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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Dorset 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Quality Assurance (QA) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 72 | 51 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -21 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 17 | 44 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.018 % |
| As % of the category below | 43.59 % | 66.67 % |
| Salaries quoted | 16 | 41 |
| Average minimum salary | £24,531 | £36,667 |
| Average salary | £26,016 | £41,437 |
| % change on same period last year | -37.21 % |
| Average maximum salary | £27,500 | £46,206 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £37,346 | £37,288 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.15 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 39 | 66 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.021 % | 0.027 % |
| Salaries quoted | 36 | 63 |
| Average minimum salary | £30,539 | £34,044 |
| Average salary | £32,855 | £39,039 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.83 % |
| Average maximum salary | £35,171 | £44,033 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £39,410 | £39,928 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.29 % |
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Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.
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