The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Tester 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 Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Tester
Rank 305 299 322
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Tester 12 27 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.103% 0.205% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.111% 0.221% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 12 27 14
Average salary £46,250 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £26,500 £28,950
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £44,550
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +10.16%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10833 12236 14328
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.81% 93.06% 93.56%
Number of salaries quoted 9362 11128 12878
Average salary £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.94% -3.63%
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 Tester
London

QA Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

QA Tester
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Tester across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London QA Tester Salary Histogram

QA Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 30 (100.00%) QA
2 17 (56.67%) Selenium
3 14 (46.67%) Agile Software Development
4 13 (43.33%) C#
4 13 (43.33%) Java
5 9 (30.00%) Ruby
5 9 (30.00%) Performance Testing
5 9 (30.00%) Automation Testing
6 8 (26.67%) WebDriver
6 8 (26.67%) Test Scripting
6 8 (26.67%) Finance
7 7 (23.33%) Automated Testing
7 7 (23.33%) TDD
7 7 (23.33%) Python
7 7 (23.33%) HTTP
7 7 (23.33%) Test Automation
8 6 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
8 6 (20.00%) OO
8 6 (20.00%) SQL
8 6 (20.00%) .NET
8 6 (20.00%) Scrum
9 5 (16.67%) Windows
9 5 (16.67%) JIRA
9 5 (16.67%) Cucumber
9 5 (16.67%) BDD
9 5 (16.67%) Mobile App
9 5 (16.67%) SpecFlow
10 4 (13.33%) User Stories
10 4 (13.33%) Open Source
10 4 (13.33%) JavaScript

QA Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 6 (20.00%) .NET
2 2 (6.667%) ASP
2 2 (6.667%) ASP.NET
2 2 (6.667%) Ruby on Rails
2 2 (6.667%) HTML5
2 2 (6.667%) soapUI
3 1 (3.333%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.333%) Apache Flex
3 1 (3.333%) CSS
3 1 (3.333%) SOAP
3 1 (3.333%) Flash
3 1 (3.333%) XHTML
3 1 (3.333%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.667%) S-PLUS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (23.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (6.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (6.667%) QlikView
2 2 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.333%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (56.67%) Selenium
2 8 (26.67%) WebDriver
3 5 (16.67%) Cucumber
3 5 (16.67%) JIRA
3 5 (16.67%) SpecFlow
4 3 (10.00%) NUnit
4 3 (10.00%) JMeter
4 3 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 3 (10.00%) TestNG
5 2 (6.667%) Git (software)
5 2 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (6.667%) Hudson
5 2 (6.667%) WebLOAD
5 2 (6.667%) FitNesse
5 2 (6.667%) TestComplete
5 2 (6.667%) LoadRunner
5 2 (6.667%) Rational Robot
5 2 (6.667%) JUnit
5 2 (6.667%) Visual Studio
5 2 (6.667%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (26.67%) Finance
2 4 (13.33%) Publishing
3 3 (10.00%) Games
4 2 (6.667%) Banking
4 2 (6.667%) Investment Banking
4 2 (6.667%) Music
4 2 (6.667%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 4 (13.33%) Open Source
3 2 (6.667%) Computer Science
4 1 (3.333%) Social Network
4 1 (3.333%) Online Games
4 1 (3.333%) iPhone
4 1 (3.333%) Social Media
4 1 (3.333%) Social Gaming
4 1 (3.333%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (10.00%) Android
3 2 (6.667%) Linux
3 2 (6.667%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.333%) Windows 8
4 1 (3.333%) Windows XP
4 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (3.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (30.00%) Performance Testing
2 9 (30.00%) Automation Testing
3 8 (26.67%) Test Scripting
4 7 (23.33%) Test Automation
4 7 (23.33%) TDD
4 7 (23.33%) Automated Testing
5 6 (20.00%) OO
5 6 (20.00%) Scrum
5 6 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (16.67%) BDD
7 4 (13.33%) User Stories
7 4 (13.33%) Regression Testing
8 3 (10.00%) E-Commerce
8 3 (10.00%) Software Testing
8 3 (10.00%) Manual Testing
8 3 (10.00%) Security Testing
8 3 (10.00%) Unit Testing
9 2 (6.667%) Test Management
9 2 (6.667%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 13 (43.33%) C#
1 13 (43.33%) Java
2 9 (30.00%) Ruby
3 7 (23.33%) Python
4 6 (20.00%) SQL
5 4 (13.33%) JavaScript
5 4 (13.33%) C++
6 3 (10.00%) Shell Script
7 2 (6.667%) MATLAB
7 2 (6.667%) C
7 2 (6.667%) Groovy
7 2 (6.667%) R
8 1 (3.333%) F#
8 1 (3.333%) Lua
8 1 (3.333%) Haskell
8 1 (3.333%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.667%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Oracle
2 2 (6.667%) HP
2 2 (6.667%) Hyperion
2 2 (6.667%) Google
2 2 (6.667%) Cadis
2 2 (6.667%) Facebook
3 1 (3.333%) VMware
3 1 (3.333%) Symbian
3 1 (3.333%) Microsoft
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