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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 54 56 76
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +20
Permanent jobs citing QA 96 100 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 3.912% 3.994% 3.105%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 45.28% 41.15% 37.23%
Number of salaries quoted 71 75 86
Average salary £35,000 £43,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.54% +8.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,700 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £65,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,125
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -4.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
212 243 274
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 8.639% 9.704% 8.341%
Number of salaries quoted 175 176 207
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,400 £23,550 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
East of England

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hertfordshire QA Salary Histogram

QA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Watford +12 18 £37,500 -6.25%
Stevenage +8 13 £31,250 -28.97%
Borehamwood -2 9 £32,500 -45.83%
Hemel Hempstead -6 6 £30,750 -25.90%
Hertford - 6 £63,750 -
St Albans -7 4 £32,500 -
Rickmansworth - 2 £40,000 -
Royston - 1 £40,000 -
QA
East of England

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 71 (32.72%) SQL
2 64 (29.49%) Java
3 49 (22.58%) C#
4 44 (20.28%) XML
5 39 (17.97%) ISEB
6 38 (17.51%) Finance
7 37 (17.05%) Scrum
8 36 (16.59%) Agile Software Development
9 35 (16.13%) HP Quality Center
10 34 (15.67%) Project Management
10 34 (15.67%) OO
11 33 (15.21%) Test Strategy
12 32 (14.75%) .NET
13 30 (13.82%) Waterfall
13 30 (13.82%) Selenium
14 29 (13.36%) Test Scripting
14 29 (13.36%) Software Testing
15 28 (12.90%) Test Management
16 27 (12.44%) ISTQB
16 27 (12.44%) JavaScript
17 26 (11.98%) Oracle
18 25 (11.52%) CSS
18 25 (11.52%) MS Excel
18 25 (11.52%) Ajax
18 25 (11.52%) Degree
18 25 (11.52%) Telecoms
18 25 (11.52%) jQuery
19 24 (11.06%) Automation Testing
19 24 (11.06%) ASP.NET
19 24 (11.06%) C

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 44 (20.28%) XML
2 32 (14.75%) .NET
3 25 (11.52%) CSS
3 25 (11.52%) Ajax
3 25 (11.52%) jQuery
4 24 (11.06%) ASP.NET
5 20 (9.217%) Web Services
5 20 (9.217%) HTML
6 16 (7.373%) WCF
6 16 (7.373%) HTML5
7 14 (6.452%) CSS3
8 13 (5.991%) Spring
9 11 (5.069%) ASP.NET MVC
10 10 (4.608%) REST
11 9 (4.147%) WinForms
11 9 (4.147%) J2EE
12 8 (3.687%) .NET Framework
13 7 (3.226%) WPF
13 7 (3.226%) XSLT
14 6 (2.765%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (2.304%) Oracle Application Server
2 4 (1.843%) WebLogic
2 4 (1.843%) Tomcat
2 4 (1.843%) CMS
3 3 (1.382%) Apache
3 3 (1.382%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (0.922%) TIBCO EMS
4 2 (0.922%) Jetty
4 2 (0.922%) MS Exchange
4 2 (0.922%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.461%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 25 (11.52%) MS Excel
2 17 (7.834%) MS Visio
2 17 (7.834%) MS Project
3 3 (1.382%) MS Office
3 3 (1.382%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.922%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.461%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.461%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 7 (3.226%) SAP FI
1 7 (3.226%) SAP FI/CO
1 7 (3.226%) SAP CO
2 3 (1.382%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.922%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.922%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.922%) TIBCO BusinessEvents
4 1 (0.461%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.608%) LAN
1 10 (4.608%) SAN
2 7 (3.226%) Internet
3 5 (2.304%) HTTP
4 2 (0.922%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.756%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.765%) Oracle 10g
3 4 (1.843%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (1.843%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.843%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (1.843%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (1.382%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.382%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (0.922%) DB2
5 2 (0.922%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.461%) Oracle 9i
6 1 (0.461%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 30 (13.82%) Selenium
2 16 (7.373%) JMeter
3 14 (6.452%) QuickTest Pro
4 12 (5.530%) Ant
4 12 (5.530%) WebDriver
5 11 (5.069%) Team Foundation Server
6 10 (4.608%) Rational DOORS
7 9 (4.147%) JIRA
7 9 (4.147%) JUnit
8 8 (3.687%) LabVIEW
9 6 (2.765%) Maven
9 6 (2.765%) Git (software)
10 4 (1.843%) Subversion
10 4 (1.843%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.922%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.922%) Jenkins
11 2 (0.922%) Hudson
12 1 (0.461%) PhoneGap
General
1 38 (17.51%) Finance
2 25 (11.52%) Telecoms
3 20 (9.217%) Retail
4 11 (5.069%) Pharmaceutical
5 10 (4.608%) Aerospace
6 9 (4.147%) Banking
7 6 (2.765%) Advertising
7 6 (2.765%) Retail Banking
7 6 (2.765%) French Language
8 4 (1.843%) Automotive
9 3 (1.382%) Marketing
10 2 (0.922%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.922%) Games
11 1 (0.461%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 37 (17.05%) Developer
2 35 (16.13%) QA Engineer
3 34 (15.67%) Analyst
4 25 (11.52%) Test Engineer
5 20 (9.217%) Test Analyst
6 18 (8.295%) Architect
7 17 (7.834%) Software Architect
8 16 (7.373%) Test Leader
9 14 (6.452%) Tester
9 14 (6.452%) Test Manager
10 13 (5.991%) Lead Software Architect
10 13 (5.991%) Lead Architect
11 11 (5.069%) Software Development Team Leader
11 11 (5.069%) Software Team Leader
11 11 (5.069%) .NET Developer
11 11 (5.069%) Team Leader
11 11 (5.069%) Development Team Leader
11 11 (5.069%) .NET Team Leader
12 10 (4.608%) Senior Test Engineer
12 10 (4.608%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.147%) Computer Science
2 8 (3.687%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.304%) EPoS
4 3 (1.382%) N-Tier
4 3 (1.382%) Mathematics
4 3 (1.382%) Mobile App
5 2 (0.922%) Smartphone
5 2 (0.922%) SaaS
5 2 (0.922%) Kindle
5 2 (0.922%) Client/Server
5 2 (0.922%) Handset
5 2 (0.922%) Speech Recognition
5 2 (0.922%) EMV
5 2 (0.922%) Chip and PIN
6 1 (0.461%) NHS
6 1 (0.461%) Firmware
6 1 (0.461%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.461%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.461%) PKI
6 1 (0.461%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 21 (9.677%) Linux
1 21 (9.677%) UNIX
2 19 (8.756%) Windows
3 11 (5.069%) Solaris
4 10 (4.608%) Windows 7
4 10 (4.608%) Windows XP
5 3 (1.382%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.461%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (0.461%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (17.05%) Scrum
2 36 (16.59%) Agile Software Development
3 34 (15.67%) OO
3 34 (15.67%) Project Management
4 33 (15.21%) Test Strategy
5 30 (13.82%) Waterfall
6 29 (13.36%) Software Testing
6 29 (13.36%) Test Scripting
7 28 (12.90%) Test Management
8 24 (11.06%) Automation Testing
9 22 (10.14%) MVC
10 21 (9.677%) Unit Testing
10 21 (9.677%) Automated Testing
11 19 (8.756%) User Acceptance Testing
12 18 (8.295%) Test Automation
13 17 (7.834%) Integration Testing
14 16 (7.373%) V-Model
15 15 (6.912%) Validation
16 14 (6.452%) Continuous Improvement
17 13 (5.991%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 71 (32.72%) SQL
2 64 (29.49%) Java
3 49 (22.58%) C#
4 27 (12.44%) JavaScript
5 24 (11.06%) C
6 23 (10.60%) C++
7 15 (6.912%) PL/SQL
7 15 (6.912%) Shell Script
8 13 (5.991%) Python
9 10 (4.608%) Embedded C
9 10 (4.608%) Ruby
10 6 (2.765%) Apex Code
11 5 (2.304%) Perl
11 5 (2.304%) PHP
12 4 (1.843%) FoxPro (VFP)
12 4 (1.843%) VBScript
12 4 (1.843%) Bourne shell
12 4 (1.843%) Bash shell
12 4 (1.843%) Korn
12 4 (1.843%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 39 (17.97%) ISEB
2 27 (12.44%) ISTQB
3 25 (11.52%) Degree
4 2 (0.922%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.226%) ISO 9001
2 5 (2.304%) ISO 9000
3 3 (1.382%) TickIT
4 1 (0.461%) ISO 8583
4 1 (0.461%) WCAG
4 1 (0.461%) DO-178B
4 1 (0.461%) DO-254
4 1 (0.461%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.461%) GxP
4 1 (0.461%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (4.608%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.922%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 35 (16.13%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 26 (11.98%) Oracle
2 15 (6.912%) SAP
3 14 (6.452%) Sun
4 11 (5.069%) Microsoft
5 9 (4.147%) Cisco
6 7 (3.226%) Nortel
6 7 (3.226%) Avaya
7 6 (2.765%) Salesforce.com
7 6 (2.765%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.843%) JBoss
9 3 (1.382%) Thunderhead
10 2 (0.922%) VMware
10 2 (0.922%) Fujitsu
10 2 (0.922%) hybris
10 2 (0.922%) RedPrairie
10 2 (0.922%) VocaLink
10 2 (0.922%) Cognos
10 2 (0.922%) IBM
10 2 (0.922%) Business Objects
10 2 (0.922%) TIBCO
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