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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Crewe 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3018
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching permanent IT job ads140
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.017 %
As % of the category below3.030 %78.43 %
Salaries quoted140
Average minimum salary£18,000£21,500
Average salary£22,000£21,500
% change on same period last year+2.32 %
Average maximum salary£26,000£21,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,184£38,439
% change on same period last year-3.26 %
Crewe IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Crewe
Matching permanent IT job ads3351
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.021 %
Salaries quoted2550
Average minimum salary£27,960£23,880
Average salary£30,200£23,980
% change on same period last year+25.93 %
Average maximum salary£32,440£24,080
UK excluding London average salary£39,636£40,082
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
QA CheshireQA
Cheshire

QA
Demand Trend

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

Crewe QA Demand Trend

QA
Salary Trend

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

Crewe QA Salary Trend

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Crewe 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.

17 (50.00 %)Pensions
26 (42.86 %)C#
26 (42.86 %)SQL
35 (35.71 %)MS Office
35 (35.71 %)MS Excel
44 (28.57 %)Insurance
44 (28.57 %)Requirements Analysis
44 (28.57 %)Windows XP
44 (28.57 %)Microsoft
44 (28.57 %).NET
44 (28.57 %)Windows
44 (28.57 %)Windows 2000
44 (28.57 %)C++
53 (21.43 %)ASP.NET
53 (21.43 %)WebServices
53 (21.43 %)XML
53 (21.43 %)ITIL
53 (21.43 %)MCSD
53 (21.43 %)SQL Server
53 (21.43 %)IIS
53 (21.43 %)ISEB
53 (21.43 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (21.43 %)Health
53 (21.43 %)ISTQB
62 (14.29 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
62 (14.29 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
62 (14.29 %)VB
62 (14.29 %)SQL Server Integration Services
62 (14.29 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
71 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2003

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Crewe 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.

Crewe IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (28.57 %).NET
23 (21.43 %)ASP.NET
23 (21.43 %)WebServices
23 (21.43 %)XML
Crewe IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (21.43 %)IIS
Crewe IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (35.71 %)MS Office
15 (35.71 %)MS Excel
Crewe IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (21.43 %)SQL Server
22 (14.29 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
22 (14.29 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
22 (14.29 %)SQL Server Integration Services
22 (14.29 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Crewe IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (50.00 %)Pensions
24 (28.57 %)Insurance
33 (21.43 %)Health
Crewe IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (35.71 %)Incident Manager
24 (28.57 %)Developer
33 (21.43 %)Software Tester
33 (21.43 %)Tester
33 (21.43 %)C# Developer
42 (14.29 %).NET Developer
42 (14.29 %)C++ Developer
42 (14.29 %)C++/C# Developer
42 (14.29 %)Problem Manager
51 (7.143 %)CSharp Software Developer
51 (7.143 %)SQL Developer
51 (7.143 %)Software Developer
Crewe IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (28.57 %)Windows
14 (28.57 %)Windows 2000
14 (28.57 %)Windows XP
21 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2003
Crewe IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (28.57 %)Requirements Analysis
23 (21.43 %)ITIL
31 (7.143 %)Software Testing
Crewe IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (42.86 %)C#
16 (42.86 %)SQL
24 (28.57 %)C++
32 (14.29 %)VB
Crewe IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (21.43 %)MCSD
13 (21.43 %)ISEB
13 (21.43 %)Microsoft Certification
13 (21.43 %)ISTQB
Crewe IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (28.57 %)Microsoft