The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 24 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 22 42 37
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -5
Permanent jobs citing QA 43 10 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 8.884% 2.217% 3.148%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 62.32% 41.67% 44.83%
Number of salaries quoted 40 10 13
Average salary £35,000 £62,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-44.00% +78.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,900 £36,500 £22,300
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £75,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
69 24 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 14.26% 5.322% 7.022%
Number of salaries quoted 58 24 27
Average salary £35,000 £60,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-41.66% +76.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £33,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £54,000 £71,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Tyne and Wear

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Newcastle upon Tyne region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Newcastle upon Tyne QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 32 (45.07%) Software Testing
2 29 (40.85%) Linux
3 26 (36.62%) TCP/IP
4 22 (30.99%) Scrum
5 20 (28.17%) Selenium
6 16 (22.54%) Finance
6 16 (22.54%) Java
7 15 (21.13%) ISTQB
8 14 (19.72%) Android
8 14 (19.72%) OOP
8 14 (19.72%) Law
8 14 (19.72%) Mobile App
9 13 (18.31%) ISEB
9 13 (18.31%) PHP
9 13 (18.31%) iPhone
9 13 (18.31%) iPad
10 12 (16.90%) User Acceptance Testing
10 12 (16.90%) Agile Software Development
11 11 (15.49%) Performance Testing
11 11 (15.49%) Test Scripting
11 11 (15.49%) .NET
12 9 (12.68%) Microsoft
12 9 (12.68%) SQL
12 9 (12.68%) Ruby
13 8 (11.27%) TDD
13 8 (11.27%) Manual Testing
13 8 (11.27%) Symbian
14 7 (9.859%) RAD
14 7 (9.859%) Project Management
14 7 (9.859%) Test Management

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 11 (15.49%) .NET
2 3 (4.225%) Web Services
2 3 (4.225%) soapUI
3 2 (2.817%) CSS
4 1 (1.408%) SOAP
4 1 (1.408%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.408%) HTML5
4 1 (1.408%) CSS3
Applications
1 2 (2.817%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 26 (36.62%) TCP/IP
2 6 (8.451%) Internet
3 5 (7.042%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.408%) Oracle OWB
1 1 (1.408%) Star Schema
1 1 (1.408%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.408%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (28.17%) Selenium
2 5 (7.042%) Cucumber
3 2 (2.817%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.817%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.408%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (1.408%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (1.408%) MSTest
General
1 16 (22.54%) Finance
2 14 (19.72%) Law
3 4 (5.634%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.225%) Banking
5 2 (2.817%) Retail Banking
5 2 (2.817%) Retail
5 2 (2.817%) Legal
6 1 (1.408%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (32.39%) Tester
2 19 (26.76%) Analyst
2 19 (26.76%) Test Analyst
2 19 (26.76%) QA Manager
3 10 (14.08%) Test Manager
4 6 (8.451%) QA Engineer
4 6 (8.451%) Test Engineer
5 5 (7.042%) QA Test Manager
6 4 (5.634%) Software Tester
7 3 (4.225%) Junior
7 3 (4.225%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.225%) Senior Manager
7 3 (4.225%) QA Tester
7 3 (4.225%) Junior Tester
7 3 (4.225%) Junior Software Tester
8 2 (2.817%) Senior Test Manager
8 2 (2.817%) Programme Test Manager
8 2 (2.817%) Non-Functional Tester
8 2 (2.817%) Senior Tester
8 2 (2.817%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.72%) Mobile App
2 13 (18.31%) iPhone
2 13 (18.31%) iPad
3 5 (7.042%) Open Source
4 3 (4.225%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.817%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.817%) Data Conversion
6 1 (1.408%) Social Network
6 1 (1.408%) SaaS
6 1 (1.408%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 29 (40.85%) Linux
2 14 (19.72%) Android
3 1 (1.408%) UNIX
3 1 (1.408%) Windows
3 1 (1.408%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (45.07%) Software Testing
2 22 (30.99%) Scrum
3 14 (19.72%) OOP
4 12 (16.90%) User Acceptance Testing
4 12 (16.90%) Agile Software Development
5 11 (15.49%) Performance Testing
5 11 (15.49%) Test Scripting
6 8 (11.27%) TDD
6 8 (11.27%) Manual Testing
7 7 (9.859%) RAD
7 7 (9.859%) Project Management
7 7 (9.859%) Test Management
8 6 (8.451%) Web Testing
8 6 (8.451%) Validation
8 6 (8.451%) Automation Testing
9 5 (7.042%) RDF
9 5 (7.042%) Automated Testing
9 5 (7.042%) Web Development
9 5 (7.042%) Integration Testing
9 5 (7.042%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 16 (22.54%) Java
2 13 (18.31%) PHP
3 9 (12.68%) SQL
3 9 (12.68%) Ruby
4 3 (4.225%) Python
4 3 (4.225%) C
4 3 (4.225%) C#
5 1 (1.408%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.408%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (21.13%) ISTQB
2 13 (18.31%) ISEB
3 4 (5.634%) Degree
4 3 (4.225%) ISEB Practitioner
Vendors
1 9 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.27%) Symbian
3 1 (1.408%) Sage
3 1 (1.408%) Oracle
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