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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Northamptonshire 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Quality Assurance (QA) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 59 | 47 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -12 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 30 | 26 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 27.27 % | 41.94 % |
| Salaries quoted | 29 | 22 |
| Average minimum salary | £36,590 | £28,091 |
| Average salary | £39,296 | £32,477 |
| % change on same period last year | +20.99 % |
| Average maximum salary | £42,003 | £36,864 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £37,636 | £37,770 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.35 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 110 | 62 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.054 % | 0.027 % |
| Salaries quoted | 107 | 57 |
| Average minimum salary | £33,595 | £40,000 |
| Average salary | £36,289 | £43,199 |
| % change on same period last year | -15.99 % |
| Average maximum salary | £38,983 | £46,397 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £38,390 | £40,714 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.70 % |
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Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing QA across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.
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