The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Leader role in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Lead
Rank 305 319 303
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Leader 15 9 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.129% 0.069% 0.154%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.139% 0.074% 0.164%
Number of salaries quoted 15 9 22
Average salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £36,500 £50,000
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £63,500 £71,800
UK excluding London average salary £43,750 £45,000 £41,250
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +9.09%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10773 12165 14632
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.88% 93.10% 93.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9280 11060 13186
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Leader
London

QA Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA Leader across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London QA Leader Jobs Demand Trend

QA Leader
Salary Trend

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

City of London QA Leader Salary Trend

QA Leader
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Leader across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London QA Leader Salary Histogram

QA Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited QA Leader 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 Leader in their job title.

1 30 (100.00%) QA
2 16 (53.33%) Finance
3 13 (43.33%) System Testing
4 12 (40.00%) Automated Testing
5 11 (36.67%) SQL
6 10 (33.33%) XML
7 9 (30.00%) Selenium
8 8 (26.67%) Test Scripting
9 6 (20.00%) WebDriver
9 6 (20.00%) Test Automation
9 6 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (20.00%) LoadRunner
10 5 (16.67%) XML Schema
10 5 (16.67%) VBA
11 4 (13.33%) C
11 4 (13.33%) QuickTest Pro
11 4 (13.33%) HP
11 4 (13.33%) Banking
11 4 (13.33%) Cucumber
11 4 (13.33%) Test Strategy
12 3 (10.00%) Apple iOS
12 3 (10.00%) Android
12 3 (10.00%) Investment Banking
12 3 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
12 3 (10.00%) Migration
12 3 (10.00%) Xcode
12 3 (10.00%) ISEB
12 3 (10.00%) Blackberry
12 3 (10.00%) Client/Server
12 3 (10.00%) C#

QA Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited QA Leader 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 Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (33.33%) XML
2 5 (16.67%) XML Schema
3 3 (10.00%) HTML
3 3 (10.00%) Web Services
4 2 (6.667%) XML Messaging
5 1 (3.333%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (3.333%) Middleware
5 1 (3.333%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 9 (30.00%) Selenium
2 6 (20.00%) WebDriver
2 6 (20.00%) LoadRunner
3 4 (13.33%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (13.33%) Cucumber
4 3 (10.00%) Xcode
5 2 (6.667%) FitNesse
6 1 (3.333%) SpecFlow
6 1 (3.333%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (53.33%) Finance
2 4 (13.33%) Banking
3 3 (10.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.333%) Wholesale Banking
4 1 (3.333%) Front Office
4 1 (3.333%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Blackberry
1 3 (10.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (3.333%) Derivative
2 1 (3.333%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (3.333%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (10.00%) Android
2 1 (3.333%) UNIX
2 1 (3.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) System Testing
2 12 (40.00%) Automated Testing
3 8 (26.67%) Test Scripting
4 6 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 6 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (13.33%) Test Strategy
6 3 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Migration
6 3 (10.00%) OO
7 2 (6.667%) E-Commerce
7 2 (6.667%) Scrum
7 2 (6.667%) Risk Management
7 2 (6.667%) Regression Testing
7 2 (6.667%) E-business
7 2 (6.667%) TDD
7 2 (6.667%) Software Testing
7 2 (6.667%) Performance Testing
7 2 (6.667%) Product Management
7 2 (6.667%) Test Management
8 1 (3.333%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 11 (36.67%) SQL
2 5 (16.67%) VBA
3 4 (13.33%) C
4 3 (10.00%) C#
4 3 (10.00%) Java
5 1 (3.333%) Shell Script
5 1 (3.333%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) ISEB
2 1 (3.333%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.333%) Degree
2 1 (3.333%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.333%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) HP
2 1 (3.333%) Citrix
2 1 (3.333%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.333%) SAP
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