The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Consultant
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Consultant 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £29,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
+12.06% -55.38%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6890 6797 6466
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.52% 95.92% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5851 6007 5715
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Consultant
England

QA Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA Consultant across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West QA Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

QA Consultant
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA Consultant across the North West region.

North West QA Consultant Salary Trend

QA Consultant
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited QA Consultant in their job title 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 with QA Consultant in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing

QA Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited QA Consultant in their job title 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 with QA Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA