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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the last 3 months to 22 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to 22 May 2008Same period last year
Rank10694
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching permanent IT job ads5159
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.026 %
As % of the category below27.13 %31.55 %
Salaries quoted3555
Average minimum salary£32,971£34,364
Average salary£37,714£35,609
% change on same period last year+5.91 %
Average maximum salary£42,457£36,855
UK excluding London average salary£37,465£37,526
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance LeedsQuality Assurance & Compliance
Leeds
Matching permanent IT job ads188187
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.093 %0.082 %
Salaries quoted159176
Average minimum salary£33,466£36,359
Average salary£37,499£37,811
% change on same period last year-0.82 %
Average maximum salary£41,531£39,264
UK excluding London average salary£38,393£40,680
% change on same period last year-5.62 %
QA West YorkshireQA
West Yorkshire

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing QA across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Leeds QA Demand Trend

QA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing QA across the Leeds region.

Leeds QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Leeds region over the past 3 months.

Leeds QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Leeds region citing QA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing QA.

139 (28.89 %)SQL
234 (25.19 %)Java
333 (24.44 %)User Acceptance Testing
431 (22.96 %)Finance
530 (22.22 %)LoadRunner
627 (20.00 %)QuickTest Pro
627 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
725 (18.52 %)ISEB
824 (17.78 %)Web Testing
922 (16.30 %)Microsoft
1020 (14.81 %)Test Scripting
1117 (12.59 %)Client/Server
1214 (10.37 %)Regression Testing
1313 (9.630 %)VB
1313 (9.630 %)System Testing
1412 (8.889 %)Automated Testing
1412 (8.889 %).NET
1412 (8.889 %)XML
1510 (7.407 %)MS Excel
1510 (7.407 %)Manual Testing
169 (6.667 %)PRINCE2
169 (6.667 %)Unix
178 (5.926 %)WebLogic
178 (5.926 %)Oracle
178 (5.926 %)TestDirector
178 (5.926 %)ISTQB
187 (5.185 %)Pensions
187 (5.185 %)HTML
196 (4.444 %)Configuration Management
196 (4.444 %)Hibernate

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Leeds region citing QA also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing QA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
112 (8.889 %).NET
112 (8.889 %)XML
27 (5.185 %)HTML
36 (4.444 %)Hibernate
36 (4.444 %)J2EE
36 (4.444 %)WebSphere
36 (4.444 %)Spring
44 (2.963 %)JSP
53 (2.222 %)ASP.NET
62 (1.481 %)XHTML
62 (1.481 %)CSS
62 (1.481 %)AJAX
71 (0.741 %)DOM
Application Platforms
18 (5.926 %)WebLogic
23 (2.222 %)SAS
32 (1.481 %)IIS
41 (0.741 %)OpenEdge
41 (0.741 %)CICS
Applications
110 (7.407 %)MS Excel
25 (3.704 %)Photoshop
25 (3.704 %)MS Office
Business Applications
12 (1.481 %)BPCS
Communications & Networking
12 (1.481 %)Internet
21 (0.741 %)Broadband
21 (0.741 %)DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
13 (2.222 %)Datawarehouse
13 (2.222 %)BusinessObjects
22 (1.481 %)SQL Server
31 (0.741 %)Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
130 (22.22 %)LoadRunner
227 (20.00 %)QuickTest Pro
38 (5.926 %)TestDirector
45 (3.704 %)Eclipse
45 (3.704 %)Flash
54 (2.963 %)WATIR
54 (2.963 %)FitNesse
62 (1.481 %)Subversion
62 (1.481 %)NUnit
71 (0.741 %)QARun
71 (0.741 %)QALoad
71 (0.741 %)WinRunner
General
131 (22.96 %)Finance
27 (5.185 %)Pensions
35 (3.704 %)Banking
35 (3.704 %)Animation
44 (2.963 %)Automotive
44 (2.963 %)Health
44 (2.963 %)Law
44 (2.963 %)Marketing
52 (1.481 %)General Ledger
52 (1.481 %)Multimedia
61 (0.741 %)Billing
61 (0.741 %)Retail
61 (0.741 %)Insurance
61 (0.741 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
167 (49.63 %)Analyst
243 (31.85 %)Test Analyst
342 (31.11 %)Tester
437 (27.41 %)QA Analyst
521 (15.56 %)QA Tester
617 (12.59 %)QA Test Analyst
617 (12.59 %)Developer
715 (11.11 %)Quality Analyst
813 (9.630 %)Test Manager
911 (8.148 %)QA Manager
109 (6.667 %)Java Developer
117 (5.185 %)Software Tester
117 (5.185 %)Project Manager
126 (4.444 %)Quality Manager
126 (4.444 %)Development Manager
126 (4.444 %)Development Project Manager
135 (3.704 %)Java/J2EE Developer
135 (3.704 %)Interactive Developer
135 (3.704 %)J2EE Developer
135 (3.704 %)Consultant
Miscellaneous
117 (12.59 %)Client/Server
23 (2.222 %)Management Information System
32 (1.481 %)NHS
32 (1.481 %)E-Learning
41 (0.741 %)Asset Management
41 (0.741 %)VSAM
41 (0.741 %)PDA
41 (0.741 %)EPoS
41 (0.741 %)Mainframe
41 (0.741 %)Blackberry
Operating Systems
19 (6.667 %)Unix
22 (1.481 %)Windows NT
22 (1.481 %)Solaris
22 (1.481 %)Linux
31 (0.741 %)AIX
Processes & Methodologies
133 (24.44 %)User Acceptance Testing
227 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
324 (17.78 %)Web Testing
420 (14.81 %)Test Scripting
514 (10.37 %)Regression Testing
613 (9.630 %)System Testing
712 (8.889 %)Automated Testing
810 (7.407 %)Manual Testing
99 (6.667 %)PRINCE2
106 (4.444 %)Configuration Management
106 (4.444 %)Software Testing
115 (3.704 %)Time Management
115 (3.704 %)Workflow
115 (3.704 %)Six Sigma
115 (3.704 %)PRINCE
124 (2.963 %)BPM
124 (2.963 %)Process Management
124 (2.963 %)RAD
124 (2.963 %)ITIL
124 (2.963 %)Test Management
Programming Languages
139 (28.89 %)SQL
234 (25.19 %)Java
313 (9.630 %)VB
46 (4.444 %)JavaScript
55 (3.704 %)XPath
55 (3.704 %)ActionScript
55 (3.704 %)PHP
64 (2.963 %)Shell Script
64 (2.963 %)VBScript
64 (2.963 %)C
64 (2.963 %)Ruby
73 (2.222 %)VBA
82 (1.481 %)VB.NET
82 (1.481 %)Transact-SQL
91 (0.741 %)VB6
91 (0.741 %)PL/SQL
91 (0.741 %)Perl
Qualifications
125 (18.52 %)ISEB
28 (5.926 %)ISTQB
36 (4.444 %)Degree
43 (2.222 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.741 %)ISO9000
11 (0.741 %)ISO9001
11 (0.741 %)TickIT
System Software
12 (1.481 %)NetBackup
Vendors
122 (16.30 %)Microsoft
28 (5.926 %)Oracle
33 (2.222 %)Business Objects
33 (2.222 %)Trillium
33 (2.222 %)Teradata
42 (1.481 %)Sun
42 (1.481 %)HP
42 (1.481 %)Siebel
42 (1.481 %)Acxiom
51 (0.741 %)PeopleSoft
51 (0.741 %)SAP
51 (0.741 %)Intel
51 (0.741 %)IBM
51 (0.741 %)VERITAS
51 (0.741 %)JD Edwards
51 (0.741 %)Remedy
51 (0.741 %)Primavera
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