The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Devon 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 Devon region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 34 30 23
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -7
Permanent jobs citing QA 10 14 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 3.534% 4.487% 8.274%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.00% 33.33% 66.04%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 35
Average salary £40,000 £27,750 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+44.14% -7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £25,450 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,600 £31,500 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,250 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
40 42 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 14.13% 13.46% 12.53%
Number of salaries quoted 32 40 48
Average salary £36,750 £27,625 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.03% +4.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,650 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,500 £32,500 £48,600
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
South West

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

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

Devon QA Salary Histogram

QA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Devon region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Exeter +3 4 £34,000 +23.63%
Plymouth - 3 - -
Exmouth -4 1 - -
Brixham - 1 - -
Dartmouth - 1 - -
Salcombe - 1 - -
Torquay - 1 - -
QA
South West

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 30 (61.22%) ISEB
1 30 (61.22%) ISTQB
2 22 (44.90%) Web Services
3 19 (38.78%) Java
3 19 (38.78%) Test Scripting
4 18 (36.73%) HTTP
5 17 (34.69%) HND
5 17 (34.69%) .NET
6 16 (32.65%) SQL Server
6 16 (32.65%) MS Project
6 16 (32.65%) Degree
7 13 (26.53%) MS Office
8 12 (24.49%) Regression Testing
9 11 (22.45%) JIRA
10 8 (16.33%) XML
11 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
12 5 (10.20%) Unit Testing
13 4 (8.163%) Manufacturing
13 4 (8.163%) JUnit
13 4 (8.163%) C#
13 4 (8.163%) RDBMS
13 4 (8.163%) Agile Software Development
13 4 (8.163%) Spring
13 4 (8.163%) Maven
13 4 (8.163%) Refactoring
14 3 (6.122%) MS Project Server
14 3 (6.122%) Automated Testing
14 3 (6.122%) Aerospace
14 3 (6.122%) Automotive
14 3 (6.122%) Project Management

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 22 (44.90%) Web Services
2 17 (34.69%) .NET
3 8 (16.33%) XML
4 4 (8.163%) Spring
5 2 (4.082%) ASP.NET
5 2 (4.082%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 2 (4.082%) HTML5
5 2 (4.082%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.041%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.122%) MS Project Server
2 2 (4.082%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (4.082%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.082%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 16 (32.65%) MS Project
2 13 (26.53%) MS Office
3 2 (4.082%) MS Excel
3 2 (4.082%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 18 (36.73%) HTTP
2 2 (4.082%) Internet
2 2 (4.082%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.082%) DNS
2 2 (4.082%) DHCP
2 2 (4.082%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (32.65%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.163%) RDBMS
3 2 (4.082%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (2.041%) GIS
Development Applications
1 11 (22.45%) JIRA
2 4 (8.163%) JUnit
2 4 (8.163%) Maven
3 1 (2.041%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.041%) SpecFlow
3 1 (2.041%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (8.163%) Manufacturing
2 3 (6.122%) Aerospace
2 3 (6.122%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 16 (32.65%) Software Engineer
1 16 (32.65%) Software Test Engineer
1 16 (32.65%) Test Engineer
2 12 (24.49%) Analyst
2 12 (24.49%) Test Analyst
3 11 (22.45%) Tester
4 8 (16.33%) Team Leader
5 7 (14.29%) Developer
6 6 (12.24%) Senior Software Engineer
6 6 (12.24%) Senior Test Engineer
6 6 (12.24%) Test Team Leader
6 6 (12.24%) Software Team Leader
6 6 (12.24%) Senior Software Test Engineer
7 5 (10.20%) Software Developer
8 3 (6.122%) Technical Manager
8 3 (6.122%) Project Manager
9 2 (4.082%) Support Engineer
9 2 (4.082%) Test Manager
9 2 (4.082%) QA Manager
9 2 (4.082%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.082%) Firmware
1 2 (4.082%) Blackberry
1 2 (4.082%) Clustering
2 1 (2.041%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.082%) UNIX
1 2 (4.082%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.78%) Test Scripting
2 12 (24.49%) Regression Testing
3 5 (10.20%) Unit Testing
4 4 (8.163%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (8.163%) Refactoring
5 3 (6.122%) Automated Testing
5 3 (6.122%) Project Management
5 3 (6.122%) Programme Management
5 3 (6.122%) Validation
6 2 (4.082%) Configuration Management
6 2 (4.082%) ITIL
6 2 (4.082%) PRINCE2
6 2 (4.082%) UML
6 2 (4.082%) Test Strategy
6 2 (4.082%) Test Automation
6 2 (4.082%) Image Processing
6 2 (4.082%) Test Management
6 2 (4.082%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (4.082%) Time Management
6 2 (4.082%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (38.78%) Java
2 4 (8.163%) C#
3 3 (6.122%) SQL
4 2 (4.082%) VB
4 2 (4.082%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.041%) C
5 1 (2.041%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.041%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (61.22%) ISEB
1 30 (61.22%) ISTQB
2 17 (34.69%) HND
3 16 (32.65%) Degree
4 3 (6.122%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.082%) CCA
5 2 (4.082%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (4.082%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.082%) MCP
5 2 (4.082%) MCSE
6 1 (2.041%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.082%) SLA
2 1 (2.041%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 2 (4.082%) ISA Server
1 2 (4.082%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (4.082%) Hyper-V
1 2 (4.082%) XenApp
1 2 (4.082%) XenServer
1 2 (4.082%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (4.082%) SCCM
1 2 (4.082%) SCOM
1 2 (4.082%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.082%) HP
2 2 (4.082%) Dell
2 2 (4.082%) Citrix
2 2 (4.082%) Infragistics
2 2 (4.082%) VMware
3 1 (2.041%) ESRI
Exeter, Devon
Any experience with the following is highly desirable; Quality Assurance and Testing experience; Experience with .NET, C#, VB.NET, VB6, SQL Server, you will be ISEB or ISTQB...
Edge Specialist Recruitment
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 17 May 2013
Exeter, Devon
Performing regression testing using different environment configurations. *Reporting testing progress to the QA Manager... *ISEB/ISTQB Certification... *Experience of using MS Office and MS project... *Practical experience of...
Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + ben
Posted: 16 May 2013