The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ealing region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 24 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 Ealing region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 2 9 7
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -2
Permanent jobs citing QA 27 4 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ealing 31.76% 10.00% 23.81%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 21 2 4
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Ealing
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
27 4 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ealing 31.76% 10.00% 23.81%
Number of salaries quoted 21 2 4
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £45,000 £30,050
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £36,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
London

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ealing 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 Ealing region.

Ealing QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Ealing region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Ealing QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ealing 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 12 (37.50%) Risk Management
1 12 (37.50%) RUP
1 12 (37.50%) RequisitePro
1 12 (37.50%) UML
1 12 (37.50%) Requirements Management
1 12 (37.50%) Use Case
2 10 (31.25%) Test Scripting
2 10 (31.25%) Business Development
2 10 (31.25%) Performance Testing
2 10 (31.25%) Load Testing
2 10 (31.25%) Mercator
2 10 (31.25%) Test Strategy
3 8 (25.00%) Java
4 7 (21.88%) UNIX
4 7 (21.88%) Linux
5 6 (18.75%) Selenium
6 5 (15.63%) Cucumber
6 5 (15.63%) BDD
6 5 (15.63%) TDD
7 4 (12.50%) Degree
7 4 (12.50%) Tomcat
7 4 (12.50%) Apache
7 4 (12.50%) Solaris
7 4 (12.50%) TCP/IP
8 3 (9.375%) XML
8 3 (9.375%) C
8 3 (9.375%) C++
8 3 (9.375%) SQL
8 3 (9.375%) Oracle
8 3 (9.375%) Python

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ealing 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 3 (9.375%) XML
2 1 (3.125%) SOAP
2 1 (3.125%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.50%) Tomcat
1 4 (12.50%) Apache
2 1 (3.125%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 12 (37.50%) RequisitePro
2 6 (18.75%) Selenium
3 5 (15.63%) Cucumber
4 1 (3.125%) WinRunner
4 1 (3.125%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (3.125%) Publishing
1 1 (3.125%) Games
Job Titles
1 15 (46.88%) Analyst
2 12 (37.50%) Business Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Test Leader
4 4 (12.50%) Administrator
4 4 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (9.375%) Analyst Programmer
5 3 (9.375%) Programmer
5 3 (9.375%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (9.375%) Senior Analyst Programmer
5 3 (9.375%) C++ Analyst Programmer
5 3 (9.375%) C++ Programmer
5 3 (9.375%) Senior Programmer
5 3 (9.375%) Senior C++ Analyst Programmer
5 3 (9.375%) Senior C++ Programmer
5 3 (9.375%) Performance Test Leader
5 3 (9.375%) QA Leader
6 1 (3.125%) Tester
6 1 (3.125%) UML Business Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Agile Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.125%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) UNIX
1 7 (21.88%) Linux
2 4 (12.50%) Solaris
3 2 (6.250%) Windows
4 1 (3.125%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Risk Management
1 12 (37.50%) RUP
1 12 (37.50%) UML
1 12 (37.50%) Requirements Management
1 12 (37.50%) Use Case
2 10 (31.25%) Test Scripting
2 10 (31.25%) Business Development
2 10 (31.25%) Performance Testing
2 10 (31.25%) Load Testing
2 10 (31.25%) Test Strategy
3 5 (15.63%) BDD
3 5 (15.63%) TDD
4 3 (9.375%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (9.375%) System Testing
4 3 (9.375%) Time Management
4 3 (9.375%) Data Analysis
4 3 (9.375%) Software Engineering
4 3 (9.375%) Business Analysis
5 2 (6.250%) Release Management
5 2 (6.250%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) Java
2 3 (9.375%) C
2 3 (9.375%) C++
2 3 (9.375%) SQL
2 3 (9.375%) Python
2 3 (9.375%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (3.125%) ISEB
2 1 (3.125%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (3.125%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (31.25%) Mercator
2 3 (9.375%) Oracle
2 3 (9.375%) Red Hat