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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Poole 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4834
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching permanent IT job ads123
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.010 %
As % of the category below8.333 %62.16 %
Salaries quoted123
Average minimum salary£22,500£42,783
Average salary£22,500£45,478
% change on same period last year-50.52 %
Average maximum salary£22,500£48,174
UK excluding London average salary£37,184£38,439
% change on same period last year-3.26 %
Poole IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Poole
Matching permanent IT job ads1237
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.016 %
Salaries quoted1237
Average minimum salary£25,958£39,023
Average salary£28,354£41,349
% change on same period last year-31.42 %
Average maximum salary£30,750£43,674
UK excluding London average salary£39,636£40,082
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
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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 Poole region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Poole 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 Poole region.

Poole QA Salary Trend

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Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Poole 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.

16 (66.67 %)Banking
16 (66.67 %)Test Management
23 (33.33 %)SQL
23 (33.33 %)Management Information System
23 (33.33 %)Finance
32 (22.22 %)Regression Testing
32 (22.22 %).NET
32 (22.22 %)ASP
32 (22.22 %).NET Framework
32 (22.22 %)JavaScript
32 (22.22 %)Retail
41 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
41 (11.11 %)ODBC
41 (11.11 %)Windows
41 (11.11 %)Linux
41 (11.11 %)Windows XP
41 (11.11 %)FTP
41 (11.11 %)Microsoft
41 (11.11 %)Active Directory
41 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (11.11 %)IIS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Poole 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.

Poole IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (22.22 %).NET
12 (22.22 %)ASP
12 (22.22 %).NET Framework
21 (11.11 %)ODBC
Poole IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)IIS
Poole IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)FTP
Poole IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (66.67 %)Banking
23 (33.33 %)Finance
32 (22.22 %)Retail
Poole IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (33.33 %)Software Engineer
13 (33.33 %)Analyst
13 (33.33 %)Test Engineer
13 (33.33 %)Software Test Engineer
13 (33.33 %)QA Analyst
13 (33.33 %)Quality Analyst
Poole IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (33.33 %)Management Information System
Poole IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (11.11 %)Windows
11 (11.11 %)Linux
11 (11.11 %)Windows XP
11 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (11.11 %)Windows Vista
Poole IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (66.67 %)Test Management
22 (22.22 %)Regression Testing
Poole IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (33.33 %)SQL
22 (22.22 %)JavaScript
Poole IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (11.11 %)Active Directory
Poole IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (11.11 %)Microsoft