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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 23 34 32
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -2
Permanent jobs citing QA 12 6 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fareham 7.407% 2.830% 6.550%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 48.00% 27.27% 62.50%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 15
Average salary £46,250 £23,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+96.80% -41.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £23,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £25,500 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Fareham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
25 22 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fareham 15.43% 10.38% 10.48%
Number of salaries quoted 23 19 23
Average salary £42,500 £30,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.66% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,000 £22,300 £25,200
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,800 £38,200
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Hampshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Fareham QA Jobs Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

Fareham QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

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

Fareham QA Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Fareham 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 9 (56.25%) Electronics
2 8 (50.00%) C
2 8 (50.00%) MATLAB
3 6 (37.50%) Tcl
3 6 (37.50%) Perl
3 6 (37.50%) Manufacturing
3 6 (37.50%) AWK
3 6 (37.50%) sed
4 5 (31.25%) Validation
4 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
4 5 (31.25%) MS Office
5 4 (25.00%) UNIX
5 4 (25.00%) Linux
5 4 (25.00%) VHDL
5 4 (25.00%) Verilog
5 4 (25.00%) Cadence
5 4 (25.00%) Automotive
5 4 (25.00%) Software Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Test Scripting
6 3 (18.75%) SystemC
6 3 (18.75%) Regression Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Firmware
6 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
6 3 (18.75%) Assembly Language
7 2 (12.50%) SQL
7 2 (12.50%) Law
7 2 (12.50%) LabVIEW
7 2 (12.50%) Handset
7 2 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (12.50%) Marketing

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Fareham 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.

Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) LabVIEW
2 1 (6.250%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (56.25%) Electronics
2 6 (37.50%) Manufacturing
3 4 (25.00%) Automotive
4 2 (12.50%) Law
4 2 (12.50%) Marketing
5 1 (6.250%) Avionics
5 1 (6.250%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) QA Manager
1 4 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) Senior Integration Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) IP Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Senior IP Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Tester
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Quality Manager
3 2 (12.50%) QA Tester
3 2 (12.50%) Development Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Lead Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Leader
4 1 (6.250%) QA Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Quality Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Verification Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Lead Tester
4 1 (6.250%) QA Leader
4 1 (6.250%) Software Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) VHDL
1 4 (25.00%) Verilog
2 3 (18.75%) SystemC
2 3 (18.75%) Firmware
3 2 (12.50%) Handset
3 2 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (6.250%) Physics
4 1 (6.250%) Human Factors
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) UNIX
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Validation
2 4 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Test Scripting
3 3 (18.75%) Regression Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Electronic Design Automation
4 2 (12.50%) Supply Chain Management
5 1 (6.250%) Requirements Management
5 1 (6.250%) Unit Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (6.250%) Signal Processing
5 1 (6.250%) Quality Management
5 1 (6.250%) Change Management
5 1 (6.250%) Risk Management
5 1 (6.250%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) C
1 8 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 6 (37.50%) Tcl
2 6 (37.50%) Perl
2 6 (37.50%) AWK
2 6 (37.50%) sed
3 3 (18.75%) Assembly Language
4 2 (12.50%) SQL
5 1 (6.250%) Embedded C
5 1 (6.250%) Ada
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Cadence