The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 22 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 47 23 48
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +25
Permanent jobs citing QA 7 22 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 2.167% 8.429% 0.673%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 87.50% 51.16% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6 22 2
Average salary £30,250 £27,500 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +22.22%
UK excluding London average salary £38,250 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
8 43 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 2.477% 16.48% 1.010%
Number of salaries quoted 7 38 3
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +66.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Suffolk

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Ipswich region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Ipswich QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 13 (38.24%) Microsoft
2 11 (32.35%) ISEB
2 11 (32.35%) C#
3 10 (29.41%) .NET
4 9 (26.47%) SQL Server
4 9 (26.47%) HTML
4 9 (26.47%) CSS
4 9 (26.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (23.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (23.53%) WCF
5 8 (23.53%) jQuery
5 8 (23.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 8 (23.53%) ASP.NET MVC
5 8 (23.53%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (23.53%) MVC
5 8 (23.53%) BizTalk Server
5 8 (23.53%) Web Services
5 8 (23.53%) Windows
5 8 (23.53%) UML
5 8 (23.53%) SharePoint
5 8 (23.53%) JavaScript
5 8 (23.53%) ASP.NET
6 7 (20.59%) SQL
7 6 (17.65%) VMS
7 6 (17.65%) MS Excel
7 6 (17.65%) VMware
7 6 (17.65%) VMware ESX
7 6 (17.65%) Risk Management
7 6 (17.65%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 10 (29.41%) .NET
2 9 (26.47%) HTML
2 9 (26.47%) CSS
3 8 (23.53%) WCF
3 8 (23.53%) jQuery
3 8 (23.53%) ASP.NET MVC
3 8 (23.53%) Web Services
3 8 (23.53%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.941%) LAMP
4 1 (2.941%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 8 (23.53%) BizTalk Server
1 8 (23.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (17.65%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.941%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.941%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (26.47%) SQL Server
1 9 (26.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 8 (23.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (23.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (5.882%) MySQL
3 2 (5.882%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.941%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.941%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (2.941%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 2 (5.882%) Selenium
2 1 (2.941%) JIRA
General
1 3 (8.824%) Marketing
2 2 (5.882%) Finance
3 1 (2.941%) Games
3 1 (2.941%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Analyst
2 10 (29.41%) Test Analyst
3 9 (26.47%) Developer
4 5 (14.71%) QA Analyst
4 5 (14.71%) .NET Developer
4 5 (14.71%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Senior Test Analyst
5 4 (11.76%) Tester
5 4 (11.76%) Senior QA Analyst
6 3 (8.824%) Software Tester
6 3 (8.824%) UNIX Engineer
6 3 (8.824%) QA Tester
6 3 (8.824%) Junior Tester
6 3 (8.824%) Junior Software Tester
6 3 (8.824%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 3 (8.824%) Junior
6 3 (8.824%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (8.824%) Senior Developer
6 3 (8.824%) Administrator
6 3 (8.824%) UNIX Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (8.824%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.941%) Online Games
3 1 (2.941%) Mobile Games
3 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.941%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Windows
2 6 (17.65%) VMS
3 3 (8.824%) UNIX
3 3 (8.824%) Solaris
3 3 (8.824%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (23.53%) MVC
1 8 (23.53%) UML
2 6 (17.65%) Risk Management
3 4 (11.76%) Regression Testing
4 3 (8.824%) Software Testing
4 3 (8.824%) Automated Testing
4 3 (8.824%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (8.824%) Test Scripting
5 2 (5.882%) Test Automation
6 1 (2.941%) Web Development
6 1 (2.941%) Performance Testing
6 1 (2.941%) Manual Testing
6 1 (2.941%) Data Migration
6 1 (2.941%) High Availability
6 1 (2.941%) Test Strategy
6 1 (2.941%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (2.941%) Migration
6 1 (2.941%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.941%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 11 (32.35%) C#
2 8 (23.53%) JavaScript
3 7 (20.59%) SQL
4 3 (8.824%) PowerShell
4 3 (8.824%) Bash shell
4 3 (8.824%) Perl
5 2 (5.882%) VB.NET
6 1 (2.941%) PHP5
6 1 (2.941%) C
6 1 (2.941%) PHP
6 1 (2.941%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.941%) VB
6 1 (2.941%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (32.35%) ISEB
2 6 (17.65%) Degree
2 6 (17.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (14.71%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.941%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (2.941%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (2.941%) HND
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) VMware ESX
1 6 (17.65%) VMware ESXi
1 6 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (8.824%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (38.24%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) VMware
3 3 (8.824%) Oracle
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