The first table below looks at the demand for QADirector skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QADirector 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 of the Development Applications category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Compuware QADirector
Rank 811 857 842
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -15
Permanent jobs citing QADirector 19 6 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.019% 0.005% 0.015%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.127% 0.036% 0.113%
Number of salaries quoted 18 6 16
Average salary £82,500 £32,250 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+155.81% +11.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £28,750 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £79,500 £31,250
UK excluding London average salary £80,000 £31,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+153.96% +6.77%
All Development Applications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
14952 16465 15023
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 14.83% 14.49% 12.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12931 14520 13245
Average salary £43,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.17% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
QADirector
UK

QADirector
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QADirector across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

England QADirector Jobs Demand Trend

QADirector
Salary Trend

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

England QADirector Salary Trend

QADirector
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QADirector across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England QADirector Salary Histogram

QADirector
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QADirector within the 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
South East +10 7 £72,500 +124.80%
London +36 6 £83,750 -33.00%
North West +5 3 £82,500 +200.00%
East of England - 3 £80,000 -
QADirector
UK

QADirector
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing QADirector also 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 that cited QADirector.

1 31 (88.57%) QA
2 13 (37.14%) Software Engineering
2 13 (37.14%) Manufacturing
2 13 (37.14%) Lean Manufacturing
2 13 (37.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (34.29%) Automated Testing
4 10 (28.57%) Finance
5 9 (25.71%) Functional Testing
5 9 (25.71%) Non-Functional Testing
5 9 (25.71%) Test Automation
5 9 (25.71%) Test Management
6 7 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (14.29%) Test Scripting
8 5 (14.29%) Selenium
8 5 (14.29%) Test Strategy
8 5 (14.29%) Degree
9 4 (11.43%) TDD
9 4 (11.43%) JMeter
9 4 (11.43%) Scrum
9 4 (11.43%) Java
9 4 (11.43%) LoadRunner
9 4 (11.43%) ClearQuest
9 4 (11.43%) Performance Testing
10 3 (8.571%) Kanban
10 3 (8.571%) REST
10 3 (8.571%) Budget Control
10 3 (8.571%) WebDriver
10 3 (8.571%) BDD
10 3 (8.571%) Enterprise Software

QADirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing QADirector also 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 that cited QADirector. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (8.571%) Spring
1 3 (8.571%) REST
2 1 (2.857%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.857%) HTTP
1 1 (2.857%) Intranet
1 1 (2.857%) Internet
Development Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Selenium
2 4 (11.43%) LoadRunner
2 4 (11.43%) ClearQuest
2 4 (11.43%) JMeter
3 3 (8.571%) WebDriver
3 3 (8.571%) JUnit
4 1 (2.857%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.857%) Git (software)
4 1 (2.857%) WATIR
General
1 13 (37.14%) Manufacturing
2 10 (28.57%) Finance
3 3 (8.571%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 6 (17.14%) Head of Testing
3 3 (8.571%) Lead Software Engineer
4 2 (5.714%) QA Manager
5 1 (2.857%) Senior QA Manager
5 1 (2.857%) Senior Quality Manager
5 1 (2.857%) QA Test Manager
5 1 (2.857%) Test Manager
5 1 (2.857%) Senior Manager
5 1 (2.857%) Quality Manager
5 1 (2.857%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.571%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.857%) Equities
2 1 (2.857%) Derivative
2 1 (2.857%) Blog
2 1 (2.857%) Social Media
2 1 (2.857%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) Software Engineering
1 13 (37.14%) Lean Manufacturing
1 13 (37.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (34.29%) Automated Testing
3 9 (25.71%) Test Automation
3 9 (25.71%) Test Management
3 9 (25.71%) Functional Testing
3 9 (25.71%) Non-Functional Testing
4 7 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (14.29%) Test Scripting
6 5 (14.29%) Test Strategy
7 4 (11.43%) Scrum
7 4 (11.43%) TDD
7 4 (11.43%) Performance Testing
8 3 (8.571%) E-Commerce
8 3 (8.571%) Kanban
8 3 (8.571%) Budget Control
8 3 (8.571%) BDD
9 1 (2.857%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.43%) Java
2 3 (8.571%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (88.57%) QA
2 1 (2.857%) Section 508
2 1 (2.857%) WAI
Newbury, Thames Valley
Strong understanding of technical documentation review and requirements analysis. Understanding of quality process models and methodologies such as ISO, IEEE and ISEB Key responsibilities: Creating detailed Test Plans...
Satigo
Salary: £3000 - £3500 per annum + Benefit
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
ISEB Foundation in Software Testing accreditation is preferred... Strong understanding of technical documentation review and requirements analysis. Able to work with technologies such as HTML, XML, SQL and...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013