The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Huddersfield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Huddersfield region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 22 24 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing QA 2 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huddersfield 3.279% 3.472% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 40.00% 45.45% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £50,000 £21,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+138.09% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Huddersfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
5 11 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huddersfield 8.197% 7.639% 1.449%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 0
Average salary £34,000 £32,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +1.23%
QA
West Yorkshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Huddersfield 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 Huddersfield region.

Huddersfield QA Salary Trend

QA
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Huddersfield 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 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
2 3 (42.86%) Regression Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) MS Office
3 2 (28.57%) IT Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
4 1 (14.29%) Release Management
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) OpenEdge
4 1 (14.29%) Progress 4GL
4 1 (14.29%) Progress
4 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
4 1 (14.29%) ISEB
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) .NET
4 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Huddersfield 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 1 (14.29%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Test Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) QA Test Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) QA Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) QA Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) QA Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Progress Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
2 3 (42.86%) Regression Testing
3 2 (28.57%) IT Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Release Management
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Progress