The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 21 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 40 20 31
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +11
Permanent jobs citing QA 10 31 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 2.618% 7.990% 1.732%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 19.61% 57.41% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 21 3
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,675 £37,500 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,800 £80,000 £61,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
51 54 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 13.35% 13.92% 8.658%
Number of salaries quoted 40 40 19
Average salary £38,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.55% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £37,500 £36,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Bedfordshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Luton region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Luton QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 23 (45.10%) Web Services
2 21 (41.18%) SQL
3 20 (39.22%) .NET
3 20 (39.22%) SQL Server
4 18 (35.29%) C#
5 17 (33.33%) Internet
5 17 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
5 17 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
6 14 (27.45%) ETL
7 11 (21.57%) Project Management
8 10 (19.61%) Windows
8 10 (19.61%) XML
8 10 (19.61%) Waterfall
9 9 (17.65%) Web Testing
9 9 (17.65%) XMPie
9 9 (17.65%) PrintSoft PReS
9 9 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (17.65%) .NET Framework
9 9 (17.65%) DOC1
9 9 (17.65%) Exstream
9 9 (17.65%) Exstream Dialogue
9 9 (17.65%) Oracle
9 9 (17.65%) HP
9 9 (17.65%) RDBMS
9 9 (17.65%) Microsoft
9 9 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (15.69%) Service Delivery
10 8 (15.69%) ISEB
10 8 (15.69%) MySQL
10 8 (15.69%) Visual Studio

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 23 (45.10%) Web Services
2 20 (39.22%) .NET
3 10 (19.61%) XML
4 9 (17.65%) .NET Framework
5 3 (5.882%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.961%) HTML
6 1 (1.961%) JSP
6 1 (1.961%) XSL
6 1 (1.961%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 9 (17.65%) Exstream Dialogue
2 1 (1.961%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 9 (17.65%) PrintSoft PReS
1 9 (17.65%) DOC1
2 1 (1.961%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 9 (17.65%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 17 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (39.22%) SQL Server
2 17 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 17 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (17.65%) RDBMS
4 8 (15.69%) MySQL
5 6 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 8 (15.69%) Visual Studio
1 8 (15.69%) Selenium
2 6 (11.76%) Bugzilla
2 6 (11.76%) FogBugz
3 1 (1.961%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (1.961%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.961%) WebDriver
3 1 (1.961%) Cucumber
General
1 2 (3.922%) Finance
2 1 (1.961%) Advertising
2 1 (1.961%) Electronics
2 1 (1.961%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (35.29%) Analyst
2 12 (23.53%) Test Analyst
3 10 (19.61%) Test Manager
3 10 (19.61%) Developer
4 9 (17.65%) QA Analyst
5 8 (15.69%) Development Manager
5 8 (15.69%) C# Developer
5 8 (15.69%) C# .NET Developer
6 6 (11.76%) .NET Developer
7 4 (7.843%) .NET Analyst Programmer
7 4 (7.843%) Developer Analyst
7 4 (7.843%) .NET Programmer
7 4 (7.843%) C# Analyst Programmer
7 4 (7.843%) C# Programmer
7 4 (7.843%) Analyst Programmer
7 4 (7.843%) Programmer
8 3 (5.882%) Tester
8 3 (5.882%) Software Test Analyst
8 3 (5.882%) QA Tester
9 2 (3.922%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Client/Server
2 4 (7.843%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.922%) Data Integration
4 1 (1.961%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 10 (19.61%) Windows
2 1 (1.961%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (27.45%) ETL
2 11 (21.57%) Project Management
3 10 (19.61%) Waterfall
4 9 (17.65%) Web Testing
4 9 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (15.69%) Service Delivery
5 8 (15.69%) Test Automation
6 7 (13.73%) System Testing
6 7 (13.73%) Scrum
7 6 (11.76%) Test Scripting
7 6 (11.76%) Risk Analysis
8 5 (9.804%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (7.843%) Information Management
9 4 (7.843%) Web Development
9 4 (7.843%) BDD
9 4 (7.843%) Manual Testing
9 4 (7.843%) Test Management
9 4 (7.843%) Change Management
10 3 (5.882%) E-Commerce
10 3 (5.882%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 21 (41.18%) SQL
2 18 (35.29%) C#
3 2 (3.922%) Java
4 1 (1.961%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.961%) PHP
4 1 (1.961%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (15.69%) ISEB
1 8 (15.69%) ISTQB
2 6 (11.76%) Degree
3 2 (3.922%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.922%) CCNP
3 2 (3.922%) CCNA
4 1 (1.961%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.961%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.961%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Vendors
1 9 (17.65%) XMPie
1 9 (17.65%) Oracle
1 9 (17.65%) HP
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft
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