Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Newbury 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 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5244
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching permanent IT job ads1211
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.005 %
As % of the category below46.15 %26.19 %
Salaries quoted124
Average minimum salary£27,750£23,750
Average salary£29,833£27,500
% change on same period last year+8.48 %
Average maximum salary£31,917£31,250
UK excluding London average salary£37,902£38,867
% change on same period last year-2.48 %
Newbury IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Newbury
Matching permanent IT job ads2642
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.019 %
Salaries quoted2519
Average minimum salary£33,120£25,737
Average salary£36,540£28,342
% change on same period last year+28.92 %
Average maximum salary£39,960£30,947
UK excluding London average salary£40,178£39,780
% change on same period last year+0.99 %
QA BerkshireQA
Berkshire

QA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Newbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Newbury QA Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

Newbury QA Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Newbury region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Newbury QA Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Newbury 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.

18 (47.06 %)Degree
18 (47.06 %)Test Scripting
27 (41.18 %)User Acceptance Testing
36 (35.29 %)HTML
36 (35.29 %)SQL
36 (35.29 %)XML
36 (35.29 %)ISEB
36 (35.29 %)Manual Testing
45 (29.41 %)VB
54 (23.53 %)Software Testing
63 (17.65 %)Physics
63 (17.65 %)Chemistry
63 (17.65 %)Biology
63 (17.65 %)Oracle
63 (17.65 %)TOAD
63 (17.65 %)Regression Testing
63 (17.65 %)Health
63 (17.65 %)C
72 (11.76 %)C++
72 (11.76 %)Java
72 (11.76 %).NET
72 (11.76 %)DTV
72 (11.76 %)DVB
72 (11.76 %)QADirector
72 (11.76 %)Information Management
72 (11.76 %)TestPartner
81 (5.882 %)Automated Testing
81 (5.882 %)Document Management
81 (5.882 %)QARun
81 (5.882 %)Electronics

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Newbury 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.

Newbury IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (35.29 %)HTML
16 (35.29 %)XML
22 (11.76 %).NET
Newbury IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (11.76 %)DVB
Newbury IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (17.65 %)TOAD
Newbury IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (11.76 %)TestPartner
12 (11.76 %)QADirector
21 (5.882 %)QARun
21 (5.882 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (5.882 %)Rational Robot
Newbury IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (17.65 %)Health
21 (5.882 %)Banking
21 (5.882 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (5.882 %)Electronics
Newbury IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (70.59 %)Analyst
112 (70.59 %)Test Analyst
29 (52.94 %)QA Analyst
37 (41.18 %)Software Test Analyst
37 (41.18 %)Test Engineer
37 (41.18 %)QA Engineer
45 (29.41 %)QA Test Analyst
54 (23.53 %)Software Test Engineer
54 (23.53 %)Quality Analyst
54 (23.53 %)Software Engineer
62 (11.76 %)Junior Analyst
62 (11.76 %)Junior Test Analyst
62 (11.76 %)Junior Software Engineer
62 (11.76 %)Junior
71 (5.882 %)Tester
71 (5.882 %)Software Tester
71 (5.882 %)QA Tester
71 (5.882 %)Manual Test Analyst
Newbury IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (17.65 %)Physics
13 (17.65 %)Chemistry
13 (17.65 %)Biology
22 (11.76 %)DTV
31 (5.882 %)STB
31 (5.882 %)MPEG
Newbury IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (47.06 %)Test Scripting
27 (41.18 %)User Acceptance Testing
36 (35.29 %)Manual Testing
44 (23.53 %)Software Testing
53 (17.65 %)Regression Testing
62 (11.76 %)Information Management
71 (5.882 %)Document Management
71 (5.882 %)Automated Testing
71 (5.882 %)Project Management
Newbury IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (35.29 %)SQL
25 (29.41 %)VB
33 (17.65 %)C
42 (11.76 %)C++
42 (11.76 %)Java
Newbury IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (47.06 %)Degree
26 (35.29 %)ISEB
Newbury IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (17.65 %)Oracle
21 (5.882 %)Ericsson