The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Consultant
Rank 836 849 854
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Consultant 11 7 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.011% 0.006% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.006% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 4
Average salary £36,250 £33,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.20% -39.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £27,800 £51,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,700 £48,100 £62,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £29,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
+12.06% -55.38%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95965 107840 108961
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.44% 94.79% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 80782 93186 92537
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Consultant
UK

QA Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England QA Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

QA Consultant
Salary Trend

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

England QA Consultant Salary Trend

QA Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Consultant across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England QA Consultant Salary Histogram

QA Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Consultant within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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
London +33 8 £40,000 +19.40%
South West 0 2 £32,500 +12.06%
South East - 1 - -
QA Consultant
UK

QA Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited QA Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 28 (100.00%) QA
2 14 (50.00%) Degree
2 14 (50.00%) SQL
3 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
3 11 (39.29%) Manual Testing
4 10 (35.71%) Test Scripting
4 10 (35.71%) SharePoint
5 9 (32.14%) Visual Studio
5 9 (32.14%) HP
5 9 (32.14%) LoadRunner
6 8 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
6 8 (28.57%) Oracle
6 8 (28.57%) Windows
7 7 (25.00%) .NET
8 6 (21.43%) Active Directory
8 6 (21.43%) Management Information System
8 6 (21.43%) Performance Testing
9 5 (17.86%) Windows 7
9 5 (17.86%) Release Management
9 5 (17.86%) Windows XP
9 5 (17.86%) Citrix
9 5 (17.86%) Java
10 4 (14.29%) Selenium
10 4 (14.29%) Mathematics
10 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
10 4 (14.29%) ISTQB
10 4 (14.29%) Content Management
10 4 (14.29%) Software Engineering
10 4 (14.29%) Finance
11 3 (10.71%) Law

QA Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited QA Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (3.571%) REST
2 1 (3.571%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 10 (35.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.571%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (32.14%) Visual Studio
1 9 (32.14%) LoadRunner
2 4 (14.29%) Selenium
3 3 (10.71%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (3.571%) Cucumber
General
1 4 (14.29%) Finance
2 3 (10.71%) Law
3 2 (7.143%) Legal
4 1 (3.571%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 4 (14.29%) Mathematics
2 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 2 (7.143%) Client/Server
3 2 (7.143%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.571%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.571%) Handset
4 1 (3.571%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Windows
2 5 (17.86%) Windows 7
2 5 (17.86%) Windows XP
3 2 (7.143%) Android
3 2 (7.143%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Manual Testing
2 10 (35.71%) Test Scripting
3 8 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (21.43%) Performance Testing
5 5 (17.86%) Release Management
6 4 (14.29%) Content Management
6 4 (14.29%) Software Engineering
7 3 (10.71%) Software Testing
7 3 (10.71%) CRM
7 3 (10.71%) ERP
8 2 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (7.143%) Process Management
8 2 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (7.143%) Six Sigma
9 1 (3.571%) Automation Testing
9 1 (3.571%) Root Cause Analysis
9 1 (3.571%) Analytics
9 1 (3.571%) Load Testing
9 1 (3.571%) Integration Testing
9 1 (3.571%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 14 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (17.86%) Java
3 1 (3.571%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.571%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) ISTQB
3 3 (10.71%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 9 (32.14%) HP
3 8 (28.57%) Oracle
4 5 (17.86%) Citrix
5 1 (3.571%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (3.571%) SAP