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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Newcastle Upon Tyne 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3232
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads24
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below20.00 %30.77 %
Salaries quoted14
Average minimum salary£40,000£25,000
Average salary£40,000£27,000
% change on same period last year+48.14 %
Average maximum salary£40,000£29,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,184£38,439
% change on same period last year-3.26 %
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Matching permanent IT job ads1013
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.005 %
Salaries quoted513
Average minimum salary£30,400£29,000
Average salary£31,200£30,531
% change on same period last year+2.19 %
Average maximum salary£32,000£32,063
UK excluding London average salary£39,636£40,082
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
QA Tyne and WearQA
Tyne and Wear

QA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

QA
Salary Trend

The 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
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

12 (50.00 %)ISEB
12 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
21 (25.00 %)Marketing
21 (25.00 %)COBIT
21 (25.00 %)Release Management
21 (25.00 %)Test Management
21 (25.00 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (25.00 %)ITIL
21 (25.00 %)MS Visio
21 (25.00 %)Process Management
21 (25.00 %)Service Delivery
21 (25.00 %)Change Management
21 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
21 (25.00 %)Government
21 (25.00 %)Legal
21 (25.00 %)Games
21 (25.00 %)Asset Management

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Visio
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Government
11 (25.00 %)Legal
11 (25.00 %)Games
11 (25.00 %)Marketing
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)QA Manager
21 (25.00 %)Services Delivery Manager
21 (25.00 %)Service Manager
21 (25.00 %)Delivery Manager
21 (25.00 %)Senior Producer
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
21 (25.00 %)Release Management
21 (25.00 %)Test Management
21 (25.00 %)ITIL
21 (25.00 %)Process Management
21 (25.00 %)Service Delivery
21 (25.00 %)Change Management
21 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
21 (25.00 %)Asset Management
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (50.00 %)ISEB
Newcastle Upon Tyne IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
11 (25.00 %)COBIT