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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Farnborough region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4743
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads910
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.004 %
As % of the category below20.45 %66.67 %
Salaries quoted98
Average minimum salary£40,667£37,000
Average salary£41,056£37,438
% change on same period last year+9.66 %
Average maximum salary£41,444£37,875
UK excluding London average salary£37,338£37,279
% change on same period last year+0.15 %
Farnborough IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Farnborough
Matching permanent IT job ads4415
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.006 %
Salaries quoted4313
Average minimum salary£46,578£39,308
Average salary£51,467£42,846
% change on same period last year+20.11 %
Average maximum salary£56,356£46,385
UK excluding London average salary£39,355£39,963
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Farnborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Farnborough QA Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

Farnborough QA Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Farnborough region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Farnborough QA Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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.

116 (39.02 %)Automated Testing
213 (31.71 %)Finance
311 (26.83 %)Software Testing
49 (21.95 %)Security Cleared
58 (19.51 %)SQL
58 (19.51 %)Test Scripting
67 (17.07 %)C#
67 (17.07 %)Perl
67 (17.07 %).NET
67 (17.07 %)Visual Studio
67 (17.07 %)Government
67 (17.07 %)Project Management
67 (17.07 %)QuickTest Pro
76 (14.63 %)UML
76 (14.63 %)VC++
76 (14.63 %)Python
76 (14.63 %)C
76 (14.63 %)C++
76 (14.63 %)VB
76 (14.63 %)MS Project
76 (14.63 %)ASP
76 (14.63 %)ASP.NET
76 (14.63 %)COM+
76 (14.63 %)VB6
85 (12.20 %)Electronics
85 (12.20 %)Transact-SQL
85 (12.20 %)MFC
85 (12.20 %)MySQL
85 (12.20 %)SQL Server
85 (12.20 %)RDBMS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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.

Farnborough IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (17.07 %).NET
26 (14.63 %)ASP
26 (14.63 %)ASP.NET
26 (14.63 %)COM+
35 (12.20 %)MFC
42 (4.878 %)XML
42 (4.878 %)XSL
42 (4.878 %)WebSphere
42 (4.878 %)Java EE
Farnborough IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (4.878 %)IIS
12 (4.878 %)SharePoint
12 (4.878 %)Exchange Server 2003
Farnborough IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (14.63 %)MS Project
Farnborough IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (12.20 %)Internet
24 (9.756 %)Network Security
32 (4.878 %)Firewall
32 (4.878 %)SMS
32 (4.878 %)SAN
41 (2.439 %)GSM
Farnborough IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (12.20 %)MySQL
15 (12.20 %)SQL Server
15 (12.20 %)RDBMS
22 (4.878 %)DB2
Farnborough IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (17.07 %)Visual Studio
17 (17.07 %)QuickTest Pro
25 (12.20 %)VSS/SourceSafe
32 (4.878 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
Farnborough IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (31.71 %)Finance
27 (17.07 %)Government
35 (12.20 %)Electronics
44 (9.756 %)Insurance
53 (7.317 %)Health
62 (4.878 %)Manufacturing
Farnborough IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (31.71 %)Tester
211 (26.83 %)Software Tester
211 (26.83 %)QA Tester
39 (21.95 %)Analyst
45 (12.20 %)Test Engineer
54 (9.756 %)Technical Lead
63 (7.317 %)C Software Engineer
63 (7.317 %)C++ Software Engineer
63 (7.317 %)Software Engineer
63 (7.317 %)QA Manager
72 (4.878 %)Technical Consultant
72 (4.878 %)Quality Manager
72 (4.878 %)Test Analyst
72 (4.878 %)Systems Analyst
72 (4.878 %)Consultant
72 (4.878 %)Developer
72 (4.878 %)Business Analyst
72 (4.878 %)Java Developer
72 (4.878 %)Systems Tester
72 (4.878 %)WebSphere Developer
Farnborough IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (4.878 %)Clustering
Farnborough IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (12.20 %)Windows
24 (9.756 %)VxWorks
Farnborough IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (39.02 %)Automated Testing
211 (26.83 %)Software Testing
39 (21.95 %)Security Cleared
48 (19.51 %)Test Scripting
57 (17.07 %)Project Management
66 (14.63 %)UML
75 (12.20 %)PRINCE2
84 (9.756 %)PRINCE
84 (9.756 %)Project Planning
92 (4.878 %)GAP Analysis
92 (4.878 %)OO
92 (4.878 %)QMS
101 (2.439 %)DV Cleared
Farnborough IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (19.51 %)SQL
27 (17.07 %)C#
27 (17.07 %)Perl
36 (14.63 %)C
36 (14.63 %)C++
36 (14.63 %)VB
36 (14.63 %)VC++
36 (14.63 %)Python
36 (14.63 %)VB6
45 (12.20 %)Transact-SQL
52 (4.878 %)Java
61 (2.439 %)Embedded C
61 (2.439 %)Embedded C++
Farnborough IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (9.756 %)MCSE
14 (9.756 %)Cisco Certification
14 (9.756 %)Microsoft Certification
14 (9.756 %)Degree
22 (4.878 %)CCNP
22 (4.878 %)CCNA
31 (2.439 %)ISEB
Farnborough IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (4.878 %)ISO9001
Farnborough IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (9.756 %)Microsoft
22 (4.878 %)Cisco
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