QA Jobs in Manchester
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 22 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 Manchester region.

Location
 3 months to
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 79 82 84
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +2
Permanent jobs citing QA 125 116 93
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 3.044% 3.147% 2.393%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 43.10% 44.11% 40.43%
Number of salaries quoted 117 95 82
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,100 £25,600
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £45,000 £62,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,250 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 290 263 230
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 7.063% 7.135% 5.919%
Number of salaries quoted 261 216 198
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -3.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,900 £23,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 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
Altrincham +11 20 £42,500 +102.38%
Ashton-under-Lyne +4 6 £32,500 +25.00%
Bolton +5 5 £27,500 -33.73%
Wigan +4 4 £23,500 -27.69%
Bury +9 3 £32,500 +27.45%
Salford - 2 £42,500 -
Oldham - 1 - -
Rochdale - 1 - -
QA
North West

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 73 (33.33%) Finance
2 61 (27.85%) SQL
3 55 (25.11%) SQL Server
3 55 (25.11%) Degree
4 47 (21.46%) .NET
4 47 (21.46%) C#
4 47 (21.46%) ISEB
5 38 (17.35%) Project Management
6 37 (16.89%) Microsoft
7 35 (15.98%) ASP.NET
8 29 (13.24%) MS Excel
8 29 (13.24%) Agile Software Development
8 29 (13.24%) Software Testing
9 28 (12.79%) SQL Server 2005
9 28 (12.79%) User Acceptance Testing
10 27 (12.33%) SQL Server 2008
11 26 (11.87%) Java
12 25 (11.42%) PRINCE2
13 24 (10.96%) PHP
14 23 (10.50%) Oracle
15 22 (10.05%) JavaScript
16 21 (9.589%) Legal
17 20 (9.132%) XML
17 20 (9.132%) Selenium
18 19 (8.676%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 19 (8.676%) ISTQB
19 18 (8.219%) VBA
19 18 (8.219%) Banking
19 18 (8.219%) Automated Testing
20 17 (7.763%) jQuery

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 47 (21.46%) .NET
2 35 (15.98%) ASP.NET
3 20 (9.132%) XML
4 17 (7.763%) jQuery
5 14 (6.393%) HTML
5 14 (6.393%) CSS
6 10 (4.566%) Web Services
7 9 (4.110%) Spring
7 9 (4.110%) Ruby on Rails
7 9 (4.110%) .NET Framework
7 9 (4.110%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 8 (3.653%) REST
8 8 (3.653%) JSP
8 8 (3.653%) XSLT
9 7 (3.196%) Hibernate
9 7 (3.196%) SOAP
10 6 (2.740%) HTML5
10 6 (2.740%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 6 (2.740%) J2EE
11 4 (1.826%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 11 (5.023%) Apache
2 3 (1.370%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.913%) Drupal
3 2 (0.913%) Apache Solr
3 2 (0.913%) Magento
3 2 (0.913%) WordPress
4 1 (0.457%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.457%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (0.457%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
4 1 (0.457%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 29 (13.24%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.826%) MS Office
3 2 (0.913%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.913%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.740%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.457%) Agresso
2 1 (0.457%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.457%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.457%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.457%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.653%) HTTP
1 8 (3.653%) Internet
2 7 (3.196%) Intranet
3 3 (1.370%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.457%) Firewall
4 1 (0.457%) LAN
4 1 (0.457%) VoIP
4 1 (0.457%) WAN
4 1 (0.457%) Extranet
4 1 (0.457%) MPLS
4 1 (0.457%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (25.11%) SQL Server
2 28 (12.79%) SQL Server 2005
3 27 (12.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 19 (8.676%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (6.849%) MySQL
6 10 (4.566%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 10 (4.566%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (3.653%) Oracle 11g
7 8 (3.653%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (2.283%) DataStage
9 4 (1.826%) OLAP
10 2 (0.913%) IBM InfoSphere
10 2 (0.913%) SQLite
10 2 (0.913%) PowerCenter
10 2 (0.913%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.913%) Oracle 9i
10 2 (0.913%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 2 (0.913%) GIS
11 1 (0.457%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.457%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 20 (9.132%) Selenium
2 9 (4.110%) TestComplete
2 9 (4.110%) Git (software)
3 8 (3.653%) QuickTest Pro
3 8 (3.653%) LoadRunner
4 7 (3.196%) JUnit
5 6 (2.740%) SilkPerformer
5 6 (2.740%) jMock
5 6 (2.740%) QALoad
5 6 (2.740%) EasyMock
5 6 (2.740%) TestPartner
6 5 (2.283%) Subversion
6 5 (2.283%) FitNesse
7 4 (1.826%) WATIR
7 4 (1.826%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.370%) QADirector
9 2 (0.913%) PhoneGap
9 2 (0.913%) JIRA
9 2 (0.913%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.913%) Xcode
General
1 73 (33.33%) Finance
2 21 (9.589%) Legal
3 18 (8.219%) Banking
4 7 (3.196%) Marketing
5 5 (2.283%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.370%) Retail
7 2 (0.913%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (0.913%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (0.913%) Advertising
8 1 (0.457%) Publishing
8 1 (0.457%) Electronics
8 1 (0.457%) Games
8 1 (0.457%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.457%) International Banking
8 1 (0.457%) Private Banking
8 1 (0.457%) Interactive Media
Job Titles
1 71 (32.42%) Analyst
2 50 (22.83%) Developer
3 29 (13.24%) Test Analyst
4 23 (10.50%) Project Manager
5 16 (7.306%) Business Analyst
5 16 (7.306%) Test Manager
6 15 (6.849%) Software Test Analyst
7 14 (6.393%) QA Analyst
8 13 (5.936%) Consultant
9 12 (5.479%) Software Manager
9 12 (5.479%) DBA
9 12 (5.479%) PHP Developer
9 12 (5.479%) Senior Developer
10 11 (5.023%) Software Project Manager
10 11 (5.023%) Tester
11 10 (4.566%) Operations Analyst
11 10 (4.566%) Administrator
12 8 (3.653%) Oracle DBA
13 7 (3.196%) Project Analyst
13 7 (3.196%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.306%) Client/Server
2 12 (5.479%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.566%) Computer Science
3 10 (4.566%) NHS
4 8 (3.653%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.653%) HACMP
4 8 (3.653%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.283%) Open Source
6 4 (1.826%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.826%) iPhone
7 2 (0.913%) Social Media
7 2 (0.913%) iPad
7 2 (0.913%) PKI
7 2 (0.913%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.913%) Handset
8 1 (0.457%) Replication
8 1 (0.457%) E-Learning
8 1 (0.457%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.457%) CMDB
8 1 (0.457%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.936%) Linux
2 8 (3.653%) Windows
3 4 (1.826%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.826%) Android
3 4 (1.826%) UNIX
4 2 (0.913%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.913%) CentOS
4 2 (0.913%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.913%) Solaris
4 2 (0.913%) Fedora
5 1 (0.457%) Windows 2000
5 1 (0.457%) Windows XP
5 1 (0.457%) Windows NT
5 1 (0.457%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (17.35%) Project Management
2 29 (13.24%) Agile Software Development
2 29 (13.24%) Software Testing
3 28 (12.79%) User Acceptance Testing
4 25 (11.42%) PRINCE2
5 18 (8.219%) Automated Testing
6 16 (7.306%) Manual Testing
6 16 (7.306%) Business Analysis
7 15 (6.849%) UML
8 14 (6.393%) Data Management
9 13 (5.936%) OO
9 13 (5.936%) Test Scripting
10 12 (5.479%) Waterfall
10 12 (5.479%) Information Security
10 12 (5.479%) Programme Management
11 11 (5.023%) Scrum
11 11 (5.023%) MVC
11 11 (5.023%) E-Commerce
11 11 (5.023%) Analytics
11 11 (5.023%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 61 (27.85%) SQL
2 47 (21.46%) C#
3 26 (11.87%) Java
4 24 (10.96%) PHP
5 22 (10.05%) JavaScript
6 18 (8.219%) VBA
7 13 (5.936%) T-SQL
7 13 (5.936%) Ruby
8 12 (5.479%) VB
8 12 (5.479%) VB.NET
9 9 (4.110%) C
10 8 (3.653%) Python
11 5 (2.283%) C++
12 2 (0.913%) Bash shell
12 2 (0.913%) XPath
12 2 (0.913%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.913%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.913%) JCL
12 2 (0.913%) COBOL
12 2 (0.913%) Perl
Qualifications
1 55 (25.11%) Degree
2 47 (21.46%) ISEB
3 19 (8.676%) ISTQB
4 4 (1.826%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.913%) PMP
5 2 (0.913%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.913%) HNC
6 1 (0.457%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (0.457%) HND
6 1 (0.457%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.457%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.457%) CCNA
6 1 (0.457%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.370%) ISO 9001
1 3 (1.370%) Basel II
1 3 (1.370%) Solvency II
2 1 (0.457%) SLA
2 1 (0.457%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (3.653%) PowerHA
1 8 (3.653%) Oracle RAC
1 8 (3.653%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.457%) ProxySG
2 1 (0.457%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 13 (5.936%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (3.653%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.457%) Plesk
Vendors
1 37 (16.89%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.50%) Oracle
3 11 (5.023%) Twitter
4 9 (4.110%) HP
5 3 (1.370%) Teradata
5 3 (1.370%) Siebel
6 2 (0.913%) Zend
6 2 (0.913%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.913%) Cognizant
6 2 (0.913%) Informatica
6 2 (0.913%) Unisys
6 2 (0.913%) Ab Initio
6 2 (0.913%) ESRI
7 1 (0.457%) Blue Coat
7 1 (0.457%) Cisco
7 1 (0.457%) Temenos
7 1 (0.457%) Juniper
7 1 (0.457%) Sage
7 1 (0.457%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.457%) Infor
Software Test Analyst
Manchester, Lancashire
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Salary: Competitive
Posted: 29 April 2013
Test Analyst
Manchester, Lancashire
You will come from a good academic background and an ISEB accreditation in Software Testing... Required work experience with the following: QA Center, LoadRunner ISO9001, CMMI SQL, Oracle...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Test Analyst - QA - Times Top 100 company
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We need a passionate tester to own and grow the testing function in a friendly and focussed development team with multiple technologies in play including Java, RPG, Android,...
Appliance Online
Salary: Competitive Salary - Negotiable dependant on Experience
Posted: 7 May 2013
Business Analyst (IT)
Altrincham, Cheshire
Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, BA, Business Information Analyst, Business Change, Requirement Gathering, Workshops, Agile, Waterfall, Prince2, UML, QA, Gap Analysis, Business Logic, Altrincham, Cheshire, North West... Working with...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Business Analyst (Manchester) ISEB, QA Testing
Manchester, Lancashire
This will involve liaising effectively with stakeholders throughout the business, facilitating workshops, adhering to project methodology (Prince 2) and maintaining comprehensive user and technical documentation relating to application...
Information Technology Services
Salary: £30k - 45k per year + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Solutions Architect
Manchester, North West
Collaborate with Project Managers and technical directors to provision estimates, develop overall implementation solution plan, and serve as a lead as required, to implement the installation, customization, and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
C# Software Developer - Times Top 100 company
Bolton, Lancashire
Here’s a non-exhaustive list of technologies/tools we currently use: - C# - JavaScript & associated libraries (eg JQuery) - ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.Net MVC, WCF - NHibernate - Castle...
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Salary: Competitive Salary - Negotiable dependant on Experience
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SQL Server DBA / Database Designer (£35,000 to £45,000)
SQL Server Database Designer based in Greatr...
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IS Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35,000 to £45,000 (plus excellent company benefits)
Posted: 2 May 2013
Head of Software Testing / ISEB / QA / Altrincham - 60K + Bonus
Altrincham, Cheshire
You should ideally have experience in some of the following; commercial test tools QACenter, LoadRunner, QALoad, SilkPerformer, TestPartner, Selenium, QTP (and similar), and unit test frameworks such as...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
PHP Developer
Manchester, Lancashire
As a PHP Developer/Programmer it is essential that you will have experience using PHP, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, jQuery, Linux and Git. Any experience of Javascript, Jquery,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £34189.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
PHP Developer/ Web Developer
Manchester, North West
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OCC Computing
Salary: Market related
Posted: 18 May 2013
PHP Developer/ Web Developer
Manchester, Lancashire
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OCC
Salary: Market related
Posted: 17 May 2013
Technical Co-ordinator
Manchester, Lancashire
You will: be collaborating with a Projects and Communications Co-ordinator, the Directors and teams of developers to deliver projects for a range of clients; act as first...
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Salary: From £26,000 to £30,000 per annum depending upon experience.
Posted: 27 April 2013
Business Analyst
Manchester, North West
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Salary: £0 - 45k per year + benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Software Consultant (Pensions, Investment M'ment)
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Salary: to £50,000 inc. bonus + bens
Posted: 29 April 2013
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