The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Tester
Rank 142 148 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Tester 2 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.081% 0.080% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.083% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £27,500 £46,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.86% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +10.16%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2302 2413 3085
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 93.81% 96.37% 93.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1883 1964 2496
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £58,500 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Tester
East of England

QA Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA Tester across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire QA Tester Jobs Demand Trend

QA Tester
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire QA Tester Salary Trend

QA Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited QA Tester 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 Tester in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) QA
2 5 (83.33%) Software Testing
3 4 (66.67%) Selenium
3 4 (66.67%) Automation Testing
4 3 (50.00%) ISEB
4 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
4 3 (50.00%) Degree
4 3 (50.00%) SQL
4 3 (50.00%) .NET
5 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
5 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (33.33%) Groovy
5 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
6 1 (16.67%) User Stories
6 1 (16.67%) Internet
6 1 (16.67%) Java
6 1 (16.67%) BDD
6 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (16.67%) TDD
6 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 1 (16.67%) Validation
6 1 (16.67%) Scrum
6 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
6 1 (16.67%) UNIX
6 1 (16.67%) Windows
6 1 (16.67%) Linux

QA Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited QA Tester 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Software Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Automation Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 1 (16.67%) BDD
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) User Stories
5 1 (16.67%) TDD
5 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
5 1 (16.67%) Validation
5 1 (16.67%) Scrum
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Groovy
3 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) ISEB
1 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) QA