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The table below looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Peterborough 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
Rank3342
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads1625
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.011 %
As % of the category below51.61 %67.57 %
Salaries quoted1619
Average minimum salary£53,813£28,895
Average salary£55,381£31,947
% change on same period last year+73.35 %
Average maximum salary£56,950£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,791£38,992
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
Peterborough IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Peterborough
Matching permanent IT job ads3137
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.017 %
Salaries quoted3129
Average minimum salary£44,226£29,655
Average salary£46,455£32,207
% change on same period last year+44.23 %
Average maximum salary£48,684£34,759
UK excluding London average salary£40,170£39,932
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
QA CambridgeshireQA
Cambridgeshire

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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 Peterborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough QA Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Peterborough region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Peterborough QA Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

114 (51.85 %)Insurance
213 (48.15 %)Windows
312 (44.44 %).NET
312 (44.44 %)Internet
312 (44.44 %)Finance
411 (40.74 %)Project Management
411 (40.74 %)C#
510 (37.04 %)Scrum
510 (37.04 %)IT Governance
68 (29.63 %)ISEB
77 (25.93 %)C
86 (22.22 %)Intranet
86 (22.22 %)SQL
86 (22.22 %)Microsoft
86 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
86 (22.22 %)VB.NET
95 (18.52 %)E-Commerce
104 (14.81 %)Java
104 (14.81 %)Degree
113 (11.11 %)ISTQB
113 (11.11 %)Perl
113 (11.11 %)C++
113 (11.11 %)QuickTest Pro
113 (11.11 %)LoadRunner
113 (11.11 %)UNIX
122 (7.407 %)Pharmaceutical
122 (7.407 %)IBM
122 (7.407 %)Health
122 (7.407 %)Linux
122 (7.407 %)HTML

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Peterborough IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (44.44 %).NET
26 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
32 (7.407 %)HTML
41 (3.704 %)JSP
41 (3.704 %)WebSphere
41 (3.704 %)ASP
Peterborough IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (3.704 %)IIS
11 (3.704 %)Apache
11 (3.704 %)CICS
Peterborough IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (44.44 %)Internet
26 (22.22 %)Intranet
31 (3.704 %)TCP/IP
Peterborough IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (3.704 %)MySQL
11 (3.704 %)SQL Server
11 (3.704 %)DB2
11 (3.704 %)Datawarehouse
11 (3.704 %)BusinessObjects
Peterborough IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (11.11 %)QuickTest Pro
13 (11.11 %)LoadRunner
21 (3.704 %)Flash
Peterborough IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (51.85 %)Insurance
212 (44.44 %)Finance
32 (7.407 %)Health
32 (7.407 %)Pharmaceutical
Peterborough IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (37.04 %)Development Manager
27 (25.93 %)Senior Manager
36 (22.22 %)Analyst
36 (22.22 %)QA Analyst
45 (18.52 %)Test Analyst
45 (18.52 %)QA Test Analyst
54 (14.81 %)QA Tester
54 (14.81 %)Tester
54 (14.81 %)Quality Analyst
63 (11.11 %)Senior Test Manager
63 (11.11 %)Test Manager
63 (11.11 %)Consultant
63 (11.11 %)Test Engineer
72 (7.407 %)Software Test Engineer
72 (7.407 %)Technical Manager
72 (7.407 %)QA Engineer
72 (7.407 %)Software Engineer
72 (7.407 %)Senior Technical Manager
81 (3.704 %)Software Test Analyst
81 (3.704 %)Senior QA Analyst
Peterborough IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.704 %)Handset
11 (3.704 %)Social Network
11 (3.704 %)iSeries
Peterborough IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (48.15 %)Windows
23 (11.11 %)UNIX
32 (7.407 %)Linux
Peterborough IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (40.74 %)Project Management
210 (37.04 %)Scrum
210 (37.04 %)IT Governance
35 (18.52 %)E-Commerce
42 (7.407 %)Test Scripting
42 (7.407 %)Knowledge Management
51 (3.704 %)Software Testing
51 (3.704 %)Enterprise Architecture
51 (3.704 %)Change Management
51 (3.704 %)Data Management
51 (3.704 %)Content Management
51 (3.704 %)Automated Testing
51 (3.704 %)Manual Testing
51 (3.704 %)Technical Architecture
51 (3.704 %)Business Development
51 (3.704 %)Performance Testing
51 (3.704 %)Test Management
Peterborough IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (40.74 %)C#
27 (25.93 %)C
36 (22.22 %)VB.NET
36 (22.22 %)SQL
44 (14.81 %)Java
53 (11.11 %)Perl
53 (11.11 %)C++
61 (3.704 %)COBOL
61 (3.704 %)VB
61 (3.704 %)PHP
61 (3.704 %)RPG
61 (3.704 %)JCL
Peterborough IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (29.63 %)ISEB
24 (14.81 %)Degree
33 (11.11 %)ISTQB
41 (3.704 %)ISEB Practitioner
Peterborough IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (22.22 %)Microsoft
22 (7.407 %)Oracle
22 (7.407 %)IBM
31 (3.704 %)Business Objects
31 (3.704 %)EMC