The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Leader 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 Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Lead
Rank 259 260 266
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Leader 6 18 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.073% 0.206% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.213% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 6 16 1
Average salary £40,000 £48,750 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.94% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +5.88%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7826 8445 8852
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.45% 96.71% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 6818 7075 7564
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 Leader
England

QA Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England QA Leader Jobs Demand Trend

QA Leader
Salary Trend

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

East of England QA Leader Salary Trend

QA Leader
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Leader within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 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 +16 5 £40,000 -
Suffolk -12 1 £35,000 -36.36%
QA Leader
England

QA Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited QA Leader 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 Leader in their job title.

1 14 (100.00%) QA
2 13 (92.86%) SQL
2 13 (92.86%) .NET
2 13 (92.86%) TDD
3 11 (78.57%) Computer Science
4 10 (71.43%) Software Testing
4 10 (71.43%) ISTQB
4 10 (71.43%) Degree
4 10 (71.43%) Security Testing
4 10 (71.43%) C#
4 10 (71.43%) HTML
4 10 (71.43%) JavaScript
4 10 (71.43%) SQL Server
4 10 (71.43%) ASP
4 10 (71.43%) CSS
4 10 (71.43%) MS Excel
4 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
4 10 (71.43%) ISEB
5 8 (57.14%) Business Analysis
6 3 (21.43%) BDD
6 3 (21.43%) UNIX
6 3 (21.43%) Windows
6 3 (21.43%) Linux
6 3 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (21.43%) Java
6 3 (21.43%) Validation
6 3 (21.43%) Scrum
7 2 (14.29%) Project Management
7 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
8 1 (7.143%) Manual Testing

QA Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 13 (92.86%) .NET
2 10 (71.43%) ASP
2 10 (71.43%) CSS
2 10 (71.43%) HTML
Applications
1 10 (71.43%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (71.43%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 11 (78.57%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) UNIX
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) TDD
2 10 (71.43%) Software Testing
2 10 (71.43%) Security Testing
3 8 (57.14%) Business Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) Validation
4 3 (21.43%) Scrum
4 3 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (21.43%) BDD
5 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Project Management
6 1 (7.143%) Quality Management
6 1 (7.143%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) SQL
2 10 (71.43%) JavaScript
2 10 (71.43%) C#
3 3 (21.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) ISEB
1 10 (71.43%) ISTQB
1 10 (71.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft