The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Essex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 72 69 79
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +10
Permanent jobs citing QA 9 43 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.946% 3.087% 1.938%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.75% 37.07% 36.23%
Number of salaries quoted 8 34 21
Average salary £41,500 £34,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.05% -15.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,300 £27,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £71,700 £58,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,125
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -4.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
61 116 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 6.414% 8.327% 5.349%
Number of salaries quoted 59 95 54
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £32,550
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £57,500 £57,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
East of England

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Essex QA Jobs Demand Trend

QA
Salary Trend

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

Essex QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

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

Essex QA Salary Histogram

QA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Essex 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
Harlow +35 1 - -
Colchester +7 1 £27,500 -45.00%
QA
East of England

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region citing QA 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 QA.

1 8 (33.33%) Electronics
2 7 (29.17%) Degree
2 7 (29.17%) Configuration Management
3 6 (25.00%) ISEB
3 6 (25.00%) Project Management
4 5 (20.83%) DAB
4 5 (20.83%) QuickTest Pro
4 5 (20.83%) JIRA
4 5 (20.83%) Software Testing
4 5 (20.83%) ISTQB
4 5 (20.83%) Requirements Analysis
4 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
4 5 (20.83%) Bugzilla
4 5 (20.83%) Military
4 5 (20.83%) HP Quality Center
4 5 (20.83%) Change Control
4 5 (20.83%) Embedded Software Development
5 4 (16.67%) Wireless
5 4 (16.67%) Network Design
5 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (16.67%) ITIL
5 4 (16.67%) CCNP
5 4 (16.67%) CCNA
5 4 (16.67%) CCDA
5 4 (16.67%) CCDP
6 3 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (8.333%) QMS
7 2 (8.333%) SC Cleared
7 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
7 2 (8.333%) Selenium

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region citing QA 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 QA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.333%) .NET
2 1 (4.167%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) DAB
2 4 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (4.167%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.333%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.167%) MS Access
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) JIRA
1 5 (20.83%) QuickTest Pro
1 5 (20.83%) Bugzilla
2 2 (8.333%) Selenium
3 1 (4.167%) Talend Open Studio
3 1 (4.167%) MSTest
3 1 (4.167%) CruiseControl
3 1 (4.167%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (33.33%) Electronics
2 5 (20.83%) Military
3 2 (8.333%) Finance
3 2 (8.333%) Advertising
4 1 (4.167%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Test Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Software Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Network Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Quality Engineer
6 2 (8.333%) Project Manager
6 2 (8.333%) Tester
6 2 (8.333%) QA Tester
6 2 (8.333%) Configuration Engineer
7 1 (4.167%) Systems Tester
7 1 (4.167%) Developer Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) Data Integration Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) Integration Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) Data Integration Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Design Engineer
7 1 (4.167%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Firmware
1 1 (4.167%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Configuration Management
2 6 (25.00%) Project Management
3 5 (20.83%) Software Engineering
3 5 (20.83%) Software Testing
3 5 (20.83%) Requirements Analysis
3 5 (20.83%) Change Control
3 5 (20.83%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (16.67%) Network Design
4 4 (16.67%) ITIL
5 3 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (8.333%) QMS
6 2 (8.333%) Earned Value Management
6 2 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.333%) Quality Management
6 2 (8.333%) Process Management
6 2 (8.333%) Data Management
7 1 (4.167%) Content Management
7 1 (4.167%) Automated Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Web Development
7 1 (4.167%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.333%) C#
2 1 (4.167%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.167%) VB
2 1 (4.167%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Degree
2 6 (25.00%) ISEB
3 5 (20.83%) ISTQB
4 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (16.67%) CCNP
4 4 (16.67%) CCNA
4 4 (16.67%) CCDA
4 4 (16.67%) CCDP
5 2 (8.333%) SC Cleared
5 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
6 1 (4.167%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (4.167%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (4.167%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.167%) Informatica
1 1 (4.167%) Talend
1 1 (4.167%) Guidewire
Essex
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Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: to £42k
Posted: 29 April 2013
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Knowledge and experience of financial and Quality Assurance processes... Liaising and communicating with other professionals and parents/carers NVQ 4 Care or completed within 18 months of appointment.
Working for Essex
Salary: £2221 - £25473 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013