The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hungerford 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 Hungerford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 5 6 14
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +8
Permanent jobs citing QA 2 1 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hungerford 12.50% 5.556% 10.53%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 100.00% 100.00% 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 4
Average salary £41,750 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+39.16% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,125
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -4.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Hungerford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
2 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hungerford 12.50% 5.556% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 5
Average salary £41,750 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+39.16% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Berkshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hungerford 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 Hungerford region.

Hungerford QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

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

Hungerford QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hungerford 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 (66.67%) MS Project
1 4 (66.67%) MS Office
1 4 (66.67%) UNIX
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 3 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (50.00%) VB
2 3 (50.00%) HP
3 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) WinRunner
4 1 (16.67%) Python
4 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) C
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) Perl

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hungerford 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 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Project
1 4 (66.67%) MS Office
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (16.67%) WinRunner
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) QA Test Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) QA Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Test Automation Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Automation Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) QA Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Writer
2 1 (16.67%) Author
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Author
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) UNIX
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) C
2 1 (16.67%) Perl
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) HP
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