England QA Engineer Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Brighton Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Derby Derbyshire East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh England Fareham Fife Glenrothes Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich London Middlesex Newbury Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Petersfield Portsmouth Scotland Slough Somerset South East South West Suffolk Surrey UK Watford West Midlands Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	618	640
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching permanent IT job ads	299	388
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.161 %	0.162 %
As % of the category below	0.187 %	0.186 %
Salaries quoted	242	302
Average minimum salary	£32,673	£32,380
Average salary	£35,865	£34,830
% change on same period last year	+2.97 %
Average maximum salary	£39,057	£37,280
UK excluding London average salary	£34,181	£33,771
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Job Titles England
Matching permanent IT job ads	159951	208751
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	86.08 %	87.03 %
Salaries quoted	133102	167766
Average minimum salary	£38,946	£40,649
Average salary	£42,570	£44,406
% change on same period last year	-4.13 %
Average maximum salary	£46,195	£48,162
UK excluding London average salary	£38,072	£39,428
% change on same period last year	-3.43 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+64	141	£38,282	+6.39 %
East of England	+72	78	£34,174	+10.51 %
South East	-43	48	£36,352	-2.09 %
South West	-8	24	£28,711	-32.10 %
East Midlands	-31	5	£35,400	+20.21 %
West Midlands	-2	3	£31,500	+3.09 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited 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 QA Engineer in their job title.

1 693 (100.00 %) QA 2 170 (24.53 %) SQL 3 168 (24.24 %) Test Scripting 4 129 (18.61 %) Java 5 127 (18.33 %) Automated Testing 6 119 (17.17 %) UNIX 7 112 (16.16 %) QuickTest Pro 8 109 (15.73 %) ISEB 9 106 (15.30 %) Windows 10 101 (14.57 %) Internet 11 100 (14.43 %) Degree 12 99 (14.29 %) Software Testing 13 92 (13.28 %) Finance 14 82 (11.83 %) Linux 15 80 (11.54 %) Selenium

16 79 (11.40 %) TestDirector 17 72 (10.39 %) Python 18 67 (9.668 %) Perl 18 67 (9.668 %) C# 19 63 (9.091 %) Agile Software Development 20 57 (8.225 %) WinRunner 21 53 (7.648 %) Oracle 22 50 (7.215 %) C++ 22 50 (7.215 %) HTML 22 50 (7.215 %) XML 23 48 (6.926 %) .NET 24 46 (6.638 %) TCP/IP 25 45 (6.494 %) E-Commerce 26 42 (6.061 %) Computer Science 27 40 (5.772 %) SQL Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited 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 QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 50 (7.215 %) HTML 1 50 (7.215 %) XML 2 48 (6.926 %) .NET 3 32 (4.618 %) CSS 4 19 (2.742 %) ASP 5 17 (2.453 %) J2EE 6 12 (1.732 %) XSLT 6 12 (1.732 %) JMS 6 12 (1.732 %) WebServices 7 10 (1.443 %) ASP.NET 8 9 (1.299 %) Django 9 6 (0.866 %) AJAX 10 5 (0.722 %) Ruby on Rails 10 5 (0.722 %) JSP 11 4 (0.577 %) FIX Protocol 12 3 (0.433 %) Adobe Flex 12 3 (0.433 %) WAP 13 2 (0.289 %) WebSphere 13 2 (0.289 %) SWT 14 1 (0.144 %) J2ME	Application Platforms 1 7 (1.010 %) Apache 2 5 (0.722 %) IIS 2 5 (0.722 %) MS Exchange 2 5 (0.722 %) CMS 3 4 (0.577 %) SharePoint 4 3 (0.433 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 3 (0.433 %) SharePoint Portal Server 4 3 (0.433 %) Oracle 9iAS 5 2 (0.289 %) JBoss 6 1 (0.144 %) ColdFusion
Applications 1 16 (2.309 %) MS Excel 2 3 (0.433 %) MS Office 3 2 (0.289 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 3 (0.433 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 101 (14.57 %) Internet 2 46 (6.638 %) TCP/IP 3 24 (3.463 %) Broadband 4 12 (1.732 %) FTP 4 12 (1.732 %) SSH 5 7 (1.010 %) Wireless 6 5 (0.722 %) HTTP 6 5 (0.722 %) ISDN 7 4 (0.577 %) DNS 7 4 (0.577 %) DSL 8 3 (0.433 %) SSL 8 3 (0.433 %) SAN 8 3 (0.433 %) SMS 8 3 (0.433 %) SMTP 8 3 (0.433 %) DHCP 8 3 (0.433 %) LDAP 9 1 (0.144 %) WAN 9 1 (0.144 %) LAN 9 1 (0.144 %) VPN 9 1 (0.144 %) SS7	Database & Business Intelligence 1 40 (5.772 %) SQL Server 2 21 (3.030 %) MySQL 3 11 (1.587 %) Database Marketing 4 9 (1.299 %) RDBMS 5 3 (0.433 %) Oracle 10g 5 3 (0.433 %) GIS 5 3 (0.433 %) Oracle 9i 6 1 (0.144 %) MS Access 6 1 (0.144 %) Data Mining 6 1 (0.144 %) TOAD 6 1 (0.144 %) Text Mining 6 1 (0.144 %) DB2
Development Applications 1 112 (16.16 %) QuickTest Pro 2 80 (11.54 %) Selenium 3 79 (11.40 %) TestDirector 4 57 (8.225 %) WinRunner 5 34 (4.906 %) Bugzilla 6 33 (4.762 %) JIRA 7 27 (3.896 %) WATIR 8 22 (3.175 %) Watij 9 20 (2.886 %) Subversion 9 20 (2.886 %) LoadRunner 10 17 (2.453 %) Visual Studio 11 14 (2.020 %) MSI 12 13 (1.876 %) Rational Robot 12 13 (1.876 %) TestPartner 13 11 (1.587 %) CruiseControl 14 10 (1.443 %) Ant 14 10 (1.443 %) HttpUnit 15 9 (1.299 %) JUnit 16 6 (0.866 %) FitNesse 17 5 (0.722 %) Visual Studio Team System	General 1 92 (13.28 %) Finance 2 21 (3.030 %) Retail 3 19 (2.742 %) Games 4 18 (2.597 %) Health 4 18 (2.597 %) Telecoms 5 16 (2.309 %) Pensions 5 16 (2.309 %) Banking 6 15 (2.165 %) Electronics 6 15 (2.165 %) Aerospace 7 13 (1.876 %) Marketing 8 12 (1.732 %) Pharmaceutical 9 11 (1.587 %) Online Games 10 10 (1.443 %) Front Office 11 8 (1.154 %) Education 11 8 (1.154 %) Publishing 12 7 (1.010 %) Multimedia 13 6 (0.866 %) Investment Banking 13 6 (0.866 %) Advertising 13 6 (0.866 %) Automotive 14 5 (0.722 %) Music
Miscellaneous 1 42 (6.061 %) Computer Science 2 27 (3.896 %) Client/Server 3 22 (3.175 %) French Language 4 16 (2.309 %) Mathematics 5 13 (1.876 %) Italian Language 5 13 (1.876 %) Spanish Language 6 10 (1.443 %) Life Science 7 6 (0.866 %) Handset 8 5 (0.722 %) Derivative 9 4 (0.577 %) W3C 10 2 (0.289 %) Data Protection Act 10 2 (0.289 %) Web 2.0 11 1 (0.144 %) CCTV 11 1 (0.144 %) N-Tier 11 1 (0.144 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 11 1 (0.144 %) E-Learning 11 1 (0.144 %) Credit Derivative 11 1 (0.144 %) Cryptography 11 1 (0.144 %) Streaming Media 11 1 (0.144 %) Social Network	Operating Systems 1 119 (17.17 %) UNIX 2 106 (15.30 %) Windows 3 82 (11.83 %) Linux 4 9 (1.299 %) Windows 2000 5 6 (0.866 %) Windows XP 6 5 (0.722 %) Windows Server 2003 6 5 (0.722 %) Windows Vista 7 2 (0.289 %) Windows NT 7 2 (0.289 %) Solaris 8 1 (0.144 %) SUSE 8 1 (0.144 %) Debian 8 1 (0.144 %) Red Hat Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 168 (24.24 %) Test Scripting 2 127 (18.33 %) Automated Testing 3 99 (14.29 %) Software Testing 4 63 (9.091 %) Agile Software Development 5 45 (6.494 %) E-Commerce 6 35 (5.051 %) Web Development 7 34 (4.906 %) Manual Testing 8 31 (4.473 %) Performance Testing 9 30 (4.329 %) Scrum 10 28 (4.040 %) Web Testing 11 27 (3.896 %) Software Engineering 12 24 (3.463 %) Project Management 13 23 (3.319 %) Validation 14 22 (3.175 %) Regression Testing 15 21 (3.030 %) User Acceptance Testing 15 21 (3.030 %) V-Model 16 16 (2.309 %) Integration Testing 17 15 (2.165 %) Continuous Integration 17 15 (2.165 %) Electronic Trading 18 14 (2.020 %) Use Case	Programming Languages 1 170 (24.53 %) SQL 2 129 (18.61 %) Java 3 72 (10.39 %) Python 4 67 (9.668 %) C# 4 67 (9.668 %) Perl 5 50 (7.215 %) C++ 6 39 (5.628 %) JavaScript 7 30 (4.329 %) PHP 8 27 (3.896 %) VB 9 26 (3.752 %) C 10 25 (3.608 %) VBScript 11 20 (2.886 %) Ruby 12 16 (2.309 %) DHTML 13 11 (1.587 %) Transact-SQL 14 10 (1.443 %) Lua 15 6 (0.866 %) PL/SQL 16 2 (0.289 %) VC++ 17 1 (0.144 %) Tcl
Qualifications 1 109 (15.73 %) ISEB 2 100 (14.43 %) Degree 3 5 (0.722 %) ISEB Practitioner 4 3 (0.433 %) ISTQB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 693 (100.00 %) QA 2 5 (0.722 %) 21 CFR Part 11 3 4 (0.577 %) ISO9001 4 2 (0.289 %) TickIT 5 1 (0.144 %) SLA 5 1 (0.144 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 5 1 (0.144 %) ISO9000
System Software 1 16 (2.309 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 12 (1.732 %) MSMQ 3 4 (0.577 %) Active Directory 4 3 (0.433 %) ISA Server	Vendors 1 53 (7.648 %) Oracle 2 27 (3.896 %) Microsoft 3 18 (2.597 %) VMware 4 13 (1.876 %) Sybase 5 10 (1.443 %) Cisco 5 10 (1.443 %) Mapinfo 6 7 (1.010 %) Compuware 7 6 (0.866 %) Empirix 7 6 (0.866 %) Yahoo! 8 3 (0.433 %) Lawson 9 2 (0.289 %) Perforce 9 2 (0.289 %) HP 9 2 (0.289 %) Reuters 10 1 (0.144 %) Sony 10 1 (0.144 %) ATG 10 1 (0.144 %) Borland 10 1 (0.144 %) Red Hat 10 1 (0.144 %) Apple 10 1 (0.144 %) Adobe 10 1 (0.144 %) Google