The first table below looks at the demand for QALoad skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QALoad over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Compuware QALoad
Rank 803 859 831
Rank change year-on-year
+56 -28
Permanent jobs citing QALoad 41 10 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.040% 0.009% 0.026%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.271% 0.062% 0.197%
Number of salaries quoted 41 7 23
Average salary £67,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+68.75% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £40,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £40,000 £59,500
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+22.22% +5.88%
All Development Applications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15120 16082 15718
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 14.85% 14.19% 12.94%
Number of salaries quoted 13065 14093 13908
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +2.40%
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 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
QALoad
UK

QALoad
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England QALoad Jobs Demand Trend

QALoad
Salary Trend

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

England QALoad Salary Trend

QALoad
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QALoad across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England QALoad Salary Histogram

QALoad
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QALoad within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
North West - 14 £52,500 - 1
London +44 13 £70,000 +75.00%
Yorkshire - 9 £70,000 -
South East +16 4 £57,500 -
East of England +3 1 £36,500 -
QALoad
UK

QALoad
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing QALoad 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 QALoad.

1 34 (82.93%) QA
2 23 (56.10%) Web Services
3 22 (53.66%) XML
3 22 (53.66%) IBM
3 22 (53.66%) Java
3 22 (53.66%) JavaScript
4 21 (51.22%) J2EE
4 21 (51.22%) LoadRunner
4 21 (51.22%) Load Testing
5 20 (48.78%) JPA
5 20 (48.78%) MVC
5 20 (48.78%) Spring
5 20 (48.78%) JSF
5 20 (48.78%) Ajax
5 20 (48.78%) SilkPerformer
5 20 (48.78%) WebSphere
5 20 (48.78%) Middleware
5 20 (48.78%) BEA
5 20 (48.78%) WebLogic
5 20 (48.78%) JSP
5 20 (48.78%) Web Application Development
6 19 (46.34%) QuickTest Pro
6 19 (46.34%) ISEB
7 18 (43.90%) JUnit
7 18 (43.90%) EasyMock
7 18 (43.90%) Selenium
7 18 (43.90%) jMock
7 18 (43.90%) TestPartner
8 10 (24.39%) QMS
8 10 (24.39%) Software Testing

QALoad
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing QALoad 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 QALoad. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 23 (56.10%) Web Services
2 22 (53.66%) XML
3 21 (51.22%) J2EE
4 20 (48.78%) JPA
4 20 (48.78%) Spring
4 20 (48.78%) JSF
4 20 (48.78%) Ajax
4 20 (48.78%) WebSphere
4 20 (48.78%) Middleware
4 20 (48.78%) JSP
5 3 (7.317%) .NET
6 2 (4.878%) ASP
6 2 (4.878%) ASP.NET
6 2 (4.878%) CSS
6 2 (4.878%) WCF
6 2 (4.878%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 20 (48.78%) WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.878%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (51.22%) LoadRunner
2 20 (48.78%) SilkPerformer
3 19 (46.34%) QuickTest Pro
4 18 (43.90%) JUnit
4 18 (43.90%) EasyMock
4 18 (43.90%) Selenium
4 18 (43.90%) jMock
4 18 (43.90%) TestPartner
5 2 (4.878%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 3 (7.317%) Finance
2 2 (4.878%) Banking
2 2 (4.878%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (58.54%) Consultant
2 18 (43.90%) Technical Consultant
3 9 (21.95%) Head of Testing
4 6 (14.63%) Test Consultant
5 3 (7.317%) Test Leader
6 2 (4.878%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.878%) Architect
6 2 (4.878%) Performance Test Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) Test Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) Performance Engineer
7 1 (2.439%) Test Manager
7 1 (2.439%) QA Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (51.22%) Load Testing
2 20 (48.78%) MVC
2 20 (48.78%) Web Application Development
3 10 (24.39%) QMS
3 10 (24.39%) Software Testing
3 10 (24.39%) Automation Testing
4 9 (21.95%) Automated Testing
4 9 (21.95%) Manual Testing
5 8 (19.51%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (7.317%) Performance Testing
7 2 (4.878%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (4.878%) Business Analysis
8 1 (2.439%) V-Model
8 1 (2.439%) Configuration Management
8 1 (2.439%) CMMI
8 1 (2.439%) SOA
8 1 (2.439%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 22 (53.66%) Java
1 22 (53.66%) JavaScript
2 10 (24.39%) SQL
3 2 (4.878%) C
3 2 (4.878%) C++
Qualifications
1 19 (46.34%) ISEB
2 9 (21.95%) ISTQB
2 9 (21.95%) Degree
3 1 (2.439%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (82.93%) QA
2 9 (21.95%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (2.439%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 22 (53.66%) IBM
2 20 (48.78%) BEA
3 9 (21.95%) Oracle
4 2 (4.878%) Sybase
4 2 (4.878%) HP
4 2 (4.878%) Micro Focus
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Posted: 13 June 2013