The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Engineer 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Engineer
Rank 225 223 243
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 44 49 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.532% 0.563% 0.190%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.558% 0.583% 0.200%
Number of salaries quoted 41 37 13
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £28,000 £32,100
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £50,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7891 8411 8993
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.43% 96.72% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6875 7028 7682
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Engineer
England

QA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England QA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the East of England region.

East of England QA Engineer Salary Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England QA Engineer Salary Histogram

QA Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the East of England 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
Cambridgeshire -12 17 £37,500 -
Hertfordshire +7 16 £32,500 -26.13%
Bedfordshire -3 10 £30,000 -
Norfolk - 1 - -
QA Engineer
England

QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited QA Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 102 (100.00%) QA
2 68 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 47 (46.08%) Degree
4 39 (38.24%) ISEB
5 37 (36.27%) ISTQB
6 28 (27.45%) Selenium
7 27 (26.47%) Java
8 26 (25.49%) C#
9 25 (24.51%) Automation Testing
10 24 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
10 24 (23.53%) C++
10 24 (23.53%) Postgraduate
11 23 (22.55%) C
12 20 (19.61%) Microsoft
12 20 (19.61%) HTML
12 20 (19.61%) JavaScript
13 19 (18.63%) Telecoms
13 19 (18.63%) System Testing
14 16 (15.69%) MS Excel
15 15 (14.71%) Windows
16 14 (13.73%) Linux
16 14 (13.73%) SQL
16 14 (13.73%) CSS
16 14 (13.73%) Regression Testing
17 13 (12.75%) Web Services
17 13 (12.75%) UNIX
17 13 (12.75%) Python
17 13 (12.75%) User Stories
17 13 (12.75%) WebDriver
18 12 (11.76%) Performance Testing

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 20 (19.61%) HTML
2 14 (13.73%) CSS
3 13 (12.75%) Web Services
4 11 (10.78%) XML
4 11 (10.78%) .NET
5 9 (8.824%) Natural Language Processing
6 1 (0.980%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.980%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.980%) jQuery
Applications
1 16 (15.69%) MS Excel
2 7 (6.863%) MS Office
3 6 (5.882%) Photoshop
3 6 (5.882%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.902%) TCP/IP
1 5 (4.902%) IPv6
1 5 (4.902%) VLAN
2 4 (3.922%) RIP
3 1 (0.980%) HTTP
3 1 (0.980%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.824%) Text Mining
2 4 (3.922%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.922%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (27.45%) Selenium
2 13 (12.75%) WebDriver
3 12 (11.76%) QuickTest Pro
4 9 (8.824%) TestComplete
5 7 (6.863%) JMeter
6 6 (5.882%) LabVIEW
6 6 (5.882%) NUnit
7 4 (3.922%) JIRA
7 4 (3.922%) Visual Studio Team System
8 3 (2.941%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (2.941%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.961%) Ant
9 2 (1.961%) Git (software)
10 1 (0.980%) WatiN
10 1 (0.980%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.980%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.980%) LoadRunner
General
1 19 (18.63%) Telecoms
2 11 (10.78%) Games
3 5 (4.902%) Electronics
4 1 (0.980%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (0.980%) Finance
4 1 (0.980%) Banking
4 1 (0.980%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.824%) Grid Computing
1 9 (8.824%) Chemistry
1 9 (8.824%) Life Science
2 5 (4.902%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 4 (3.922%) Wiki
4 3 (2.941%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.961%) Speech Recognition
5 2 (1.961%) SaaS
6 1 (0.980%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.980%) Firmware
6 1 (0.980%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.71%) Windows
2 14 (13.73%) Linux
3 13 (12.75%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 25 (24.51%) Automation Testing
3 24 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
4 19 (18.63%) System Testing
5 14 (13.73%) Regression Testing
6 13 (12.75%) User Stories
7 12 (11.76%) Test Scripting
7 12 (11.76%) Automated Testing
7 12 (11.76%) Performance Testing
8 7 (6.863%) Load Testing
9 6 (5.882%) Project Management
10 4 (3.922%) Scrum
10 4 (3.922%) Multithreading
11 3 (2.941%) Manual Testing
11 3 (2.941%) Test Automation
11 3 (2.941%) Software Architecture
12 2 (1.961%) BDD
12 2 (1.961%) Customer Engagement
12 2 (1.961%) Web Testing
12 2 (1.961%) Web Usability
Programming Languages
1 27 (26.47%) Java
2 26 (25.49%) C#
3 24 (23.53%) C++
4 23 (22.55%) C
5 20 (19.61%) JavaScript
6 14 (13.73%) SQL
7 13 (12.75%) Python
8 5 (4.902%) PHP
9 4 (3.922%) VB
10 2 (1.961%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.961%) Groovy
11 1 (0.980%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 47 (46.08%) Degree
2 39 (38.24%) ISEB
3 37 (36.27%) ISTQB
4 24 (23.53%) Postgraduate
5 2 (1.961%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.902%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (4.902%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 20 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.863%) Nortel
2 7 (6.863%) Avaya
2 7 (6.863%) Cisco
3 6 (5.882%) Adobe
4 2 (1.961%) Thunderhead
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
My client is look for software tester with experience of .Net, C#.Net, Visual Basic and nUnit... Key Skills: List of key skills for the role; ISEB, ISTQB,...
Cooper Lomaz Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30k - 35k per year
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Quality Assurance Engineer £35-45k, Cambridge One of our largest clients are looking for a QA Engineer to join their development team which works on making the development...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
QA Engineer - Software QA, Linux, IP, Wi-Fi, Mobile. A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Software QA professional with mobile software knowledge to get involved in technical Android...
Anderson Lamb
Salary: From £30,000 to £50,000 per annum plus benefits package
Posted: 13 May 2013