North West QALoad Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Compuware QALoad skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QALoad over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Compuware QALoad
Location Cheshire City of London East Midlands England Glasgow Livingston London North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Runcorn Scotland South East Staffordshire Surrey UK Warrington West Lothian West Midlands	3 months to 8 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	236	279
Rank change on same period last year	+43
Matching permanent IT job ads	15	1
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	1.351 %	0.109 %
Salaries quoted	15	0
Average minimum salary	£37,222	-
Average salary	£43,139	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£49,056	-
UK excluding London average salary	£44,050	£40,946
% change on same period last year	+7.58 %
Development Applications North West
Matching permanent IT job ads	1110	915
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.639 %	0.399 %
Salaries quoted	948	814
Average minimum salary	£28,515	£30,364
Average salary	£31,648	£33,631
% change on same period last year	-5.89 %
Average maximum salary	£34,782	£36,898
UK excluding London average salary	£34,977	£35,967
% change on same period last year	-2.75 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QALoad across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QALoad across the North West region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QALoad within the North West region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cheshire	-	15	£43,139	-

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Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing QALoad 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 QALoad.

1 17 (100.00 %) LoadRunner 1 17 (100.00 %) QA 2 13 (76.47 %) Security Cleared 3 11 (64.71 %) Performance Testing 4 7 (41.18 %) DV Cleared 5 1 (5.882 %) Government

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing QALoad 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 QALoad. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications 1 17 (100.00 %) LoadRunner	General 1 1 (5.882 %) Government
Job Titles 1 15 (88.24 %) Tester 1 15 (88.24 %) Performance Tester 2 5 (29.41 %) Consultant 3 2 (11.76 %) Test Consultant 3 2 (11.76 %) Performance Test Consultant	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (76.47 %) Security Cleared 2 11 (64.71 %) Performance Testing 3 7 (41.18 %) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 17 (100.00 %) QA