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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Merseyside 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 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Quality Assurance (QA) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 69 | 61 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -8 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 19 | 16 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.009 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 36.54 % | 59.26 % |
| Salaries quoted | 17 | 12 |
| Average minimum salary | £34,059 | £22,483 |
| Average salary | £36,794 | £24,583 |
| % change on same period last year | +49.67 % |
| Average maximum salary | £39,529 | £26,683 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £37,636 | £37,770 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.35 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 52 | 27 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.025 % | 0.012 % |
| Salaries quoted | 47 | 23 |
| Average minimum salary | £32,255 | £32,783 |
| Average salary | £34,878 | £36,062 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.28 % |
| Average maximum salary | £37,500 | £39,342 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £38,390 | £40,714 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.70 % |
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Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing QA across the Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.
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