The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Crawley region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Crawley region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 65 30 41
Rank change year-on-year
-35 +11
Permanent jobs citing QA 10 36 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Crawley 1.600% 6.338% 3.527%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.99% 46.15% 30.36%
Number of salaries quoted 9 13 16
Average salary £55,000 £49,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.24% +8.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,600 £31,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £51,000 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,250 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Crawley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
77 78 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Crawley 12.32% 13.73% 11.62%
Number of salaries quoted 46 51 45
Average salary £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £37,500 £26,900
10% offered a salary of more than £60,750 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
West Sussex

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crawley 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 Crawley region.

Crawley QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Crawley region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Crawley QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Crawley 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 9 (47.37%) CRM
1 9 (47.37%) SharePoint
1 9 (47.37%) ERP
1 9 (47.37%) SOA
1 9 (47.37%) DNS
1 9 (47.37%) Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) B2B
1 9 (47.37%) BizTalk Server
1 9 (47.37%) Oracle
1 9 (47.37%) OLAP
1 9 (47.37%) WebLogic
1 9 (47.37%) Management Information System
1 9 (47.37%) Degree
1 9 (47.37%) Oracle OLAP
1 9 (47.37%) Capacity Planning
2 8 (42.11%) Enterprise Architecture
3 7 (36.84%) Computer Science
4 4 (21.05%) Waterfall
4 4 (21.05%) Matrix Management
4 4 (21.05%) Software Architecture
4 4 (21.05%) Web Development
4 4 (21.05%) Resource Management
4 4 (21.05%) Retail
4 4 (21.05%) RUP
4 4 (21.05%) Business Analysis
4 4 (21.05%) Supplier Management
4 4 (21.05%) Programme Office Management
4 4 (21.05%) Project Management
4 4 (21.05%) PRINCE
5 3 (15.79%) Internet

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Crawley 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 Platforms
1 9 (47.37%) SharePoint
1 9 (47.37%) BizTalk Server
1 9 (47.37%) WebLogic
2 3 (15.79%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (47.37%) DNS
2 3 (15.79%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) OLAP
1 9 (47.37%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Selenium
1 1 (5.263%) JIRA
General
1 4 (21.05%) Retail
2 3 (15.79%) Marketing
3 1 (5.263%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Architect
1 9 (47.37%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Delivery Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Project Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Programme Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Coordinator
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Delivery Project Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Project Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Programme Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (5.263%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) Programmer
5 1 (5.263%) Junior
5 1 (5.263%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Test Leader
5 1 (5.263%) Junior IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (47.37%) Management Information System
2 7 (36.84%) Computer Science
3 1 (5.263%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) CRM
1 9 (47.37%) ERP
1 9 (47.37%) SOA
1 9 (47.37%) Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) B2B
1 9 (47.37%) Capacity Planning
2 8 (42.11%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (21.05%) Waterfall
3 4 (21.05%) Matrix Management
3 4 (21.05%) Software Architecture
3 4 (21.05%) Web Development
3 4 (21.05%) Resource Management
3 4 (21.05%) RUP
3 4 (21.05%) Business Analysis
3 4 (21.05%) Supplier Management
3 4 (21.05%) Programme Office Management
3 4 (21.05%) Project Management
3 4 (21.05%) PRINCE
4 3 (15.79%) SEO
4 3 (15.79%) Pay per click
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) C#
1 1 (5.263%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Oracle
Crawley, West Sussex
Quality Assurance... Solid experience in key disciplines of Business Analysis, QA Testing and Business Process Improvement ISEB Qualification (or equivalent) would be desirable Self-motivated, dynamic and results.....
Virgin Holidays
Salary: Highly Competitive
Posted: 26 April 2013
Surrey, Crawley, Epsom, West Sussex, South East
Based from offices convenient for Surrey/Sussex occasional travel to client site will be required.Implementation Consultant roleYour role as Pensions Software Consultant will involve the full implementation...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £45,000 + bonus + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013