The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 36 37 33
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -4
Permanent jobs citing QA 28 7 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 4.334% 1.994% 4.978%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.93% 22.58% 41.07%
Number of salaries quoted 26 7 23
Average salary £41,250 £65,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.53% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
108 31 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 16.72% 8.832% 12.12%
Number of salaries quoted 73 31 52
Average salary £42,500 £34,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -43.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £32,550
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,153 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-2.80% +0.37%
QA
West Midlands

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Coventry QA Jobs Demand Trend

QA
Salary Trend

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

Coventry QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Coventry QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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.

1 18 (32.14%) SQL
2 16 (28.57%) Automated Testing
3 12 (21.43%) Oracle
3 12 (21.43%) Selenium
3 12 (21.43%) Finance
3 12 (21.43%) Manual Testing
4 11 (19.64%) .NET
5 10 (17.86%) Project Management
5 10 (17.86%) ISEB
5 10 (17.86%) Windows
5 10 (17.86%) Java
6 9 (16.07%) SQL Server
7 8 (14.29%) HTML
7 8 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (12.50%) Degree
8 7 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (12.50%) Microsoft
9 6 (10.71%) UNIX
9 6 (10.71%) VB
9 6 (10.71%) SAP
9 6 (10.71%) Windows 2000
9 6 (10.71%) Business Transformation
10 5 (8.929%) Time Management
10 5 (8.929%) C#
11 4 (7.143%) IBM
11 4 (7.143%) LAN
11 4 (7.143%) WAN
11 4 (7.143%) Sun
11 4 (7.143%) Active Directory
11 4 (7.143%) HP

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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.

Application Development
1 11 (19.64%) .NET
2 8 (14.29%) HTML
3 3 (5.357%) iOS SDK
4 2 (3.571%) HTML5
5 1 (1.786%) Ajax
5 1 (1.786%) jQuery
5 1 (1.786%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.786%) CSS
5 1 (1.786%) Web Services
5 1 (1.786%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.143%) SAS
1 4 (7.143%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.143%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (5.357%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.143%) LAN
1 4 (7.143%) WAN
2 2 (3.571%) Ethernet
2 2 (3.571%) NAS
3 1 (1.786%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.786%) Wireless
3 1 (1.786%) GSM
3 1 (1.786%) Internet
3 1 (1.786%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.07%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.143%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 3 (5.357%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (5.357%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (5.357%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (5.357%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (5.357%) Oracle OLAP
3 3 (5.357%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (5.357%) Oracle 9i
3 3 (5.357%) OLAP
3 3 (5.357%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (21.43%) Selenium
2 4 (7.143%) LoadRunner
3 2 (3.571%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.571%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.786%) Xcode
General
1 12 (21.43%) Finance
2 4 (7.143%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.571%) Automotive
3 2 (3.571%) Retail
4 1 (1.786%) Electronics
4 1 (1.786%) German Language
Job Titles
1 15 (26.79%) Analyst
2 11 (19.64%) Tester
3 9 (16.07%) Test Manager
3 9 (16.07%) Test Analyst
4 6 (10.71%) Systems Analyst
4 6 (10.71%) Environment Manager
4 6 (10.71%) Systems Test Analyst
4 6 (10.71%) Systems Tester
5 5 (8.929%) Software Manager
5 5 (8.929%) Programme Test Manager
5 5 (8.929%) Programme Manager
6 4 (7.143%) Senior Manager
6 4 (7.143%) Project Manager
6 4 (7.143%) QA Tester
6 4 (7.143%) Senior Test Manager
6 4 (7.143%) Senior Programme Manager
6 4 (7.143%) SAS Analyst
6 4 (7.143%) Test Programme Manager
6 4 (7.143%) Development Analyst
7 3 (5.357%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.143%) Clustering
2 3 (5.357%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.571%) Computer Science
3 2 (3.571%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.786%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 10 (17.86%) Windows
2 6 (10.71%) UNIX
2 6 (10.71%) Windows 2000
3 4 (7.143%) Solaris
3 4 (7.143%) Linux
4 3 (5.357%) Apple iOS
4 3 (5.357%) Android
5 1 (1.786%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.57%) Automated Testing
2 12 (21.43%) Manual Testing
3 10 (17.86%) Project Management
4 8 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (10.71%) Business Transformation
7 5 (8.929%) Time Management
8 4 (7.143%) Performance Testing
8 4 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
8 4 (7.143%) Network Design
8 4 (7.143%) Image Processing
8 4 (7.143%) Change Control
8 4 (7.143%) Test Strategy
9 3 (5.357%) Test Scripting
9 3 (5.357%) Statistical Analysis
9 3 (5.357%) Release Management
9 3 (5.357%) Data Modelling
9 3 (5.357%) SOA
9 3 (5.357%) ETL
9 3 (5.357%) OO
Programming Languages
1 18 (32.14%) SQL
2 10 (17.86%) Java
3 6 (10.71%) VB
4 5 (8.929%) C#
5 3 (5.357%) PL/SQL
5 3 (5.357%) T-SQL
6 2 (3.571%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.786%) Objective-C
7 1 (1.786%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (17.86%) ISEB
2 7 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (1.786%) ISEB Practitioner
System Software
1 4 (7.143%) Active Directory
1 4 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (3.571%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (21.43%) Oracle
2 7 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.71%) SAP
4 4 (7.143%) IBM
4 4 (7.143%) Sun
4 4 (7.143%) HP
4 4 (7.143%) Citrix
4 4 (7.143%) VMware
5 2 (3.571%) Twitter
6 1 (1.786%) BT
6 1 (1.786%) Google
6 1 (1.786%) Apple
Coventry, Midlands, East Midlands
Oracle, SQL, Ingres•Experience with retail/pharmacy based systems Essential Competencies:•Managing code•Challenging the need for process/requirement to improve the outcome•Testing/Regression•Application architecture and...
Celesio
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 13 June 2013