The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Poole region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Tester 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 Poole region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Tester
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Tester 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Poole 4.494% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.651% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £27,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £32,500 £29,750
% change year-on-year
+3.07% +9.24%
All Job Titles
Poole
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
86 100 78
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Poole 96.63% 99.01% 98.73%
Number of salaries quoted 72 98 71
Average salary £28,500 £30,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,700 £22,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Tester
Dorset

QA Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Poole QA Tester Jobs Demand Trend

QA Tester
Salary Trend

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

Poole QA Tester Salary Trend

QA Tester
Top 19 Related IT Skills

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

1 12 (100.00%) QA
2 9 (75.00%) Performance Testing
2 9 (75.00%) Load Testing
2 9 (75.00%) Unit Testing
2 9 (75.00%) Integration Testing
2 9 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 9 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (75.00%) Perl
2 9 (75.00%) SQL
2 9 (75.00%) Oracle
2 9 (75.00%) UNIX
2 9 (75.00%) Windows
2 9 (75.00%) AIX
2 9 (75.00%) Solaris
2 9 (75.00%) Linux
2 9 (75.00%) Python
2 9 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 9 (75.00%) Shell Script
3 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001

QA Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 9 (75.00%) SharePoint
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) UNIX
1 9 (75.00%) Windows
1 9 (75.00%) AIX
1 9 (75.00%) Solaris
1 9 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Performance Testing
1 9 (75.00%) Load Testing
1 9 (75.00%) Unit Testing
1 9 (75.00%) Integration Testing
1 9 (75.00%) Test Scripting
1 9 (75.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) Perl
1 9 (75.00%) SQL
1 9 (75.00%) Python
1 9 (75.00%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Oracle