The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 24 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 Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 28 33 15
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -18
Permanent jobs citing QA 18 6 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 7.004% 2.575% 12.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 62.07% 28.57% 73.68%
Number of salaries quoted 16 1 20
Average salary £32,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.95% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £36,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,250 £36,500 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
29 21 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 11.28% 9.013% 16.45%
Number of salaries quoted 26 6 21
Average salary £32,500 £14,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+128.07% -59.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £14,144 £14,250 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,500 £25,375
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
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UK

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland QA Jobs Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

Northern Ireland QA Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northern Ireland QA Salary Histogram

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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 QA within the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 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
County Antrim +8 18 £32,500 -10.95%
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UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 30 (50.00%) Java
2 23 (38.33%) UNIX
3 19 (31.67%) Linux
3 19 (31.67%) SQL
4 15 (25.00%) Tomcat
5 12 (20.00%) Games
5 12 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
6 11 (18.33%) Finance
6 11 (18.33%) Derivative
6 11 (18.33%) WebLogic
7 10 (16.67%) Selenium
7 10 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
8 9 (15.00%) Integration Testing
8 9 (15.00%) OO
8 9 (15.00%) C
9 8 (13.33%) JavaScript
10 7 (11.67%) jQuery
11 6 (10.00%) Software Testing
11 6 (10.00%) Degree
11 6 (10.00%) .NET
11 6 (10.00%) Oracle
11 6 (10.00%) HTML5
11 6 (10.00%) Unit Testing
12 5 (8.333%) Oracle EBS R12
12 5 (8.333%) CSS
12 5 (8.333%) Windows
12 5 (8.333%) HTML
12 5 (8.333%) ERP
12 5 (8.333%) E-business
13 4 (6.667%) Perl

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 7 (11.67%) jQuery
2 6 (10.00%) .NET
2 6 (10.00%) HTML5
3 5 (8.333%) CSS
3 5 (8.333%) HTML
4 3 (5.000%) Web Services
4 3 (5.000%) XML
5 2 (3.333%) KnockoutJS
5 2 (3.333%) CSS3
5 2 (3.333%) Middleware
5 2 (3.333%) Ajax
5 2 (3.333%) JSON
5 2 (3.333%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.667%) WPF
6 1 (1.667%) WF
6 1 (1.667%) Silverlight
6 1 (1.667%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (1.667%) WebSphere
6 1 (1.667%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 15 (25.00%) Tomcat
2 11 (18.33%) WebLogic
3 2 (3.333%) Apache
4 1 (1.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.667%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (8.333%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.667%) Oracle ASCP
2 1 (1.667%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.667%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.667%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.333%) RDBMS
1 2 (3.333%) SQL Server
1 2 (3.333%) DB2
1 2 (3.333%) OLAP
2 1 (1.667%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (16.67%) Selenium
2 2 (3.333%) Gradle
3 1 (1.667%) WATIR
3 1 (1.667%) ClearCase
3 1 (1.667%) ClearQuest
3 1 (1.667%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 12 (20.00%) Games
2 11 (18.33%) Finance
3 4 (6.667%) Dutch Language
3 4 (6.667%) Norwegian Language
4 3 (5.000%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (3.333%) Banking
6 1 (1.667%) Marketing
6 1 (1.667%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.667%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 16 (26.67%) Tester
2 11 (18.33%) Applications Support
3 10 (16.67%) Automated Tester
4 9 (15.00%) Developer
5 8 (13.33%) Technical Support
6 4 (6.667%) Consultant
6 4 (6.667%) Oracle Consultant
7 3 (5.000%) Junior Tester
7 3 (5.000%) QA Tester
7 3 (5.000%) Software Tester
7 3 (5.000%) Java Developer
7 3 (5.000%) Analyst
7 3 (5.000%) Junior
8 2 (3.333%) Junior Software Tester
8 2 (3.333%) Java Engineer
8 2 (3.333%) Architect
8 2 (3.333%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (3.333%) Web Developer
8 2 (3.333%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.333%) COBOL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.33%) Derivative
2 3 (5.000%) Open Source
3 2 (3.333%) Mainframe
3 2 (3.333%) Computer Science
3 2 (3.333%) Life Science
3 2 (3.333%) RIA
4 1 (1.667%) Equities
4 1 (1.667%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.667%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.667%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 23 (38.33%) UNIX
2 19 (31.67%) Linux
3 5 (8.333%) Windows
4 3 (5.000%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
3 9 (15.00%) Integration Testing
3 9 (15.00%) OO
4 6 (10.00%) Software Testing
4 6 (10.00%) Unit Testing
5 5 (8.333%) ERP
5 5 (8.333%) E-business
6 3 (5.000%) Change Management
6 3 (5.000%) Test Management
7 2 (3.333%) Responsive Web Design
7 2 (3.333%) Automation Testing
7 2 (3.333%) Project Management
7 2 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (3.333%) E-Commerce
7 2 (3.333%) ITIL
7 2 (3.333%) Web Design
7 2 (3.333%) Risk Management
7 2 (3.333%) Web Development
8 1 (1.667%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (50.00%) Java
2 19 (31.67%) SQL
3 9 (15.00%) C
4 8 (13.33%) JavaScript
5 4 (6.667%) Perl
5 4 (6.667%) C++
5 4 (6.667%) Ruby
6 2 (3.333%) JCL
6 2 (3.333%) COBOL
6 2 (3.333%) C#
6 2 (3.333%) Groovy
7 1 (1.667%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.667%) Python
7 1 (1.667%) XAML
Qualifications
1 6 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (1.667%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.667%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.333%) YUM
2 1 (1.667%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 6 (10.00%) Oracle
2 3 (5.000%) JBoss
3 2 (3.333%) Red Hat
3 2 (3.333%) VMware
3 2 (3.333%) Google
4 1 (1.667%) IBM
4 1 (1.667%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.667%) BEA
4 1 (1.667%) UC4