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Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Related Skills

The table below looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008		Same period last year
Rank7184
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching permanent IT job ads579423
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.320 %0.177 %
As % of the category below50.22 %52.88 %
Salaries quoted461312
Average minimum salary£47,894£47,276
Average salary£52,236£51,788
% change on same period last year+0.86 %
Average maximum salary£56,579£56,301
UK excluding London average salary£37,175£38,598
% change on same period last year-3.68 %
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1153800
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.638 %0.336 %
Salaries quoted918611
Average minimum salary£48,555£50,124
Average salary£53,525£54,325
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Average maximum salary£58,496£58,525
UK excluding London average salary£39,754£40,146
% change on same period last year-0.97 %
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Demand Trend

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

City of London QA Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

City of London QA Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

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

City of London QA Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing QA 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 QA.

1501 (39.51 %)Finance
2312 (24.61 %)SQL
3232 (18.30 %)UNIX
4209 (16.48 %)Banking
5198 (15.62 %)Agile Software Development
6193 (15.22 %).NET
7179 (14.12 %)Java
8148 (11.67 %)ISEB
9140 (11.04 %)Project Management
9140 (11.04 %)Front Office
10138 (10.88 %)Equities
11128 (10.09 %)SQL Server
12125 (9.858 %)C#
12125 (9.858 %)Automated Testing
13123 (9.700 %)TestDirector
14118 (9.306 %)QuickTest Pro
15117 (9.227 %)Microsoft
15117 (9.227 %)Derivative
16115 (9.069 %)Windows
17112 (8.833 %)Degree
18107 (8.438 %)Test Scripting
19106 (8.360 %)E-Commerce
20100 (7.886 %)Insurance
2199 (7.808 %)User Acceptance Testing
2293 (7.334 %)Internet
2293 (7.334 %)C++
2391 (7.177 %)Oracle
2488 (6.940 %)JavaScript
2488 (6.940 %)Linux
2582 (6.467 %)HTML

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing QA 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 QA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1193 (15.22 %).NET
282 (6.467 %)HTML
368 (5.363 %)CSS
464 (5.047 %)XML
544 (3.470 %)J2EE
641 (3.233 %)ASP.NET
738 (2.997 %)AJAX
825 (1.972 %)XSLT
924 (1.893 %)XHTML
1021 (1.656 %)ASP
1120 (1.577 %)WebServices
1219 (1.498 %)WinForms
1313 (1.025 %)Middleware
1412 (0.946 %)WebSphere
1510 (0.789 %).NET Framework
1510 (0.789 %)XSL
169 (0.710 %)ATL
169 (0.710 %)DCOM
169 (0.710 %)MFC
169 (0.710 %)Django
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
135 (2.760 %)SharePoint
219 (1.498 %)Apache
317 (1.341 %)MS Exchange
412 (0.946 %)WebLogic
510 (0.789 %)IIS
510 (0.789 %)JBoss
69 (0.710 %)Lotus Notes
69 (0.710 %)CMS
76 (0.473 %)SharePoint Server 2007
76 (0.473 %)Tomcat
76 (0.473 %)Documentum
76 (0.473 %)SAS
76 (0.473 %)Content Management Server
84 (0.315 %)ColdFusion
84 (0.315 %)Exchange Server 2003
93 (0.237 %)ESB
93 (0.237 %)Exchange Server 2007
93 (0.237 %)WebSphere Application Server
93 (0.237 %)WebSphere MQ
93 (0.237 %)WebLogic Portal
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
164 (5.047 %)MS Excel
244 (3.470 %)MS Office
317 (1.341 %)MS Project
414 (1.104 %)MS PowerPoint
510 (0.789 %)MS Visio
69 (0.710 %)Photoshop
73 (0.237 %)Adobe Illustrator
73 (0.237 %)CA Clarity
82 (0.158 %)Spreadsheet
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (0.710 %)Oracle 11i
28 (0.631 %)Oracle Financials
28 (0.631 %)Oracle EBS
28 (0.631 %)Sophis VALUE
34 (0.315 %)INSURE/90
43 (0.237 %)Beauchamp Fund Manager
43 (0.237 %)Beauchamp
43 (0.237 %)SAP Business One
52 (0.158 %)Line 500
52 (0.158 %)SoftGrid
52 (0.158 %)Endur
52 (0.158 %)SAP HR
61 (0.079 %)HiPortfolio
61 (0.079 %)HFM
61 (0.079 %)ZaiNet
61 (0.079 %)Oracle Applications
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
193 (7.334 %)Internet
236 (2.839 %)Firewall
335 (2.760 %)OSPF
335 (2.760 %)BGP
335 (2.760 %)RIP
420 (1.577 %)TCP/IP
510 (0.789 %)SMTP
510 (0.789 %)Intranet
68 (0.631 %)Broadband
77 (0.552 %)LAN
77 (0.552 %)IMAP
86 (0.473 %)SAN
86 (0.473 %)EIGRP
86 (0.473 %)WAN
86 (0.473 %)HTTP
95 (0.394 %)IPX
104 (0.315 %)DNS
104 (0.315 %)SMS
104 (0.315 %)DHCP
104 (0.315 %)VLAN
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1128 (10.09 %)SQL Server
232 (2.524 %)SQL Server 2005
326 (2.050 %)Oracle 10g
420 (1.577 %)Datawarehouse
518 (1.420 %)MySQL
518 (1.420 %)OLAP
617 (1.341 %)OLTP
716 (1.262 %)Oracle 9i
814 (1.104 %)RDBMS
814 (1.104 %)BusinessObjects
814 (1.104 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
913 (1.025 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1011 (0.868 %)SQL Server 2000
1011 (0.868 %)ETL
118 (0.631 %)Oracle Discoverer
118 (0.631 %)Crystal Reports
118 (0.631 %)Oracle 8/8i
127 (0.552 %)Oracle Reports
136 (0.473 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
145 (0.394 %)SQL Server Integration Services
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1123 (9.700 %)TestDirector
2118 (9.306 %)QuickTest Pro
382 (6.467 %)Selenium
461 (4.811 %)WinRunner
545 (3.549 %)LoadRunner
638 (2.997 %)FitNesse
722 (1.735 %)Rational Robot
820 (1.577 %)Subversion
919 (1.498 %)Visual Studio
1017 (1.341 %)Flash
1115 (1.183 %)JIRA
1214 (1.104 %)Eclipse
1313 (1.025 %)Ant
1313 (1.025 %)CruiseControl
1410 (0.789 %)PeopleTools
159 (0.710 %)JMeter
166 (0.473 %)Bugzilla
166 (0.473 %)NUnit
174 (0.315 %)ClearQuest
174 (0.315 %)JUnit
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1501 (39.51 %)Finance
2209 (16.48 %)Banking
3140 (11.04 %)Front Office
4100 (7.886 %)Insurance
582 (6.467 %)Investment Banking
654 (4.259 %)Health
745 (3.549 %)Pensions
841 (3.233 %)Financial Institution
931 (2.445 %)Back Office
931 (2.445 %)Retail
1022 (1.735 %)Marketing
1120 (1.577 %)Education
1219 (1.498 %)Advertising
1219 (1.498 %)Games
1317 (1.341 %)Government
1411 (0.868 %)Telecoms
159 (0.710 %)Publishing
168 (0.631 %)Retail Banking
177 (0.552 %)Legal
177 (0.552 %)Electric
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1396 (31.23 %)Analyst
2200 (15.77 %)Tester
3164 (12.93 %)Developer
4140 (11.04 %)Business Analyst
5129 (10.17 %)Test Analyst
6113 (8.912 %)QA Analyst
796 (7.571 %)QA Engineer
895 (7.492 %)Test Manager
976 (5.994 %)Project Manager
1075 (5.915 %)QA Tester
1156 (4.416 %)QA Test Analyst
1244 (3.470 %)Team Leader
1343 (3.391 %)DBA
1442 (3.312 %)Test Engineer
1539 (3.076 %)QA Manager
1636 (2.839 %)Network Engineer
1735 (2.760 %)C# Developer
1834 (2.681 %).NET Developer
1932 (2.524 %)Support Analyst
1932 (2.524 %)Consultant
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1138 (10.88 %)Equities
2117 (9.227 %)Derivative
369 (5.442 %)Fixed Income
447 (3.707 %)Equity Derivative
538 (2.997 %)Computer Science
615 (1.183 %)Replication
714 (1.104 %)Client/Server
813 (1.025 %)N-Tier
813 (1.025 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
813 (1.025 %)Clustering
99 (0.710 %)German Language
99 (0.710 %)Web 2.0
108 (0.631 %)Spanish Language
108 (0.631 %)Credit Risk
117 (0.552 %)Market Risk
117 (0.552 %)Multithreading
117 (0.552 %)Russian Language
117 (0.552 %)French Language
117 (0.552 %)Exotic Derivative
117 (0.552 %)Statistics
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1232 (18.30 %)UNIX
2115 (9.069 %)Windows
388 (6.940 %)Linux
427 (2.129 %)Solaris
517 (1.341 %)AIX
517 (1.341 %)Windows XP
612 (0.946 %)Windows 2000
79 (0.710 %)Red Hat Linux
86 (0.473 %)Windows Server 2003
95 (0.394 %)Windows Vista
103 (0.237 %)Windows NT
111 (0.079 %)Fedora
111 (0.079 %)Windows Mobile
111 (0.079 %)Android
111 (0.079 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (0.079 %)CentOS
111 (0.079 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1198 (15.62 %)Agile Software Development
2140 (11.04 %)Project Management
3125 (9.858 %)Automated Testing
4107 (8.438 %)Test Scripting
5106 (8.360 %)E-Commerce
699 (7.808 %)User Acceptance Testing
773 (5.757 %)Business Analysis
867 (5.284 %)Risk Management
966 (5.205 %)UML
1065 (5.126 %)Investment Management
1161 (4.811 %)PRINCE2
1255 (4.338 %)Performance Testing
1354 (4.259 %)Test Management
1453 (4.180 %)OO
1453 (4.180 %)Software Testing
1552 (4.101 %)Asset Management
1650 (3.943 %)Regression Testing
1747 (3.707 %)Web Testing
1846 (3.628 %)Manual Testing
1945 (3.549 %)Electronic Trading
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1312 (24.61 %)SQL
2179 (14.12 %)Java
3125 (9.858 %)C#
493 (7.334 %)C++
588 (6.940 %)JavaScript
646 (3.628 %)Perl
739 (3.076 %)VB
836 (2.839 %)Python
932 (2.524 %)PHP
1025 (1.972 %)VBA
1124 (1.893 %)VB.NET
1222 (1.735 %)DHTML
1321 (1.656 %)VB6
1420 (1.577 %)VBScript
1518 (1.420 %)C
1617 (1.341 %)Shell Script
1617 (1.341 %)Transact-SQL
1712 (0.946 %)ActionScript
1712 (0.946 %)Ruby
1810 (0.789 %)PeopleCode
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1148 (11.67 %)ISEB
2112 (8.833 %)Degree
322 (1.735 %)ISEB Practitioner
420 (1.577 %)ISTQB
513 (1.025 %)ITIL Certification
612 (0.946 %)PRINCE2 Certification
76 (0.473 %)Cisco Certification
76 (0.473 %)CCIE
85 (0.394 %)CCNP
85 (0.394 %)Microsoft Certification
85 (0.394 %)OCP
85 (0.394 %)Oracle Certification
93 (0.237 %)MCSD
93 (0.237 %)PMP
93 (0.237 %)PMI Certification
93 (0.237 %)MCTS
101 (0.079 %)SCJA
101 (0.079 %)IBM Certification
101 (0.079 %)SCJP
101 (0.079 %)Sun Certification
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (1.183 %)MiFID
29 (0.710 %)ISO9001
37 (0.552 %)ISO/IEC 20000
42 (0.158 %)Basel II
51 (0.079 %)ISO14001
51 (0.079 %)SLA
51 (0.079 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.079 %)21 CFR Part 11
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
126 (2.050 %)Active Directory
212 (0.946 %)Oracle RMAN
36 (0.473 %)VMware Infrastructure
43 (0.237 %)ISA Server
43 (0.237 %)NFS
52 (0.158 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.079 %)VMware Workstation
61 (0.079 %)MSMQ
61 (0.079 %)Terminal Server
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (0.710 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
24 (0.315 %)AutoSys
32 (0.158 %)MOM
32 (0.158 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.079 %)OpenView
41 (0.079 %)CiscoWorks
41 (0.079 %)Tivoli NetView
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1117 (9.227 %)Microsoft
291 (7.177 %)Oracle
336 (2.839 %)Cisco
432 (2.524 %)Nokia
531 (2.445 %)CheckPoint
628 (2.208 %)Citrix
717 (1.341 %)Lotus
815 (1.183 %)Remedy
914 (1.104 %)Business Objects
1013 (1.025 %)Sybase
1013 (1.025 %)Empirix
1013 (1.025 %)NYFIX
1013 (1.025 %)EasyScreen
1013 (1.025 %)ION Trading
1013 (1.025 %)FFastFill
1013 (1.025 %)Patsystems
1013 (1.025 %)GL TRADE
1111 (0.868 %)PeopleSoft
1210 (0.789 %)LatentZero
1210 (0.789 %)Charles River
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