The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Engineer
Rank 409 467 439
Rank change year-on-year
+58 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 189 174 209
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.422% 0.328% 0.348%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.451% 0.348% 0.373%
Number of salaries quoted 175 155 159
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £61,500 £54,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41903 50015 56050
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.48% 94.20% 93.40%
Number of salaries quoted 35296 43493 47398
Average salary £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Engineer
England

QA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London QA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the London region.

London QA Engineer Salary Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London QA Engineer Salary Histogram

QA Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
City of London +7 38 £47,500 +5.55% 4
Hammersmith -1 1 £32,500 -31.57%
Ealing -19 1 £40,000 -
Canary Wharf - 1 £75,000 -
Croydon - 1 £45,000 -
Wembley - 1 £32,500 -
QA Engineer
England

QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title.

1 448 (100.00%) QA
2 290 (64.73%) Selenium
3 199 (44.42%) Agile Software Development
4 195 (43.53%) Java
5 161 (35.94%) SQL
6 146 (32.59%) Automated Testing
7 131 (29.24%) E-Commerce
8 129 (28.79%) Cucumber
9 113 (25.22%) Scrum
10 108 (24.11%) TDD
10 108 (24.11%) Test Automation
11 99 (22.10%) Test Scripting
12 94 (20.98%) BDD
13 93 (20.76%) Degree
14 89 (19.87%) C#
14 89 (19.87%) Finance
15 88 (19.64%) WebDriver
16 72 (16.07%) Automation Testing
17 68 (15.18%) Continuous Integration
18 62 (13.84%) Manual Testing
19 61 (13.62%) ISEB
20 60 (13.39%) Software Testing
21 59 (13.17%) Regression Testing
22 58 (12.95%) Windows
23 55 (12.28%) Performance Testing
24 53 (11.83%) QuickTest Pro
24 53 (11.83%) UNIX
24 53 (11.83%) Integration Testing
25 52 (11.61%) Ruby
26 51 (11.38%) Open Source

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 47 (10.49%) soapUI
2 41 (9.152%) SOAP
3 39 (8.705%) HTML
4 38 (8.482%) .NET
5 23 (5.134%) Gherkin
6 19 (4.241%) CSS
7 16 (3.571%) J2EE
8 14 (3.125%) Web Services
8 14 (3.125%) Grails
9 10 (2.232%) Flash
10 7 (1.563%) XML
10 7 (1.563%) DOM
11 6 (1.339%) Java EE
11 6 (1.339%) Apache Flex
12 5 (1.116%) J2SE
13 4 (0.893%) RESTful
13 4 (0.893%) REST
14 3 (0.670%) ASP.NET
15 2 (0.446%) Middleware
15 2 (0.446%) JMX
Application Platforms
1 18 (4.018%) Tomcat
2 14 (3.125%) Apache
3 6 (1.339%) Magento
4 5 (1.116%) Confluence
5 1 (0.223%) IIS
5 1 (0.223%) CMS
5 1 (0.223%) Joomla!
5 1 (0.223%) Drupal
5 1 (0.223%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (6.250%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.223%) ZBrush
2 1 (0.223%) Mudbox
2 1 (0.223%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (0.223%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (2.232%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.223%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.223%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (0.223%) JDE World
Communications & Networking
1 37 (8.259%) HTTP
2 30 (6.696%) Internet
3 25 (5.580%) TCP/IP
4 14 (3.125%) SMTP
5 11 (2.455%) Firewall
5 11 (2.455%) HTTPS
5 11 (2.455%) SSL
6 10 (2.232%) LDAP
6 10 (2.232%) LAN
6 10 (2.232%) WAN
7 9 (2.009%) DNS
8 5 (1.116%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.670%) tcpdump
10 2 (0.446%) DVB
10 2 (0.446%) BSS
10 2 (0.446%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.223%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.348%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.232%) Big Data
3 8 (1.786%) RDBMS
4 6 (1.339%) Apache Cassandra
4 6 (1.339%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.339%) HBase
5 5 (1.116%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (0.893%) MySQL
7 3 (0.670%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.670%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.670%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (0.670%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.670%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.223%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.223%) Text Mining
8 1 (0.223%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 290 (64.73%) Selenium
2 129 (28.79%) Cucumber
3 88 (19.64%) WebDriver
4 53 (11.83%) QuickTest Pro
5 45 (10.04%) JIRA
6 44 (9.821%) JMeter
7 41 (9.152%) FitNesse
8 39 (8.705%) JUnit
9 27 (6.027%) Team Foundation Server
10 25 (5.580%) JBehave
11 24 (5.357%) Jenkins
12 21 (4.688%) RSpec
12 21 (4.688%) SpecFlow
13 20 (4.464%) Visual Studio
14 16 (3.571%) Subversion
15 14 (3.125%) Maven
15 14 (3.125%) Hudson
16 13 (2.902%) LoadRunner
17 11 (2.455%) jMock
18 10 (2.232%) Git (software)
General
1 89 (19.87%) Finance
2 39 (8.705%) Games
3 24 (5.357%) Banking
4 22 (4.911%) Publishing
5 17 (3.795%) Telecoms
6 15 (3.348%) Retail
7 14 (3.125%) Online Betting
8 10 (2.232%) Marketing
8 10 (2.232%) Front Office
9 8 (1.786%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.563%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.563%) Polish Language
11 6 (1.339%) Law
12 5 (1.116%) Multimedia
13 4 (0.893%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.670%) Back Office
15 2 (0.446%) Advertising
16 1 (0.223%) Electronics
16 1 (0.223%) Legal
16 1 (0.223%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 51 (11.38%) Open Source
2 38 (8.482%) Computer Science
3 19 (4.241%) Online Games
4 16 (3.571%) iPhone
5 13 (2.902%) iPad
6 12 (2.679%) Client/Server
7 11 (2.455%) SaaS
8 9 (2.009%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.563%) Derivative
9 7 (1.563%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.563%) Psychology
10 5 (1.116%) Life Science
11 4 (0.893%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.670%) Digital Media
12 3 (0.670%) IPTV
12 3 (0.670%) Animation
12 3 (0.670%) DTV
12 3 (0.670%) Streaming Video
12 3 (0.670%) N-Tier
12 3 (0.670%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 58 (12.95%) Windows
2 53 (11.83%) UNIX
3 35 (7.813%) Linux
4 29 (6.473%) Android
5 28 (6.250%) Apple iOS
6 14 (3.125%) Windows Vista
7 9 (2.009%) Windows Phone
8 8 (1.786%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (1.786%) Windows XP
9 7 (1.563%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (1.339%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.116%) CentOS
12 1 (0.223%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (44.42%) Agile Software Development
2 146 (32.59%) Automated Testing
3 131 (29.24%) E-Commerce
4 113 (25.22%) Scrum
5 108 (24.11%) TDD
5 108 (24.11%) Test Automation
6 99 (22.10%) Test Scripting
7 94 (20.98%) BDD
8 72 (16.07%) Automation Testing
9 68 (15.18%) Continuous Integration
10 62 (13.84%) Manual Testing
11 60 (13.39%) Software Testing
12 59 (13.17%) Regression Testing
13 55 (12.28%) Performance Testing
14 53 (11.83%) Integration Testing
15 48 (10.71%) System Testing
16 46 (10.27%) User Stories
17 44 (9.821%) Test Strategy
18 41 (9.152%) OO
19 39 (8.705%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 195 (43.53%) Java
2 161 (35.94%) SQL
3 89 (19.87%) C#
4 52 (11.61%) Ruby
5 50 (11.16%) JavaScript
6 42 (9.375%) Python
7 24 (5.357%) Perl
8 18 (4.018%) PHP
9 15 (3.348%) C++
9 15 (3.348%) Groovy
9 15 (3.348%) C
10 12 (2.679%) T-SQL
11 9 (2.009%) Lua
12 8 (1.786%) VBScript
13 5 (1.116%) ActionScript
13 5 (1.116%) Tcl
14 4 (0.893%) VB
14 4 (0.893%) Scala
15 3 (0.670%) PeopleCode
15 3 (0.670%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 93 (20.76%) Degree
2 61 (13.62%) ISEB
3 34 (7.589%) ISTQB
4 7 (1.563%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (1.563%) MCSA
5 1 (0.223%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 448 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (0.446%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.223%) Basel III
3 1 (0.223%) Basel II
System Software
1 18 (4.018%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.125%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (6.696%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 42 (9.375%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.688%) HP
3 18 (4.018%) Oracle
4 14 (3.125%) VMware
5 10 (2.232%) Cisco
6 6 (1.339%) Facebook
7 5 (1.116%) Google
8 4 (0.893%) ATG
9 2 (0.446%) Acunetix
9 2 (0.446%) AccuRev
10 1 (0.223%) hybris
10 1 (0.223%) Foundry
10 1 (0.223%) Fidessa
10 1 (0.223%) Wall Street Systems
10 1 (0.223%) Serena
10 1 (0.223%) Teradata
10 1 (0.223%) Sybase
10 1 (0.223%) SAP
10 1 (0.223%) Progress
10 1 (0.223%) Red Hat
West London
Joining this Venture Capital backed digital brand in the heart of London, the QA Engineer will be working within their dynamic team, focussed on ensuring quality features are...
Blue Glue
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
You must be an experienced QA Engineer / Software Test Engineer with a strong background in developing test scripts within a Python, Java environment... Key skills: Tester / QA Engineer /...
Oho Group Ltd.
Salary: £40000 to £65000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
London, Angel, EC1 4EX
Plays an active hands-on role in all aspects of quality assurance, from functional requirements walkthroughs, reviewing and analyzing functional and technical designs, creating test plans and developing...
Expedia
Salary: Market competitive which includes a Base, Bonus and an extensive benefits package
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
QA Engineer / Tester / Analyst - C#, Selenium, Webdriver, NUnit, SQL, Jira, Greenhopper, Bugzilla, SVN, GiT... If you are a QA or Tester with strong skills in C#, Selenium, Webdriver...
Prism Digital
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + bonus, pension, stock and more
Posted: 13 June 2013
Central London / West End
Skills required for the QA Engineer: Worked within an Agile/Scrum environment... Knowledge of both automated and manual testing using tools such as Selenium, RSpec, PhntomJS or Jira.....
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
London
KV Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus + Flexi Time
Posted: 17 June 2013
London, Angel, EC1 4EX
Expedia
Salary: Market competitive which includes a Base, Bonus and an extensive benefits package
Posted: 17 June 2013
North London
Verticality Ltd
Salary: £40000 to £45000 per annum - Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Aston Carter
Salary: £75000 - £95000 per annum + Bonus and benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Progression Recruitment
Salary: From £55,000 to £70,000 per annum plus 10% bonus plus amazing benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Prism Digital
Salary: £15000 - £45000 per annum + bonus, health, training, free bar
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £55k + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £55k + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Central London / West End
The App Business
Salary: Competitive salary
Posted: 11 June 2013
City of London
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Aston Carter
Salary: £80000 - £110000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
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