The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Tester 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 Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Tester
Rank 256 236 262
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Tester 6 29 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.075% 0.339% 0.121%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.350% 0.128%
Number of salaries quoted 6 25 10
Average salary £31,250 £36,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.19% +4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £37,750
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7648 8284 9399
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 94.98% 96.91% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6622 7043 8033
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +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 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
QA Tester
England

QA Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England QA Tester Salary Trend

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Vacancies
Norfolk - 3 £35,000 -
Hertfordshire +5 2 £27,500 -57.69%
Bedfordshire -9 1 £27,500 -8.33%
QA Tester
England

QA Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 20 (100.00%) QA
2 10 (50.00%) .NET
3 9 (45.00%) Selenium
4 7 (35.00%) Software Testing
4 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (30.00%) OO
5 6 (30.00%) C#
5 6 (30.00%) Regression Testing
5 6 (30.00%) Degree
5 6 (30.00%) Unit Testing
5 6 (30.00%) PowerShell
5 6 (30.00%) SpecFlow
6 5 (25.00%) Automated Testing
7 4 (20.00%) Postgraduate
8 3 (15.00%) ISEB
8 3 (15.00%) Java
8 3 (15.00%) SQL
8 3 (15.00%) Scrum
8 3 (15.00%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (15.00%) BDD
8 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
8 3 (15.00%) Automation Testing
9 2 (10.00%) Performance Testing
9 2 (10.00%) ISTQB
9 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
9 2 (10.00%) WebDriver
9 2 (10.00%) Web Development
9 2 (10.00%) TDD
9 2 (10.00%) Banking
9 2 (10.00%) Finance

QA Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 Development
1 10 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (5.000%) ASP.NET
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (45.00%) Selenium
2 6 (30.00%) SpecFlow
3 2 (10.00%) WebDriver
3 2 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (5.000%) CruiseControl
4 1 (5.000%) MSTest
General
1 2 (10.00%) Banking
1 2 (10.00%) Finance
1 2 (10.00%) Law
2 1 (5.000%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.000%) UNIX
1 1 (5.000%) Windows
1 1 (5.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Software Testing
2 6 (30.00%) OO
2 6 (30.00%) Regression Testing
2 6 (30.00%) Unit Testing
3 5 (25.00%) Automated Testing
4 3 (15.00%) Scrum
4 3 (15.00%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (15.00%) BDD
4 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (15.00%) Automation Testing
5 2 (10.00%) Performance Testing
5 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (10.00%) Web Development
5 2 (10.00%) TDD
6 1 (5.000%) E-Commerce
6 1 (5.000%) Quality Management
6 1 (5.000%) Validation
6 1 (5.000%) Content Management
6 1 (5.000%) Test Strategy
6 1 (5.000%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) C#
1 6 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (15.00%) Java
2 3 (15.00%) SQL
3 2 (10.00%) C++
3 2 (10.00%) Python
4 1 (5.000%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
2 4 (20.00%) Postgraduate
3 3 (15.00%) ISEB
4 2 (10.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
Cambridge, East Anglia
Job Role: Senior QA Tester Location: CambridgeSalary: £40k to £60k + benefitsQA Tester (Senior) (Automation / Automated Testing, Selenium, Grinder, JMeter, Python, C++/Java). Bright, articulate software QA Tester with...
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £60k + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
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