The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Fife 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 Fife region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank - 15 -
Permanent jobs citing QA 0 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fife - 2.740% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 50.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £40,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Fife
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
0 4 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fife - 5.479% 3.077%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 1
Average salary - £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +23.07%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Scotland

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Fife 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 Fife region.

Fife QA Salary Trend

QA
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Fife 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 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) DOM
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Web Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Fife 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 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) DOM
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Development Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Software Development Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Web Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree