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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank4675
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching permanent IT job ads4231
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.014 %
As % of the category below43.30 %34.83 %
Salaries quoted2726
Average minimum salary£41,630£27,885
Average salary£44,889£29,173
% change on same period last year+53.87 %
Average maximum salary£48,148£30,462
UK excluding London average salary£37,636£37,770
% change on same period last year-0.35 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance EdinburghQuality Assurance & Compliance
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads9789
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.048 %0.039 %
Salaries quoted6565
Average minimum salary£35,347£35,671
Average salary£38,030£38,462
% change on same period last year-1.12 %
Average maximum salary£40,713£41,253
UK excluding London average salary£38,390£40,714
% change on same period last year-5.70 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing QA across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Edinburgh QA Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing QA across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh QA Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Edinburgh region over the past 3 months.

Edinburgh QA Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing QA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing QA.

122 (36.07 %)Finance
217 (27.87 %)LoadRunner
314 (22.95 %)QALoad
413 (21.31 %)SQL
59 (14.75 %)Change Management
59 (14.75 %)Risk Management
59 (14.75 %)Project Management
59 (14.75 %)User Acceptance Testing
59 (14.75 %)Data Analysis
68 (13.11 %)Programme Management
68 (13.11 %)Health
68 (13.11 %)Degree
68 (13.11 %)CA Clarity
68 (13.11 %)Business Development
68 (13.11 %)CA
68 (13.11 %)Oracle
77 (11.48 %)Business Objects
77 (11.48 %)VBA
77 (11.48 %)Datawarehouse
77 (11.48 %)SAS
77 (11.48 %)Trillium
77 (11.48 %)BusinessObjects
77 (11.48 %)Pharmaceutical
77 (11.48 %)Teradata
77 (11.48 %)Performance Testing
77 (11.48 %)Data Migration
77 (11.48 %)Migration
77 (11.48 %)Data Management
86 (9.836 %)GLP
86 (9.836 %)Java

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing QA also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing QA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
13 (4.918 %)HTML
22 (3.279 %)Spring
22 (3.279 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
22 (3.279 %)Java EE
22 (3.279 %)Servlets
22 (3.279 %)WebServices
31 (1.639 %)XML
31 (1.639 %)Swing
31 (1.639 %).NET
Application Platforms
17 (11.48 %)SAS
22 (3.279 %)SharePoint Server 2007
22 (3.279 %)Apache
22 (3.279 %)Tomcat
22 (3.279 %)SharePoint
31 (1.639 %)Documentum
Applications
18 (13.11 %)CA Clarity
21 (1.639 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
12 (3.279 %)Intranet
12 (3.279 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
17 (11.48 %)Datawarehouse
17 (11.48 %)BusinessObjects
21 (1.639 %)Crystal Reports
21 (1.639 %)RDBMS
Development Applications
117 (27.87 %)LoadRunner
214 (22.95 %)QALoad
35 (8.197 %)TestDirector
44 (6.557 %)QuickTest Pro
44 (6.557 %)WinRunner
51 (1.639 %)Eclipse
51 (1.639 %)CruiseControl
51 (1.639 %)Subversion
General
122 (36.07 %)Finance
28 (13.11 %)Health
37 (11.48 %)Pharmaceutical
43 (4.918 %)Publishing
43 (4.918 %)Banking
51 (1.639 %)Manufacturing
51 (1.639 %)Education
Job Titles
112 (19.67 %)Programme Manager
210 (16.39 %)Tester
210 (16.39 %)Analyst
39 (14.75 %)Performance Tester
48 (13.11 %)QA Manager
48 (13.11 %)Programme Office Manager
57 (11.48 %)Data Consultant
57 (11.48 %)Senior Consultant
57 (11.48 %)Consultant
57 (11.48 %)Quality Manager
57 (11.48 %)Test Manager
66 (9.836 %)Developer
75 (8.197 %)QA Analyst
83 (4.918 %)Programme Test Manager
83 (4.918 %)Team Leader
83 (4.918 %)QA Tester
83 (4.918 %)Java Developer
83 (4.918 %)C# Developer
83 (4.918 %)Developer Analyst
83 (4.918 %)Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
12 (3.279 %)Blog
21 (1.639 %)Asset Management
21 (1.639 %)Computer Science
Operating Systems
15 (8.197 %)Unix
15 (8.197 %)Linux
23 (4.918 %)Windows
Processes & Methodologies
19 (14.75 %)Project Management
19 (14.75 %)Change Management
19 (14.75 %)Risk Management
19 (14.75 %)Data Analysis
19 (14.75 %)User Acceptance Testing
28 (13.11 %)Business Development
28 (13.11 %)Programme Management
37 (11.48 %)Data Management
37 (11.48 %)Migration
37 (11.48 %)Performance Testing
37 (11.48 %)Data Migration
43 (4.918 %)Web Development
43 (4.918 %)Integration Testing
43 (4.918 %)Release Management
43 (4.918 %)System Testing
43 (4.918 %)Validation
52 (3.279 %)Software Testing
52 (3.279 %)Web Design
52 (3.279 %)Workflow
52 (3.279 %)OO
Programming Languages
113 (21.31 %)SQL
27 (11.48 %)VBA
36 (9.836 %)Java
45 (8.197 %)C#
52 (3.279 %)Perl
52 (3.279 %)VB
Qualifications
18 (13.11 %)Degree
24 (6.557 %)ISEB
31 (1.639 %)ISEB Practitioner
31 (1.639 %)HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
16 (9.836 %)GLP
21 (1.639 %)21 CFR Part 11
Vendors
18 (13.11 %)Oracle
18 (13.11 %)CA
27 (11.48 %)Business Objects
27 (11.48 %)Trillium
27 (11.48 %)Teradata
32 (3.279 %)Compuware
32 (3.279 %)Reuters
32 (3.279 %)Bloomberg
41 (1.639 %)Sybase
41 (1.639 %)HP
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