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The table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Quality Assurance Engineer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank316306
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching permanent IT job ads3034
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.014 %
As % of the category below0.172 %0.192 %
Salaries quoted1719
Average minimum salary£35,824£32,263
Average salary£36,882£33,000
% change on same period last year+11.76 %
Average maximum salary£37,941£33,737
UK excluding London average salary£33,622£34,398
% change on same period last year-2.25 %
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1743017677
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.645 %7.413 %
Salaries quoted1483313353
Average minimum salary£48,003£51,011
Average salary£52,923£55,586
% change on same period last year-4.79 %
Average maximum salary£57,842£60,162
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
QA Engineer LondonQA Engineer
London

QA Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London QA Engineer Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the City of London region.

City of London QA Engineer Salary Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the City of London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

City of London QA Engineer Salary Histogram

QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title.

196 (100.00 %)QA
234 (35.42 %)UNIX
333 (34.38 %)SQL
428 (29.17 %)Selenium
524 (25.00 %)Performance Testing
623 (23.96 %)Test Scripting
623 (23.96 %)Java
722 (22.92 %)Agile Software Development
819 (19.79 %)HTML
819 (19.79 %)Finance
918 (18.75 %)JavaScript
918 (18.75 %)CSS
1016 (16.67 %)QuickTest Pro
1115 (15.63 %)Electronic Trading
1212 (12.50 %)Automated Testing
1311 (11.46 %)Windows
1311 (11.46 %)Python
1311 (11.46 %)E-Commerce
1311 (11.46 %)Oracle
1410 (10.42 %)Internet
159 (9.375 %)Web Development
159 (9.375 %)TestDirector
159 (9.375 %)PHP
159 (9.375 %)Linux
168 (8.333 %)XSLT
168 (8.333 %)C++
168 (8.333 %)ASP
168 (8.333 %)Django
168 (8.333 %)Use Case
168 (8.333 %)Banking

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (19.79 %)HTML
218 (18.75 %)CSS
38 (8.333 %)XSLT
38 (8.333 %)ASP
38 (8.333 %)Django
47 (7.292 %)XML
54 (4.167 %)AJAX
63 (3.125 %)Ruby on Rails
63 (3.125 %)J2EE
71 (1.042 %).NET
71 (1.042 %)WAP
71 (1.042 %)UIQ
71 (1.042 %)WebServices
71 (1.042 %)BREW
71 (1.042 %)FIX Protocol
71 (1.042 %)Dojo
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (4.167 %)IIS
23 (3.125 %)MS Exchange
23 (3.125 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (1.042 %)ColdFusion
31 (1.042 %)Apache
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (4.167 %)MS Excel
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (10.42 %)Internet
25 (5.208 %)TCP/IP
33 (3.125 %)SAN
33 (3.125 %)SMS
33 (3.125 %)SMTP
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (5.208 %)SQL Server
23 (3.125 %)MySQL
23 (3.125 %)RDBMS
31 (1.042 %)Data Mining
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
128 (29.17 %)Selenium
216 (16.67 %)QuickTest Pro
39 (9.375 %)TestDirector
44 (4.167 %)FitNesse
52 (2.083 %)JIRA
52 (2.083 %)Ant
61 (1.042 %)WinRunner
61 (1.042 %)Rational Robot
61 (1.042 %)SilkTest
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
119 (19.79 %)Finance
28 (8.333 %)Banking
34 (4.167 %)Investment Banking
43 (3.125 %)Retail
43 (3.125 %)Government
52 (2.083 %)Front Office
52 (2.083 %)Publishing
52 (2.083 %)Pensions
61 (1.042 %)Health
61 (1.042 %)Advertising
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (6.250 %)Computer Science
22 (2.083 %)Derivative
31 (1.042 %)Flash Lite
31 (1.042 %)iPhone
31 (1.042 %)Client/Server
31 (1.042 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31 (1.042 %)Credit Derivative
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (35.42 %)UNIX
211 (11.46 %)Windows
39 (9.375 %)Linux
44 (4.167 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (3.125 %)Windows Vista
53 (3.125 %)Windows 2000
53 (3.125 %)Windows XP
61 (1.042 %)Windows NT
61 (1.042 %)Android
61 (1.042 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (1.042 %)Windows Mobile
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
124 (25.00 %)Performance Testing
223 (23.96 %)Test Scripting
322 (22.92 %)Agile Software Development
415 (15.63 %)Electronic Trading
512 (12.50 %)Automated Testing
611 (11.46 %)E-Commerce
79 (9.375 %)Web Development
88 (8.333 %)Use Case
97 (7.292 %)Regression Testing
106 (6.250 %)Software Engineering
106 (6.250 %)Compatibility Testing
113 (3.125 %)Software Testing
113 (3.125 %)Data Management
113 (3.125 %)Scrum
113 (3.125 %)Web Testing
113 (3.125 %)Security Cleared
113 (3.125 %)V-Model
122 (2.083 %)Risk Management
122 (2.083 %)Project Management
122 (2.083 %)User Acceptance Testing
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
133 (34.38 %)SQL
223 (23.96 %)Java
318 (18.75 %)JavaScript
411 (11.46 %)Python
59 (9.375 %)PHP
68 (8.333 %)C++
76 (6.250 %)DHTML
83 (3.125 %)VBScript
83 (3.125 %)Ruby
91 (1.042 %)Perl
91 (1.042 %)C
91 (1.042 %)C#
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (5.208 %)ISEB
15 (5.208 %)Degree
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
196 (100.00 %)QA
21 (1.042 %)21 CFR Part 11
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (3.125 %)ISA Server
13 (3.125 %)VMware Infrastructure
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (11.46 %)Oracle
25 (5.208 %)Microsoft
33 (3.125 %)VMware
42 (2.083 %)Empirix
51 (1.042 %)Borland
51 (1.042 %)Symbian