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This section looks at the demand for the QA Tester 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 Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Quality Assurance Tester
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank316307
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching permanent IT job ads3027
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.167 %0.150 %
Salaries quoted2223
Average minimum salary£30,182£30,000
Average salary£32,455£33,348
% change on same period last year-2.67 %
Average maximum salary£34,727£36,696
UK excluding London average salary£31,847£28,833
% change on same period last year+10.45 %
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1795417955
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.665 %7.484 %
Salaries quoted1525113605
Average minimum salary£48,025£51,288
Average salary£52,842£55,870
% change on same period last year-5.42 %
Average maximum salary£57,659£60,452
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
QA Tester LondonQA Tester
London

QA Tester
Demand Trend

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

City of London QA Tester Demand Trend

QA Tester
Salary Trend

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

City of London QA Tester Salary Trend

QA Tester
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Tester across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

City of London QA Tester Salary Histogram

QA Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited QA Tester 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 Tester in their job title.

181 (100.00 %)QA
248 (59.26 %)SQL
340 (49.38 %)UNIX
433 (40.74 %)Agile Software Development
531 (38.27 %)Java
621 (25.93 %)Insurance
717 (20.99 %)Python
815 (18.52 %)Automated Testing
914 (17.28 %)Web Testing
914 (17.28 %)Electronic Trading
1011 (13.58 %)CSS
1011 (13.58 %)HTML
1011 (13.58 %)Test Scripting
1011 (13.58 %)Selenium
1110 (12.35 %)JavaScript
1110 (12.35 %)Finance
129 (11.11 %)Django
129 (11.11 %)User Acceptance Testing
138 (9.877 %)Use Case
138 (9.877 %)Degree
138 (9.877 %)Banking
138 (9.877 %)Scrum
138 (9.877 %)Perl
138 (9.877 %)XSLT
138 (9.877 %)Linux
147 (8.642 %)PHP
147 (8.642 %)SQL Server
147 (8.642 %)Internet
147 (8.642 %)Test Management
156 (7.407 %)Back Office

QA Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (13.58 %)HTML
111 (13.58 %)CSS
29 (11.11 %)Django
38 (9.877 %)XSLT
46 (7.407 %)XML
53 (3.704 %).NET
53 (3.704 %)Middleware
62 (2.469 %)J2EE
71 (1.235 %)LAMP
71 (1.235 %)Ruby on Rails
71 (1.235 %)JMS
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (2.469 %)WebLogic
21 (1.235 %)Apache
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (8.642 %)Internet
25 (6.173 %)TCP/IP
31 (1.235 %)FTP
31 (1.235 %)SSH
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (8.642 %)SQL Server
22 (2.469 %)Ingres
22 (2.469 %)Oracle 10g
22 (2.469 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (2.469 %)MySQL
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (13.58 %)Selenium
24 (4.938 %)WinRunner
33 (3.704 %)TestDirector
33 (3.704 %)LoadRunner
42 (2.469 %)CruiseControl
42 (2.469 %)Subversion
42 (2.469 %)Ant
42 (2.469 %)FitNesse
42 (2.469 %)Eclipse
51 (1.235 %)Visual Studio
51 (1.235 %)Flash
51 (1.235 %)QuickTest Pro
51 (1.235 %)WATIR
51 (1.235 %)Rational Robot
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (25.93 %)Insurance
210 (12.35 %)Finance
38 (9.877 %)Banking
46 (7.407 %)Back Office
53 (3.704 %)Health
62 (2.469 %)Investment Banking
62 (2.469 %)Marketing
71 (1.235 %)Music
71 (1.235 %)Advertising
71 (1.235 %)Front Office
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (6.173 %)Client/Server
15 (6.173 %)Equities
23 (3.704 %)Web 2.0
32 (2.469 %)Social Network
41 (1.235 %)Fixed Income
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
140 (49.38 %)UNIX
28 (9.877 %)Linux
33 (3.704 %)Windows
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
133 (40.74 %)Agile Software Development
215 (18.52 %)Automated Testing
314 (17.28 %)Web Testing
314 (17.28 %)Electronic Trading
411 (13.58 %)Test Scripting
59 (11.11 %)User Acceptance Testing
68 (9.877 %)Scrum
68 (9.877 %)Use Case
77 (8.642 %)Test Management
85 (6.173 %)Time Management
85 (6.173 %)Business Intelligence
85 (6.173 %)Software Testing
94 (4.938 %)SOA
94 (4.938 %)Regression Testing
103 (3.704 %)Investment Management
112 (2.469 %)Manual Testing
112 (2.469 %)Risk Management
112 (2.469 %)Web Design
112 (2.469 %)Asset Management
121 (1.235 %)Performance Testing
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
148 (59.26 %)SQL
231 (38.27 %)Java
317 (20.99 %)Python
410 (12.35 %)JavaScript
58 (9.877 %)Perl
67 (8.642 %)PHP
76 (7.407 %)C
76 (7.407 %)C++
85 (6.173 %)VBScript
92 (2.469 %)C#
92 (2.469 %)Ruby
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (9.877 %)Degree
24 (4.938 %)ISEB
31 (1.235 %)ISTQB
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
181 (100.00 %)QA
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (1.235 %)MSMQ
11 (1.235 %)VMware Infrastructure
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (6.173 %)Oracle
23 (3.704 %)Sybase
32 (2.469 %)BEA
41 (1.235 %)VMware
41 (1.235 %)IBM
41 (1.235 %)Compuware
41 (1.235 %)HP