salaries quoted	5	7
Average minimum salary	£43,750	£23,000
Average salary	£47,063	£25,000
% change on same period last year	+88.25 %
Average maximum salary	£50,375	£27,000
UK excluding London average salary	£46,326	£37,574
% change on same period last year	+23.29 %
Development Applications Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	360	279
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.190 %	0.114 %
Salaries quoted	331	222
Average minimum salary	£30,290	£27,042
Average salary	£32,971	£29,012
% change on same period last year	+13.64 %
Average maximum salary	£35,653	£30,983
UK excluding London average salary	£34,842	£35,816
% change on same period last year	-2.71 %
QALoad North West

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QALoad across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QALoad across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QALoad within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Runcorn	-	5	£46,800	-
Warrington	-	3	£47,500	-

QALoad North West

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing QALoad 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 QALoad.

1 6 (100.00 %) LoadRunner 1 6 (100.00 %) QA 2 4 (66.67 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (16.67 %) Performance Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing QALoad 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 QALoad. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications 1 6 (100.00 %) LoadRunner	Job Titles 1 5 (83.33 %) Tester 1 5 (83.33 %) Performance Tester 2 1 (16.67 %) Test Consultant 2 1 (16.67 %) Performance Test Consultant 2 1 (16.67 %) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (66.67 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (16.67 %) Performance Testing	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (100.00 %) QA