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The table below looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Paddington 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 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank14-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads20
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below100.00 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted20
Average minimum salary£35,000-
Average salary£36,250-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£37,500-
UK excluding London average salary£37,791£38,992
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
Paddington IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Paddington
Matching permanent IT job ads21
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted21
Average minimum salary£35,000£30,000
Average salary£36,250£32,500
% change on same period last year+11.53 %
Average maximum salary£37,500£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,170£39,932
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Paddington region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Paddington QA Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

Paddington QA Salary Trend

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Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Paddington 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.

14 (66.67 %)ITIL
14 (66.67 %)PRINCE2
14 (66.67 %)NHS
14 (66.67 %)Configuration Management
22 (33.33 %)Agile Software Development
22 (33.33 %)Security Testing
22 (33.33 %)ISEB
31 (16.67 %)Web Testing
31 (16.67 %)Test Management
31 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
31 (16.67 %)OWASP
31 (16.67 %)Watchfire
31 (16.67 %)Penetration Testing
31 (16.67 %)Project Planning
31 (16.67 %)Telecoms
31 (16.67 %)Scrum
31 (16.67 %)Project Management
31 (16.67 %)DSDM
31 (16.67 %)E-Commerce

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Paddington 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.

Paddington IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Telecoms
Paddington IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Programme Manager
14 (66.67 %)Support Manager
14 (66.67 %)Programme Office Manager
21 (16.67 %)Senior Test Analyst
21 (16.67 %)QA Tester
21 (16.67 %)Tester
21 (16.67 %)QA Test Analyst
21 (16.67 %)QA Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Senior QA Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Senior QA Test Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Web Tester
21 (16.67 %)Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Test Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Senior Analyst
Paddington IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (66.67 %)NHS
Paddington IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (66.67 %)ITIL
14 (66.67 %)PRINCE2
14 (66.67 %)Configuration Management
22 (33.33 %)Agile Software Development
22 (33.33 %)Security Testing
31 (16.67 %)Web Testing
31 (16.67 %)Test Management
31 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
31 (16.67 %)OWASP
31 (16.67 %)Penetration Testing
31 (16.67 %)Project Planning
31 (16.67 %)Project Management
31 (16.67 %)Scrum
31 (16.67 %)DSDM
31 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
Paddington IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (33.33 %)ISEB
Paddington IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Watchfire