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This section looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs within the Hertfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Quality Assurance Engineer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank167174
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads18
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.024 %0.167 %
Salaries quoted17
Average minimum salary£35,000£31,000
Average salary£35,000£35,143
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£39,286
UK excluding London average salary£34,133£33,771
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads42204782
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.272 %1.993 %
Salaries quoted35774151
Average minimum salary£37,451£37,023
Average salary£41,307£40,383
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Average maximum salary£45,164£43,743
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
QA Engineer East of EnglandQA Engineer
East of England

QA Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire QA Engineer Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire QA Engineer Salary Trend

QA Engineer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordUp+21£35,000-
QA Engineer East of EnglandQA Engineer
East of England

QA Engineer
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title.

112 (100.00 %)QA
28 (66.67 %)Test Scripting
36 (50.00 %)Benchmarking
43 (25.00 %)SQL
52 (16.67 %)Military
52 (16.67 %)Software Testing
61 (8.333 %)Games
61 (8.333 %)UNIX
61 (8.333 %)Windows
61 (8.333 %)Linux
61 (8.333 %)Microsoft
61 (8.333 %)TestDirector

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)TestDirector
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (16.67 %)Military
21 (8.333 %)Games
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (8.333 %)UNIX
11 (8.333 %)Windows
11 (8.333 %)Linux
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (66.67 %)Test Scripting
26 (50.00 %)Benchmarking
32 (16.67 %)Software Testing
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (25.00 %)SQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (100.00 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (8.333 %)Microsoft