The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 23 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 North Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 53 39 67
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +28
Permanent jobs citing QA 28 44 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 2.905% 5.479% 1.681%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.72% 50.00% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 26 32 14
Average salary £35,000 £36,250 £43,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.44% -17.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,500 £23,100
10% offered a salary of more than £46,250 £45,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
North Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
101 88 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 10.48% 10.96% 5.882%
Number of salaries quoted 60 54 52
Average salary £39,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.33% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £22,350 £20,400
10% offered a salary of more than £59,400 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Yorkshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the North Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North Yorkshire QA Salary Histogram

QA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the North Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Harrogate 0 14 £35,000 +16.66%
York -12 10 £28,750 -23.33%
Middlesbrough -3 1 £50,000 +63.93%
Ripon - 1 £42,500 -
QA
Yorkshire

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 42 (53.85%) Selenium
2 30 (38.46%) Test Scripting
3 29 (37.18%) Automated Testing
4 28 (35.90%) Java
5 26 (33.33%) C#
6 22 (28.21%) ISEB
7 21 (26.92%) LoadRunner
8 20 (25.64%) QuickTest Pro
8 20 (25.64%) Test Automation
9 19 (24.36%) JIRA
10 17 (21.79%) .NET
11 16 (20.51%) Security Testing
12 15 (19.23%) Manual Testing
12 15 (19.23%) Cucumber
12 15 (19.23%) SQL
12 15 (19.23%) Finance
12 15 (19.23%) Agile Software Development
13 14 (17.95%) SaaS
13 14 (17.95%) Performance Testing
14 13 (16.67%) JavaScript
15 12 (15.38%) ISTQB
16 11 (14.10%) Enterprise Software
17 10 (12.82%) HTML
17 10 (12.82%) SQL Server
18 9 (11.54%) CSS
18 9 (11.54%) Compatibility Testing
19 8 (10.26%) Load Testing
19 8 (10.26%) Test Management
20 7 (8.974%) Workflow
20 7 (8.974%) Bugzilla

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 17 (21.79%) .NET
2 10 (12.82%) HTML
3 9 (11.54%) CSS
4 5 (6.410%) ASP.NET
4 5 (6.410%) XML
5 4 (5.128%) ASP.NET MVC
5 4 (5.128%) DOM
5 4 (5.128%) WebSphere
6 3 (3.846%) Ajax
6 3 (3.846%) HTML5
6 3 (3.846%) jQuery
7 2 (2.564%) ASP
8 1 (1.282%) Hibernate
8 1 (1.282%) Spring
8 1 (1.282%) .NET Framework
8 1 (1.282%) J2EE
8 1 (1.282%) Web Services
8 1 (1.282%) REST
8 1 (1.282%) Razor View Engine
8 1 (1.282%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 6 (7.692%) SharePoint
1 6 (7.692%) Lotus Notes
2 5 (6.410%) WebLogic
3 3 (3.846%) CMS
4 2 (2.564%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.282%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 6 (7.692%) MS Visio
1 6 (7.692%) MS Excel
1 6 (7.692%) MS Office
2 4 (5.128%) QuarkXPress
2 4 (5.128%) InDesign
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.564%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.128%) Pentaho
2 4 (5.128%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.282%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.282%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.282%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.282%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.282%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (1.282%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.282%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 42 (53.85%) Selenium
2 21 (26.92%) LoadRunner
3 20 (25.64%) QuickTest Pro
4 19 (24.36%) JIRA
5 15 (19.23%) Cucumber
6 7 (8.974%) Bugzilla
7 6 (7.692%) TestDirector
8 5 (6.410%) Firebug
9 3 (3.846%) FitNesse
10 2 (2.564%) Jenkins
10 2 (2.564%) Hudson
10 2 (2.564%) JMeter
11 1 (1.282%) SpecFlow
11 1 (1.282%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 15 (19.23%) Finance
2 4 (5.128%) French Language
2 4 (5.128%) German Language
2 4 (5.128%) Portuguese Language
2 4 (5.128%) Spanish Language
2 4 (5.128%) Swedish Language
3 3 (3.846%) Retail
3 3 (3.846%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 39 (50.00%) Analyst
2 27 (34.62%) Test Analyst
3 25 (32.05%) Tester
4 10 (12.82%) Automated Tester
4 10 (12.82%) Automation Tester
5 9 (11.54%) QA Analyst
6 7 (8.974%) Business Analyst
6 7 (8.974%) QA Tester
6 7 (8.974%) Junior
7 6 (7.692%) QA Test Analyst
7 6 (7.692%) Lead Test Analyst
8 5 (6.410%) Junior Test Analyst
8 5 (6.410%) Junior Analyst
9 4 (5.128%) Project Manager
9 4 (5.128%) Senior Business Analyst
9 4 (5.128%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (3.846%) Software Tester
10 3 (3.846%) QA Manager
11 2 (2.564%) QA Test Manager
11 2 (2.564%) Automated Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.95%) SaaS
2 11 (14.10%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (7.692%) Client/Server
3 6 (7.692%) Replication
4 4 (5.128%) W3C
5 2 (2.564%) Open Source
5 2 (2.564%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.974%) Linux
2 5 (6.410%) Windows
3 4 (5.128%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.282%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (38.46%) Test Scripting
2 29 (37.18%) Automated Testing
3 20 (25.64%) Test Automation
4 16 (20.51%) Security Testing
5 15 (19.23%) Manual Testing
5 15 (19.23%) Agile Software Development
6 14 (17.95%) Performance Testing
7 9 (11.54%) Compatibility Testing
8 8 (10.26%) Load Testing
8 8 (10.26%) Test Management
9 7 (8.974%) Workflow
10 6 (7.692%) UML
10 6 (7.692%) Process Management
10 6 (7.692%) Business Analysis
11 5 (6.410%) Data Modelling
11 5 (6.410%) User Acceptance Testing
12 4 (5.128%) Master Data Management
12 4 (5.128%) PRINCE2
12 4 (5.128%) Data Management
12 4 (5.128%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 28 (35.90%) Java
2 26 (33.33%) C#
3 15 (19.23%) SQL
4 13 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 4 (5.128%) Python
6 2 (2.564%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.564%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.282%) XAML
7 1 (1.282%) VBScript
7 1 (1.282%) VB
7 1 (1.282%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.282%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 22 (28.21%) ISEB
2 12 (15.38%) ISTQB
3 4 (5.128%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.564%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.282%) 21 CFR Part 11
Systems Management
1 1 (1.282%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (7.692%) Lotus
1 6 (7.692%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.410%) Oracle
3 4 (5.128%) Adobe
4 3 (3.846%) Omniture
4 3 (3.846%) Google
5 1 (1.282%) Sun
5 1 (1.282%) Progress
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Automation/Tester/Agile/QA/Harrogate/Selenium/QTP/Loadrunner/Cucumber... You will have an excellent knowledge of automated test tools ( Selenium, QTP, Loadrunner, Cucumber etc ) to work on their...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
York, North Yorkshire
Any experience of test automation using Selenium and/or performance testing is highly desirabl... Creating and maintaining Test scripts for regression testing. Creating and maintaining Test scripts with...
Testing Circle Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £40,000 per annum (Depending on Experience)
Posted: 22 May 2013
York, North Yorkshire
Experience with any BDD tools such as Selinium, Cucumber or FitNesse... Functional, regression, ad-hoc and compatibility testing... Create test plans and manual test scripts. Perform automated testing.
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Unspecified Please get in touch to discuss salary information
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, Bradford, Yorkshire, York, Wakefield,...
Job Title: Java Developer Location: Yorkshire Key Skills: Java Developer, JUnit, Swing, Eclipse IDE My clients, a leader in their chosen field are seeking additional Java experience in...
CMA Group
Salary: £30,000 - £38,000 per year
Posted: 17 May 2013