The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Herefordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 22 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 Herefordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank - 18 -
Permanent jobs citing QA 0 12 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire - 15.38% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 100.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 12 0
Average salary - £28,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £38,250 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Herefordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
0 12 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Herefordshire - 15.38% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 12 0
Average salary - £28,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
West Midlands

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire QA Salary Trend

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (55.56%) C#
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 5 (55.56%) .NET
3 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
3 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 4 (44.44%) Visual Studio
3 4 (44.44%) OO
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (33.33%) NHS
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (33.33%) Automated Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Test Management
4 3 (33.33%) Manual Testing
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (33.33%) Product Management
4 3 (33.33%) Mobile Payment
5 2 (22.22%) Windows
5 2 (22.22%) OOP
6 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
6 1 (11.11%) Web Services
6 1 (11.11%) Chip and PIN
6 1 (11.11%) C
6 1 (11.11%) IIS
6 1 (11.11%) C++
6 1 (11.11%) HTML
6 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
6 1 (11.11%) PHP
6 1 (11.11%) Advertising
6 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Herefordshire 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 5 (55.56%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
2 1 (11.11%) Web Services
2 1 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
2 1 (11.11%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Test Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Software Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) NHS
1 3 (33.33%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (11.11%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
1 4 (44.44%) OO
2 3 (33.33%) Automated Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Test Management
2 3 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Product Management
3 2 (22.22%) OOP
4 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) C#
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) C
3 1 (11.11%) C++
3 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) PHP
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft