The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Engineer
Rank 116 103 100
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 7 2 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.379% 0.139% 0.432%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.403% 0.142% 0.451%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 6
Average salary £23,000 £32,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.23% +1.56%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1735 1405 1551
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 93.99% 97.43% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1502 1266 1398
Average salary £40,000 £39,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.26% -1.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Engineer
South East

QA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oxfordshire QA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Oxfordshire QA Engineer Salary Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Oxfordshire QA Engineer Salary Histogram

QA Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the Oxfordshire 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
Wallingford - 4 £23,000 -
QA Engineer
South East

QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title.

1 12 (100.00%) QA
2 11 (91.67%) Java
3 10 (83.33%) SQL
4 8 (66.67%) Manual Testing
5 7 (58.33%) Selenium
5 7 (58.33%) .NET
6 6 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (41.67%) ISEB
7 5 (41.67%) C#
7 5 (41.67%) WebDriver
8 4 (33.33%) Drupal
8 4 (33.33%) Test Scripting
8 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
8 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
8 4 (33.33%) MS Access
9 3 (25.00%) Middleware
9 3 (25.00%) Cucumber
9 3 (25.00%) FitNesse
10 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
10 2 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (16.67%) Concordion
10 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
11 1 (8.333%) Automated Testing
11 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET
11 1 (8.333%) Scrum
11 1 (8.333%) Replication
11 1 (8.333%) Automation Testing
11 1 (8.333%) Scala
11 1 (8.333%) Performance Testing

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (58.33%) .NET
2 3 (25.00%) Middleware
3 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) Drupal
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 4 (33.33%) MS Access
2 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Selenium
2 5 (41.67%) WebDriver
3 3 (25.00%) Cucumber
3 3 (25.00%) FitNesse
4 2 (16.67%) Concordion
General
1 1 (8.333%) Music
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Replication
1 1 (8.333%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 6 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (8.333%) Automated Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Scrum
5 1 (8.333%) Automation Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Performance Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Test Strategy
5 1 (8.333%) Project Planning
5 1 (8.333%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) Java
2 10 (83.33%) SQL
3 5 (41.67%) C#
4 1 (8.333%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) ISEB
2 1 (8.333%) ISTQB
2 1 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (100.00%) QA