The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 23 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 50 45 37
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -8
Permanent jobs citing QA 9 16 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.867% 2.899% 3.886%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 37.50% 55.17% 38.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4 16 11
Average salary £28,750 £28,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.67% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £43,750 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
24 29 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 4.979% 5.254% 10.10%
Number of salaries quoted 15 28 34
Average salary £33,500 £28,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.64% -22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £19,000 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £51,750 £44,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
North West

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Chorley - 1 £40,000 -
QA
North West

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 12 (52.17%) Unit Testing
2 11 (47.83%) Selenium
2 11 (47.83%) PHP
2 11 (47.83%) SQL
2 11 (47.83%) Java
2 11 (47.83%) Python
2 11 (47.83%) User Acceptance Testing
2 11 (47.83%) Mobile App
3 10 (43.48%) SOAP
3 10 (43.48%) Web Services
3 10 (43.48%) XML
3 10 (43.48%) C
3 10 (43.48%) C#
3 10 (43.48%) C++
3 10 (43.48%) HTTP
3 10 (43.48%) RAD
3 10 (43.48%) FitNesse
3 10 (43.48%) System Testing
3 10 (43.48%) Waterfall
3 10 (43.48%) soapUI
3 10 (43.48%) REST
3 10 (43.48%) Ruby
3 10 (43.48%) WATIR
4 3 (13.04%) .NET
4 3 (13.04%) Visual Studio
4 3 (13.04%) JIRA
4 3 (13.04%) NUnit
4 3 (13.04%) Test Automation
4 3 (13.04%) Manual Testing
4 3 (13.04%) Automation Testing

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 (43.48%) SOAP
1 10 (43.48%) Web Services
1 10 (43.48%) XML
1 10 (43.48%) soapUI
1 10 (43.48%) REST
2 3 (13.04%) .NET
3 1 (4.348%) CSS
3 1 (4.348%) HTML
3 1 (4.348%) Django
3 1 (4.348%) jQuery
3 1 (4.348%) Underscore.js
3 1 (4.348%) Ajax
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (47.83%) Selenium
2 10 (43.48%) FitNesse
2 10 (43.48%) WATIR
3 3 (13.04%) Visual Studio
3 3 (13.04%) JIRA
3 3 (13.04%) NUnit
4 1 (4.348%) WebDriver
4 1 (4.348%) Jasmine
General
1 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
1 1 (4.348%) Automotive
1 1 (4.348%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Consultant
1 10 (43.48%) Test Consultant
2 4 (17.39%) QA Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Software Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Test Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Software Test Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Test Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Software Test Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Quality Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Test Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Senior JavaScript Developer
5 1 (4.348%) JavaScript Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (47.83%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Unit Testing
2 11 (47.83%) User Acceptance Testing
3 10 (43.48%) RAD
3 10 (43.48%) System Testing
3 10 (43.48%) Waterfall
4 3 (13.04%) Test Automation
4 3 (13.04%) Manual Testing
4 3 (13.04%) Automation Testing
5 2 (8.696%) Process Management
6 1 (4.348%) Change Management
6 1 (4.348%) Scrum
6 1 (4.348%) B2C
6 1 (4.348%) UML
6 1 (4.348%) OO
6 1 (4.348%) E-Commerce
6 1 (4.348%) Kanban
6 1 (4.348%) Network Design
6 1 (4.348%) Business Analysis
6 1 (4.348%) TDD
6 1 (4.348%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (47.83%) PHP
1 11 (47.83%) SQL
1 11 (47.83%) Java
1 11 (47.83%) Python
2 10 (43.48%) C
2 10 (43.48%) C#
2 10 (43.48%) C++
2 10 (43.48%) Ruby
3 1 (4.348%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.348%) CCNP
1 1 (4.348%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (4.348%) Cisco