The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 20 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Halifax region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 13 27 27
Rank change year-on-year
+14 0
Permanent jobs citing QA 17 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 11.33% 3.684% 2.326%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 80.95% 70.00% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 2
Average salary £48,500 £35,000 £19,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.57% +81.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £35,000 £18,650
10% offered a salary of more than £49,400 £35,000 £19,850
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
21 10 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 14.00% 5.263% 9.302%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 11
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% -36.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,600 £35,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,800 £57,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +2.46%
QA
West Yorkshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax QA Salary Trend

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 13 (40.63%) Project Management
2 12 (37.50%) MS Office
3 11 (34.38%) ITIL
4 10 (31.25%) SLA
4 10 (31.25%) PRINCE
4 10 (31.25%) Software Testing
4 10 (31.25%) Test Scripting
5 9 (28.13%) Finance
6 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 5 (15.63%) Regression Testing
8 4 (12.50%) Windows
8 4 (12.50%) SQL
9 3 (9.375%) Test Strategy
9 3 (9.375%) PL/SQL
9 3 (9.375%) Oracle
10 2 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (6.250%) IT Governance
11 1 (3.125%) Business Analysis
11 1 (3.125%) Release Management
11 1 (3.125%) Agile Software Development
11 1 (3.125%) Performance Testing
11 1 (3.125%) Integration Testing
11 1 (3.125%) Functional Testing
11 1 (3.125%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (3.125%) Data Architecture
11 1 (3.125%) Process Improvement
11 1 (3.125%) .NET
11 1 (3.125%) Data Modelling
11 1 (3.125%) OpenEdge
11 1 (3.125%) Progress 4GL

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 (3.125%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.125%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 12 (37.50%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.125%) RDBMS
General
1 9 (28.13%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Analyst
2 8 (25.00%) Operations Manager
3 7 (21.88%) Support Manager
4 6 (18.75%) Test Manager
5 5 (15.63%) Test Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) QA Manager
6 4 (12.50%) Release Manager
7 3 (9.375%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (9.375%) QA Test Analyst
7 3 (9.375%) QA Analyst
7 3 (9.375%) Software Manager
7 3 (9.375%) Software Test Manager
7 3 (9.375%) Development Manager
7 3 (9.375%) Service Analyst
8 2 (6.250%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (6.250%) Architect
8 2 (6.250%) Business Analyst
8 2 (6.250%) Tester
9 1 (3.125%) Business Test Analyst
9 1 (3.125%) QA Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.125%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Project Management
2 11 (34.38%) ITIL
3 10 (31.25%) PRINCE
3 10 (31.25%) Software Testing
3 10 (31.25%) Test Scripting
4 5 (15.63%) Regression Testing
5 3 (9.375%) Test Strategy
6 2 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (6.250%) IT Governance
7 1 (3.125%) Business Analysis
7 1 (3.125%) Release Management
7 1 (3.125%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (3.125%) Performance Testing
7 1 (3.125%) Integration Testing
7 1 (3.125%) Functional Testing
7 1 (3.125%) Data Architecture
7 1 (3.125%) Process Improvement
7 1 (3.125%) Data Modelling
7 1 (3.125%) Service Management
7 1 (3.125%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) SQL
2 3 (9.375%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.125%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.125%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (31.25%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.375%) Oracle
3 1 (3.125%) Progress