The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 63 59 48
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -11
Permanent jobs citing QA 38 24 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 2.950% 2.482% 4.275%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 31.93% 44.44% 42.71%
Number of salaries quoted 27 22 37
Average salary £35,000 £39,625 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.67% +13.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,600 £28,000 £26,800
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £55,000 £52,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
119 54 96
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 9.239% 5.584% 10.01%
Number of salaries quoted 87 44 73
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £52,500 £56,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +2.46%
QA
Buckinghamshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Milton Keynes QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 20 (34.48%) Degree
2 18 (31.03%) Agile Software Development
2 18 (31.03%) Selenium
2 18 (31.03%) Test Scripting
3 16 (27.59%) Java
4 15 (25.86%) Validation
5 14 (24.14%) Computer Science
6 13 (22.41%) ISEB
7 12 (20.69%) C#
7 12 (20.69%) CSS
8 11 (18.97%) .NET
8 11 (18.97%) Finance
8 11 (18.97%) BT
9 10 (17.24%) WebDriver
10 9 (15.52%) Unit Testing
10 9 (15.52%) TDD
10 9 (15.52%) Automated Testing
10 9 (15.52%) JavaScript
10 9 (15.52%) ASP.NET
11 8 (13.79%) SQL
11 8 (13.79%) Microsoft
12 7 (12.07%) SAP WM
12 7 (12.07%) SAP
12 7 (12.07%) UNIX
12 7 (12.07%) Technical Architecture
12 7 (12.07%) Data Management
12 7 (12.07%) Integration Testing
13 6 (10.34%) Symfony
13 6 (10.34%) Zend
13 6 (10.34%) Zend Framework

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 12 (20.69%) CSS
2 11 (18.97%) .NET
3 9 (15.52%) ASP.NET
4 6 (10.34%) Symfony
4 6 (10.34%) Zend Framework
4 6 (10.34%) HTML5
4 6 (10.34%) REST
4 6 (10.34%) CSS3
4 6 (10.34%) XML
4 6 (10.34%) EDI
4 6 (10.34%) HTML
5 5 (8.621%) Hibernate
5 5 (8.621%) JSP
5 5 (8.621%) Ajax
5 5 (8.621%) Spring
6 4 (6.897%) .NET Framework
7 3 (5.172%) XHTML
8 1 (1.724%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 5 (8.621%) Apache
1 5 (8.621%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (6.897%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.724%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.724%) MS Office
2 1 (1.724%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (12.07%) SAP WM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.724%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.34%) Big Data
1 6 (10.34%) SQL Server
1 6 (10.34%) MySQL
2 3 (5.172%) SQL Server 2000
2 3 (5.172%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (5.172%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.724%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 18 (31.03%) Selenium
2 10 (17.24%) WebDriver
3 6 (10.34%) JIRA
4 5 (8.621%) Ant
5 4 (6.897%) Cucumber
5 4 (6.897%) QuickTest Pro
6 2 (3.448%) Visual Studio
7 1 (1.724%) LoadRunner
General
1 11 (18.97%) Finance
2 1 (1.724%) Law
Job Titles
1 29 (50.00%) Analyst
2 13 (22.41%) QA Analyst
3 11 (18.97%) Developer
3 11 (18.97%) Operations Manager
4 9 (15.52%) Tester
5 6 (10.34%) SAP Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) PHP Developer
5 6 (10.34%) Business Analyst
6 5 (8.621%) Software Tester
6 5 (8.621%) Java Developer
7 4 (6.897%) Test Analyst
8 3 (5.172%) Quality Analyst
8 3 (5.172%) Functional Analyst
8 3 (5.172%) QA Tester
8 3 (5.172%) Web Tester
9 2 (3.448%) QA Test Analyst
9 2 (3.448%) Software Test Analyst
9 2 (3.448%) Automation Test Analyst
9 2 (3.448%) Automation Analyst
10 1 (1.724%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.14%) Computer Science
2 6 (10.34%) Clustering
3 5 (8.621%) Inversion of Control
4 3 (5.172%) N-Tier
4 3 (5.172%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.448%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.724%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.07%) UNIX
2 6 (10.34%) Linux
3 2 (3.448%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.03%) Agile Software Development
1 18 (31.03%) Test Scripting
2 15 (25.86%) Validation
3 9 (15.52%) Unit Testing
3 9 (15.52%) TDD
3 9 (15.52%) Automated Testing
4 7 (12.07%) Technical Architecture
4 7 (12.07%) Data Management
4 7 (12.07%) Integration Testing
5 6 (10.34%) Analytics
5 6 (10.34%) Master Data Management
5 6 (10.34%) Supply Chain Management
5 6 (10.34%) OOP
5 6 (10.34%) OO
5 6 (10.34%) E-Commerce
5 6 (10.34%) Workflow
5 6 (10.34%) Quality Management
6 5 (8.621%) Migration
6 5 (8.621%) GAP Analysis
6 5 (8.621%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.59%) Java
2 12 (20.69%) C#
3 9 (15.52%) JavaScript
4 8 (13.79%) SQL
5 6 (10.34%) PHP5
5 6 (10.34%) PHP
6 3 (5.172%) VB.NET
6 3 (5.172%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 20 (34.48%) Degree
2 13 (22.41%) ISEB
3 1 (1.724%) PMP
3 1 (1.724%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 11 (18.97%) BT
2 8 (13.79%) Microsoft
3 7 (12.07%) SAP
4 6 (10.34%) Zend
5 5 (8.621%) Oracle
6 1 (1.724%) Cadence
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
QA/Test/Quality Assurance/Test Analyst/ TestEngineer/Agile/Selenium/Webdriver/Java/JIRA/UNIX/SQL) (QA/Test/Quality Assurance/Test Analyst/ TestEngineer/Agile/Selenium/Webdriver/Java/JIRA/UNIX/SQL)...
Burns Sheehan
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013