The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Tester
Rank 56 - 59
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Tester 8 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 1.325% - 0.174%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.361% - 0.183%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
Average salary £27,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +10.16%
All Job Titles
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
588 467 545
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 97.35% 96.69% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 511 371 421
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Tester
South West

QA Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA Tester across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Dorset QA Tester Jobs Demand Trend

QA Tester
Salary Trend

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

Dorset QA Tester Salary Trend

QA Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Tester across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Dorset QA Tester Salary Histogram

QA Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Tester within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 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
Poole - 5 £27,500 -
Bournemouth - 3 £55,000 -
QA Tester
South West

QA Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset region that cited QA Tester in their job title 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 with QA Tester in their job title.

1 15 (100.00%) QA
2 11 (73.33%) Performance Testing
2 11 (73.33%) Test Scripting
3 9 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 9 (60.00%) Shell Script
3 9 (60.00%) Load Testing
3 9 (60.00%) Unit Testing
3 9 (60.00%) Integration Testing
3 9 (60.00%) Perl
3 9 (60.00%) SQL
3 9 (60.00%) Oracle
3 9 (60.00%) UNIX
3 9 (60.00%) Windows
3 9 (60.00%) AIX
3 9 (60.00%) Solaris
3 9 (60.00%) Linux
3 9 (60.00%) Python
3 9 (60.00%) SharePoint
4 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (13.33%) Finance
5 2 (13.33%) LoadRunner
5 2 (13.33%) C#
5 2 (13.33%) Java
5 2 (13.33%) OOP
5 2 (13.33%) OO
6 1 (6.667%) MS Office
6 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
6 1 (6.667%) C
6 1 (6.667%) HTTP
6 1 (6.667%) Microsoft

QA Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset region that cited QA Tester in their job title 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 with QA Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 9 (60.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Office
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) UNIX
1 9 (60.00%) Windows
1 9 (60.00%) AIX
1 9 (60.00%) Solaris
1 9 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Performance Testing
1 11 (73.33%) Test Scripting
2 9 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (60.00%) Load Testing
2 9 (60.00%) Unit Testing
2 9 (60.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (13.33%) OOP
3 2 (13.33%) OO
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) Perl
1 9 (60.00%) SQL
1 9 (60.00%) Python
1 9 (60.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (13.33%) C#
2 2 (13.33%) Java
3 1 (6.667%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
Bournemouth, Dorset
Coming into a role focussing on the technical performance testing of high transactional trading technology, the Non-Functional Test Analyst must have experience of testing a transactional or...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013