Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Hemel Hempstead 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3254
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching permanent IT job ads1712
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.005 %
As % of the category below39.53 %18.46 %
Salaries quoted1711
Average minimum salary£30,824£32,727
Average salary£32,206£35,000
% change on same period last year-7.98 %
Average maximum salary£33,588£37,273
UK excluding London average salary£37,791£38,992
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
Hemel Hempstead IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Hemel Hempstead
Matching permanent IT job ads4365
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.029 %0.029 %
Salaries quoted3761
Average minimum salary£34,842£32,459
Average salary£37,171£35,270
% change on same period last year+5.38 %
Average maximum salary£39,500£38,082
UK excluding London average salary£40,170£39,932
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
QA HerefordshireQA
Herefordshire

QA
Demand Trend

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

Hemel Hempstead QA Demand Trend

QA
Salary Trend

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

Hemel Hempstead QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Hemel Hempstead region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Hemel Hempstead QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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.

132 (88.89 %)SQL Server
225 (69.44 %)C#
324 (66.67 %)Contract for Difference
324 (66.67 %)Back Office
324 (66.67 %)Risk Management
324 (66.67 %)Finance
324 (66.67 %).NET
324 (66.67 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
324 (66.67 %).NET Framework
49 (25.00 %)Oracle
49 (25.00 %)SQL
58 (22.22 %)PL/SQL
66 (16.67 %)Microsoft
75 (13.89 %)Datawarehouse
75 (13.89 %)RDBMS
84 (11.11 %)MS Excel
84 (11.11 %)Health
84 (11.11 %)Software Testing
93 (8.333 %)Business Intelligence
93 (8.333 %)Transact-SQL
102 (5.556 %)Java
102 (5.556 %)UNIX
102 (5.556 %)Oracle 9i
102 (5.556 %)Oracle 10g
102 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2000
102 (5.556 %)Disaster Recovery
102 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005
102 (5.556 %)Web Development
111 (2.778 %)Degree
111 (2.778 %)EJB 3.0

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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.

Hemel Hempstead IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (66.67 %).NET
124 (66.67 %).NET Framework
21 (2.778 %)EJB 3.0
21 (2.778 %)HTML
21 (2.778 %)J2EE
21 (2.778 %)EJB
21 (2.778 %)JSP
21 (2.778 %)Struts
Hemel Hempstead IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (11.11 %)MS Excel
Hemel Hempstead IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
132 (88.89 %)SQL Server
25 (13.89 %)Datawarehouse
25 (13.89 %)RDBMS
32 (5.556 %)Oracle 10g
32 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (5.556 %)Oracle 9i
41 (2.778 %)ETL
Hemel Hempstead IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (66.67 %)Back Office
124 (66.67 %)Finance
24 (11.11 %)Health
31 (2.778 %)Aerospace
31 (2.778 %)Electric
Hemel Hempstead IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
126 (72.22 %)Developer
225 (69.44 %)Graduate
225 (69.44 %)C# Developer
225 (69.44 %)Graduate Developer
324 (66.67 %)Graduate CSharp Developer
45 (13.89 %)Consultant
54 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse Consultant
63 (8.333 %)Oracle DBA
63 (8.333 %)SQL Server DBA
63 (8.333 %)DBA
63 (8.333 %)SQL DBA
72 (5.556 %)Java Software Developer
72 (5.556 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
72 (5.556 %)Software Developer
72 (5.556 %)Analyst
72 (5.556 %)Java Developer
81 (2.778 %)C++ Developer
81 (2.778 %)J2EE Developer
81 (2.778 %)Team Leader
81 (2.778 %)Senior Consultant
Hemel Hempstead IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
124 (66.67 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
124 (66.67 %)Contract for Difference
21 (2.778 %)Mathematics
21 (2.778 %)Physics
Hemel Hempstead IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (5.556 %)UNIX
21 (2.778 %)Linux
Hemel Hempstead IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
124 (66.67 %)Risk Management
24 (11.11 %)Software Testing
33 (8.333 %)Business Intelligence
42 (5.556 %)Disaster Recovery
42 (5.556 %)Web Development
51 (2.778 %)User Acceptance Testing
51 (2.778 %)Unit Testing
51 (2.778 %)RAD
51 (2.778 %)Service Management
Hemel Hempstead IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (69.44 %)C#
29 (25.00 %)SQL
38 (22.22 %)PL/SQL
43 (8.333 %)Transact-SQL
52 (5.556 %)Java
61 (2.778 %)C++
Hemel Hempstead IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.778 %)Degree
Hemel Hempstead IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.778 %)ISO9001
Hemel Hempstead IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (25.00 %)Oracle
26 (16.67 %)Microsoft
31 (2.778 %)IBM