The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior 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
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Rank 268 270 256
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior QA Engineer 1 2 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.012% 0.023% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.024% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 5
Average salary £45,000 £31,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.16% -22.50%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -3.22%
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%
Senior QA Engineer
England

Senior QA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Senior QA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior QA Engineer
Salary Trend

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

East of England Senior QA Engineer Salary Trend

Senior QA Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior 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
Hertfordshire - 1 £45,000 -
Senior QA Engineer
England

Senior QA Engineer
Top 28 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) UNIX
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) Internet
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Grid Computing
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Chemistry
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Life Science
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Text Mining

Senior 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 Senior 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 Senior QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Text Mining
General
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Grid Computing
1 1 (33.33%) Chemistry
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) UNIX
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA