The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newbury region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 17 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 Newbury region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 37 12 38
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +26
Permanent jobs citing QA 20 82 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 6.173% 16.17% 3.846%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 60.61% 86.32% 26.53%
Number of salaries quoted 18 80 12
Average salary £34,000 £34,000 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +10.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £51,750 £40,000 £44,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,125
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -4.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Newbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
33 95 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 10.19% 18.74% 14.50%
Number of salaries quoted 29 85 36
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £55,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Berkshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Newbury region.

Newbury QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Newbury region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Newbury QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 17 (47.22%) ISEB
1 17 (47.22%) ISTQB
2 15 (41.67%) Telecoms
2 15 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
3 14 (38.89%) SQL
3 14 (38.89%) Windows
4 12 (33.33%) UMTS
4 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 11 (30.56%) GSM
5 11 (30.56%) Scrum
5 11 (30.56%) Regression Testing
6 10 (27.78%) .NET
7 9 (25.00%) Nokia
7 9 (25.00%) Manual Testing
8 8 (22.22%) C#
9 6 (16.67%) Software Testing
9 6 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (16.67%) SaaS
10 5 (13.89%) Web Testing
11 4 (11.11%) Windows Vista
11 4 (11.11%) Test Automation
11 4 (11.11%) Automated Testing
11 4 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
11 4 (11.11%) HTML
11 4 (11.11%) ASP.NET
11 4 (11.11%) CRM
11 4 (11.11%) OO
11 4 (11.11%) Automation Testing
12 3 (8.333%) Citrix
12 3 (8.333%) Tomcat

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 10 (27.78%) .NET
2 4 (11.11%) ASP.NET
2 4 (11.11%) HTML
3 2 (5.556%) jQuery
3 2 (5.556%) HTML5
3 2 (5.556%) XML
3 2 (5.556%) DOM
4 1 (2.778%) XSLT
4 1 (2.778%) Swing
4 1 (2.778%) JDBC
4 1 (2.778%) JSP
4 1 (2.778%) Web Services
4 1 (2.778%) WML
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.333%) Tomcat
2 2 (5.556%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.556%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (5.556%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.556%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (33.33%) UMTS
2 11 (30.56%) GSM
3 1 (2.778%) LDAP
3 1 (2.778%) WCDMA
3 1 (2.778%) Internet
3 1 (2.778%) 3G
3 1 (2.778%) Firewall
3 1 (2.778%) 2G
3 1 (2.778%) Cisco ICM
3 1 (2.778%) LTE
3 1 (2.778%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.556%) TOAD
2 1 (2.778%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.778%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.778%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (5.556%) Visual Studio
3 2 (5.556%) Selenium
4 1 (2.778%) TestComplete
4 1 (2.778%) JUnit
4 1 (2.778%) Eclipse
4 1 (2.778%) Rational Robot
General
1 15 (41.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.556%) Finance
3 1 (2.778%) Retail
3 1 (2.778%) Billing
Job Titles
1 11 (30.56%) QA Engineer
2 10 (27.78%) Tester
3 7 (19.44%) QA Tester
4 4 (11.11%) Developer
5 3 (8.333%) Analyst
5 3 (8.333%) Test Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) Programme Manager
6 2 (5.556%) Software Developer
6 2 (5.556%) QA Manager
6 2 (5.556%) Change Manager
6 2 (5.556%) Software Tester
6 2 (5.556%) Automated Tester
6 2 (5.556%) SharePoint Developer
6 2 (5.556%) IT Programme Manager
6 2 (5.556%) Senior Tester
7 1 (2.778%) Software Development Manager
7 1 (2.778%) Senior Software Developer
7 1 (2.778%) Technical Engineer
7 1 (2.778%) Software Project Manager
7 1 (2.778%) Software Development Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) SaaS
2 3 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (8.333%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.778%) Open Source
3 1 (2.778%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 14 (38.89%) Windows
2 4 (11.11%) Windows Vista
3 2 (5.556%) UNIX
4 1 (2.778%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (30.56%) Regression Testing
2 11 (30.56%) Scrum
3 9 (25.00%) Manual Testing
4 6 (16.67%) Software Testing
5 5 (13.89%) Web Testing
6 4 (11.11%) Test Automation
6 4 (11.11%) Automation Testing
6 4 (11.11%) Automated Testing
6 4 (11.11%) OO
6 4 (11.11%) CRM
7 3 (8.333%) Test Scripting
8 2 (5.556%) Change Control
8 2 (5.556%) Incident Management
8 2 (5.556%) PRINCE2
8 2 (5.556%) Quality Management
8 2 (5.556%) Strategic Planning
8 2 (5.556%) Change Management
8 2 (5.556%) Document Management
8 2 (5.556%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (38.89%) SQL
2 8 (22.22%) C#
3 3 (8.333%) JavaScript
4 2 (5.556%) Shell Script
4 2 (5.556%) Java
4 2 (5.556%) VB
5 1 (2.778%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (47.22%) ISTQB
1 17 (47.22%) ISEB
2 3 (8.333%) Degree
3 2 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (5.556%) PMP
3 2 (5.556%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.778%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (8.333%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (5.556%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.00%) Nokia
3 3 (8.333%) VMware
3 3 (8.333%) Citrix
3 3 (8.333%) Oracle
4 2 (5.556%) HP
5 1 (2.778%) Cisco
5 1 (2.778%) IBM
5 1 (2.778%) Genesys
Newbury, Berkshire
ISEB Foundation in Software Testing accreditation is preferred... Strong understanding of technical documentation review and requirements analysis. Able to work with technologies such as HTML, XML, SQL and...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newbury, Thames Valley
Strong understanding of technical documentation review and requirements analysis. Understanding of quality process models and methodologies such as ISO, IEEE and ISEB Key responsibilities: Creating detailed Test Plans...
Satigo
Salary: £3000 - £3500 per annum + Benefit
Posted: 17 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
To develop and maintain some Manual test scripts in HP QC to supplement the test AUTOMATION scripts. - Mentor other QA staff in the use of HP QTP, test...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013