The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 17 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 52 52 71
Rank change year-on-year
0 +19
Permanent jobs citing QA 48 47 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 4.465% 3.843% 2.444%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 42.86% 46.08% 21.43%
Number of salaries quoted 45 38 22
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,200 £24,750 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £40,000 £61,760
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,125
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -4.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Nottinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
112 102 154
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 10.42% 8.340% 11.41%
Number of salaries quoted 101 76 122
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £46,400 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
East Midlands

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Nottingham +4 44 £32,500 -7.14%
Mansfield -1 1 £31,500 -
QA
East Midlands

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 34 (40.96%) C#
2 31 (37.35%) .NET
2 31 (37.35%) Finance
3 25 (30.12%) HTML
3 25 (30.12%) SQL Server
4 23 (27.71%) SQL
4 23 (27.71%) ASP.NET
5 22 (26.51%) Test Scripting
6 21 (25.30%) Test Automation
6 21 (25.30%) HP
6 21 (25.30%) QuickTest Pro
7 20 (24.10%) XML
8 19 (22.89%) Automated Testing
9 17 (20.48%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (18.07%) Degree
11 14 (16.87%) WPF
11 14 (16.87%) Project Management
11 14 (16.87%) XAML
12 13 (15.66%) LoadRunner
12 13 (15.66%) Java
12 13 (15.66%) OO
12 13 (15.66%) HP Quality Center
13 12 (14.46%) WatiN
13 12 (14.46%) Digital Media
13 12 (14.46%) LINQ
13 12 (14.46%) Telecoms
14 11 (13.25%) Web Services
14 11 (13.25%) Multithreading
14 11 (13.25%) Software Testing
14 11 (13.25%) Mobile App

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 31 (37.35%) .NET
2 25 (30.12%) HTML
3 23 (27.71%) ASP.NET
4 20 (24.10%) XML
5 14 (16.87%) WPF
6 12 (14.46%) LINQ
7 11 (13.25%) Web Services
8 10 (12.05%) J2EE
9 9 (10.84%) JSP
10 8 (9.639%) JDBC
11 6 (7.229%) WCF
11 6 (7.229%) FIX Protocol
11 6 (7.229%) Spring
11 6 (7.229%) JSF
12 5 (6.024%) CSS
12 5 (6.024%) Servlets
12 5 (6.024%) SOAP
12 5 (6.024%) Struts
13 3 (3.614%) EJB
13 3 (3.614%) RichFaces
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.024%) IIS
2 4 (4.819%) Tomcat
3 2 (2.410%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (2.410%) WebSphere MQ
3 2 (2.410%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (1.205%) WordPress
4 1 (1.205%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.205%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (1.205%) CMS
4 1 (1.205%) TeamSite
4 1 (1.205%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (4.819%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.205%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.205%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.205%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.205%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.024%) SAP MM
1 5 (6.024%) SAP Retail
2 4 (4.819%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.205%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.024%) HTTP
2 3 (3.614%) Intranet
2 3 (3.614%) Extranet
3 2 (2.410%) Internet
3 2 (2.410%) LDAP
4 1 (1.205%) VoIP
4 1 (1.205%) Wireless
4 1 (1.205%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (30.12%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.024%) DB2
2 5 (6.024%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (6.024%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (6.024%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (3.614%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.614%) OLTP
3 3 (3.614%) SQL Server 2000
3 3 (3.614%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.205%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.205%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.205%) MySQL
4 1 (1.205%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 21 (25.30%) QuickTest Pro
2 13 (15.66%) LoadRunner
3 12 (14.46%) WatiN
4 10 (12.05%) Selenium
5 8 (9.639%) Visual Studio
6 6 (7.229%) NUnit
6 6 (7.229%) TestDirector
7 5 (6.024%) CruiseControl
8 4 (4.819%) TeamCity
8 4 (4.819%) WebDriver
9 3 (3.614%) JUnit
9 3 (3.614%) Jenkins
10 2 (2.410%) Ant
10 2 (2.410%) Eclipse
10 2 (2.410%) Subversion
10 2 (2.410%) Maven
10 2 (2.410%) Moq
10 2 (2.410%) TestComplete
10 2 (2.410%) Bugzilla
General
1 31 (37.35%) Finance
2 12 (14.46%) Telecoms
3 10 (12.05%) Retail
4 9 (10.84%) Marketing
5 1 (1.205%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (22.89%) Developer
2 14 (16.87%) Analyst
3 8 (9.639%) Software Engineer
3 8 (9.639%) Test Engineer
4 7 (8.434%) Business Analyst
4 7 (8.434%) Tester
4 7 (8.434%) Automation Engineer
4 7 (8.434%) Test Automation Engineer
5 6 (7.229%) Test Analyst
5 6 (7.229%) Consultant
6 5 (6.024%) SAP Consultant
6 5 (6.024%) QA Engineer
7 4 (4.819%) SAP MM Consultant
7 4 (4.819%) SAP SD Consultant
7 4 (4.819%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
8 3 (3.614%) Software Manager
8 3 (3.614%) Development DBA
8 3 (3.614%) Lead Software Engineer
8 3 (3.614%) Senior Automation Tester
8 3 (3.614%) Automation Tester
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.48%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (14.46%) Digital Media
3 11 (13.25%) Mobile App
4 8 (9.639%) Credit Risk
5 5 (6.024%) AS400
6 4 (4.819%) Computer Science
7 3 (3.614%) Replication
7 3 (3.614%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (3.614%) Open Source
8 1 (1.205%) NHS
8 1 (1.205%) Mainframe
8 1 (1.205%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.205%) Mathematics
8 1 (1.205%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.05%) UNIX
2 5 (6.024%) Linux
3 3 (3.614%) Windows
4 1 (1.205%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.205%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.51%) Test Scripting
2 21 (25.30%) Test Automation
3 19 (22.89%) Automated Testing
4 14 (16.87%) Project Management
5 13 (15.66%) OO
6 11 (13.25%) Multithreading
6 11 (13.25%) Software Testing
7 10 (12.05%) Agile Software Development
8 9 (10.84%) Product Management
9 8 (9.639%) Change Control
9 8 (9.639%) Unit Testing
10 7 (8.434%) Continuous Integration
10 7 (8.434%) Automation Testing
10 7 (8.434%) TDD
11 6 (7.229%) Integration Testing
11 6 (7.229%) Manual Testing
12 5 (6.024%) Refactoring
12 5 (6.024%) Analytics
12 5 (6.024%) Software Architecture
12 5 (6.024%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 34 (40.96%) C#
2 23 (27.71%) SQL
3 14 (16.87%) XAML
4 13 (15.66%) Java
5 8 (9.639%) JavaScript
6 5 (6.024%) C++
6 5 (6.024%) ABAP
7 4 (4.819%) VB
8 1 (1.205%) Python
8 1 (1.205%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 15 (18.07%) Degree
2 8 (9.639%) ISEB
3 3 (3.614%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.410%) SCJA
4 2 (2.410%) SCJP
5 1 (1.205%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (1.205%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.205%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.205%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.205%) PMP
5 1 (1.205%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 1 (1.205%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.205%) RACF
1 1 (1.205%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (1.205%) XenApp
1 1 (1.205%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (15.66%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.205%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 21 (25.30%) HP
2 9 (10.84%) Microsoft
3 8 (9.639%) Oracle
4 7 (8.434%) SAP
5 5 (6.024%) Venda
6 4 (4.819%) JDA
6 4 (4.819%) JBoss
7 1 (1.205%) Cisco
7 1 (1.205%) Sun
7 1 (1.205%) Citrix
7 1 (1.205%) Interwoven
7 1 (1.205%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.205%) webMethods
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