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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 58 61 48
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -13
Permanent jobs citing QA 21 12 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 3.061% 1.719% 2.448%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.19% 30.00% 59.09%
Number of salaries quoted 19 11 12
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +1.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,700 £32,500 £26,850
10% offered a salary of more than £39,300 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
104 40 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 15.16% 5.731% 4.143%
Number of salaries quoted 89 29 21
Average salary £38,500 £32,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.46% -19.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £23,600 £26,200
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
East Midlands

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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
Leicester -3 13 £38,000 +16.92%
Lutterworth - 1 £37,500 -
QA
East Midlands

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 (34.29%) ISO 9001
2 11 (31.43%) Quality Management
2 11 (31.43%) ISO 14001
2 11 (31.43%) Automotive
2 11 (31.43%) Manufacturing
2 11 (31.43%) ERP
2 11 (31.43%) QMS
2 11 (31.43%) Process Improvement
3 10 (28.57%) MVC
4 8 (22.86%) C#
4 8 (22.86%) .NET
5 7 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 7 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 7 (20.00%) ASP.NET
5 7 (20.00%) XML
5 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (20.00%) .NET Framework
5 7 (20.00%) WPF
5 7 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (17.14%) jQuery
6 6 (17.14%) Ajax
6 6 (17.14%) N-Tier
6 6 (17.14%) HTML
6 6 (17.14%) E-Commerce
7 5 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (14.29%) SQL
7 5 (14.29%) ISEB
7 5 (14.29%) Configuration Management
7 5 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 8 (22.86%) .NET
2 7 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 7 (20.00%) XML
2 7 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 7 (20.00%) WPF
3 6 (17.14%) jQuery
3 6 (17.14%) Ajax
3 6 (17.14%) HTML
4 5 (14.29%) LINQ
4 5 (14.29%) WinForms
4 5 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
4 5 (14.29%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 5 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC 4
5 2 (5.714%) CSS
6 1 (2.857%) SOAP
6 1 (2.857%) Web Services
6 1 (2.857%) CSS3
6 1 (2.857%) HTML5
6 1 (2.857%) JSON
Applications
1 1 (2.857%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.857%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (8.571%) JIRA
2 2 (5.714%) Selenium
2 2 (5.714%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.857%) Subversion
3 1 (2.857%) NUnit
3 1 (2.857%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (2.857%) WebDriver
General
1 11 (31.43%) Automotive
1 11 (31.43%) Manufacturing
2 4 (11.43%) Retail
3 1 (2.857%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Quality Manager
2 11 (31.43%) Systems Manager
3 9 (25.71%) Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Test Analyst
5 3 (8.571%) Release Analyst
6 2 (5.714%) Configuration Engineer
6 2 (5.714%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (5.714%) Performance Engineer
7 1 (2.857%) Lead Test Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) QA Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) Technical Test Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) Software Tester
7 1 (2.857%) QA Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Business Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) Technical Architect
7 1 (2.857%) Software Architect
7 1 (2.857%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (2.857%) Configuration Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) N-Tier
2 1 (2.857%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.857%) Digital Media
2 1 (2.857%) Data Conversion
2 1 (2.857%) FMCG
2 1 (2.857%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.571%) Windows
2 2 (5.714%) UNIX
3 1 (2.857%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) Quality Management
1 11 (31.43%) ERP
1 11 (31.43%) QMS
1 11 (31.43%) Process Improvement
2 10 (28.57%) MVC
3 7 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (17.14%) E-Commerce
5 5 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (14.29%) Configuration Management
5 5 (14.29%) OWASP
5 5 (14.29%) MVVM
6 4 (11.43%) Performance Management
7 3 (8.571%) Change Management
7 3 (8.571%) Software Deployment
7 3 (8.571%) Test Scripting
8 2 (5.714%) Software Testing
8 2 (5.714%) Automation Testing
8 2 (5.714%) Project Management
8 2 (5.714%) Automated Testing
9 1 (2.857%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.86%) C#
2 7 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (2.857%) Java
4 1 (2.857%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) ISEB
2 2 (5.714%) Degree
3 1 (2.857%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (2.857%) HNC
3 1 (2.857%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (34.29%) ISO 9001
2 11 (31.43%) ISO 14001
3 1 (2.857%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.857%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.714%) Oracle
3 1 (2.857%) Siemens
3 1 (2.857%) Progress
3 1 (2.857%) Allen-Bradley
Leicester, Leicestershire
This role will work closely with QA testers support services to ensure system integrity is maintained through the improvement process... The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for...
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: Up to £38,000 per annum basic + bonus (average 12%) + pension + shares
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
With a group turnover of £225 million and a diverse client base from construction to media.Role Outlines; In conjunction with the Software Application Development and Quality Assurance...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013