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The table below looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Croydon 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5531
Rank change on same period last yearDown-24
Matching permanent IT job ads1448
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.021 %
As % of the category below66.67 %88.89 %
Salaries quoted1345
Average minimum salary£35,769£39,178
Average salary£38,808£40,867
% change on same period last year-5.03 %
Average maximum salary£41,846£42,556
UK excluding London average salary£37,453£38,683
% change on same period last year-3.17 %
Croydon IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Croydon
Matching permanent IT job ads2154
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.023 %
Salaries quoted1851
Average minimum salary£37,000£40,096
Average salary£39,389£42,192
% change on same period last year-6.64 %
Average maximum salary£41,778£44,288
UK excluding London average salary£39,835£39,942
% change on same period last year-0.26 %
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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 Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon QA Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Croydon QA Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Croydon 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.

18 (29.63 %)Web Development
27 (25.93 %)Finance
27 (25.93 %)Project Management
36 (22.22 %).NET
36 (22.22 %)E-Commerce
36 (22.22 %)Marketing
45 (18.52 %)Release Management
45 (18.52 %)Test Management
45 (18.52 %)Manufacturing
45 (18.52 %)Service Delivery
54 (14.81 %)ISEB
54 (14.81 %)TestDirector
54 (14.81 %)PRINCE2
54 (14.81 %)Agile Software Development
54 (14.81 %)Insurance
63 (11.11 %)Auditing
63 (11.11 %)Project Planning
63 (11.11 %)Software Testing
63 (11.11 %)Degree
63 (11.11 %)Stakeholder Management
63 (11.11 %)Disaster Recovery
63 (11.11 %)SLA
63 (11.11 %)SQL
72 (7.407 %)HP
72 (7.407 %)Microsoft
72 (7.407 %)LoadRunner
72 (7.407 %)XHTML
72 (7.407 %)Dreamweaver
72 (7.407 %)DHTML
72 (7.407 %)HTML

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Croydon 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.

Croydon IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (22.22 %).NET
22 (7.407 %)ASP
22 (7.407 %)ASP.NET
22 (7.407 %)CSS
22 (7.407 %)JSP
22 (7.407 %)XHTML
22 (7.407 %)AJAX
22 (7.407 %)HTML
Croydon IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (3.704 %)ColdFusion
Croydon IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (7.407 %)MySQL
Croydon IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (14.81 %)TestDirector
22 (7.407 %)LoadRunner
22 (7.407 %)TestPartner
22 (7.407 %)Visual Studio
22 (7.407 %)Dreamweaver
Croydon IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (25.93 %)Finance
26 (22.22 %)Marketing
35 (18.52 %)Manufacturing
44 (14.81 %)Insurance
53 (11.11 %)Auditing
62 (7.407 %)Graphic Design
62 (7.407 %)Pensions
62 (7.407 %)Banking
62 (7.407 %)Telecoms
71 (3.704 %)Government
Croydon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (33.33 %)Project Manager
28 (29.63 %)Test Manager
35 (18.52 %)QA Manager
35 (18.52 %)QA Test Manager
43 (11.11 %)Deployment Project Manager
43 (11.11 %)Deployment Manager
43 (11.11 %)Systems Manager
43 (11.11 %)Senior Project Manager
43 (11.11 %)Analyst
43 (11.11 %)Senior Manager
52 (7.407 %)Development Manager
52 (7.407 %)Developer
52 (7.407 %)Release Manager
61 (3.704 %)Documentation Analyst
61 (3.704 %)Project Analyst
61 (3.704 %)QA Analyst
61 (3.704 %)Quality Analyst
61 (3.704 %)Test Analyst
61 (3.704 %)Web Developer
61 (3.704 %)Process Analyst
Croydon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (29.63 %)Web Development
27 (25.93 %)Project Management
36 (22.22 %)E-Commerce
45 (18.52 %)Release Management
45 (18.52 %)Service Delivery
45 (18.52 %)Test Management
54 (14.81 %)PRINCE2
54 (14.81 %)Agile Software Development
63 (11.11 %)Stakeholder Management
63 (11.11 %)Software Testing
63 (11.11 %)Project Planning
63 (11.11 %)Disaster Recovery
72 (7.407 %)Performance Testing
72 (7.407 %)Automated Testing
72 (7.407 %)Manual Testing
81 (3.704 %)Test Scripting
81 (3.704 %)GAP Analysis
81 (3.704 %)Migration
81 (3.704 %)ITIL
81 (3.704 %)Service Management
Croydon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (11.11 %)SQL
22 (7.407 %)DHTML
22 (7.407 %)JavaScript
22 (7.407 %)PHP
Croydon IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (14.81 %)ISEB
23 (11.11 %)Degree
32 (7.407 %)ISEB Practitioner
Croydon IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (11.11 %)SLA
Croydon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (7.407 %)Oracle
12 (7.407 %)Microsoft
12 (7.407 %)HP