The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reigate region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Reigate region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 22 46 32
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -14
Permanent jobs citing QA 36 16 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reigate 9.000% 4.061% 4.950%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 60.00% 39.02% 83.33%
Number of salaries quoted 36 16 10
Average salary £60,000 £57,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.34% +43.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £75,000 £61,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,125
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -4.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Reigate
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
60 41 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reigate 15.00% 10.41% 5.941%
Number of salaries quoted 58 41 12
Average salary £57,500 £57,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +35.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,950 £44,000 £27,100
10% offered a salary of more than £69,000 £74,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Surrey

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Reigate region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Reigate QA Jobs Demand Trend

QA
Salary Trend

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

Reigate QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Reigate region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reigate QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reigate 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.

1 47 (58.75%) C#
2 33 (41.25%) Finance
3 31 (38.75%) Software Engineering
4 29 (36.25%) Scrum
4 29 (36.25%) .NET
5 27 (33.75%) Degree
6 26 (32.50%) Mathematics
7 24 (30.00%) Java
7 24 (30.00%) OO
7 24 (30.00%) Analytics
8 23 (28.75%) SQL
8 23 (28.75%) TDD
9 22 (27.50%) C++
10 21 (26.25%) Banking
10 21 (26.25%) Financial Modelling
11 20 (25.00%) MVC
11 20 (25.00%) ASP.NET
12 19 (23.75%) ASP.NET MVC
13 17 (21.25%) Computer Science
13 17 (21.25%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 14 (17.50%) Razor View Engine
14 14 (17.50%) Ajax
14 14 (17.50%) Automated Testing
14 14 (17.50%) Multithreading
14 14 (17.50%) LINQ
14 14 (17.50%) jQuery
14 14 (17.50%) CSS
14 14 (17.50%) JavaScript
14 14 (17.50%) HTML
14 14 (17.50%) Flash

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reigate 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.

Application Development
1 29 (36.25%) .NET
2 20 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 19 (23.75%) ASP.NET MVC
4 17 (21.25%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 14 (17.50%) Razor View Engine
5 14 (17.50%) Ajax
5 14 (17.50%) LINQ
5 14 (17.50%) jQuery
5 14 (17.50%) CSS
5 14 (17.50%) ASP
5 14 (17.50%) Flash
5 14 (17.50%) HTML
6 12 (15.00%) XML
6 12 (15.00%) WPF
7 9 (11.25%) Web Services
8 1 (1.250%) DOM
8 1 (1.250%) LAMP
8 1 (1.250%) CodeIgniter
8 1 (1.250%) Kohana
8 1 (1.250%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 10 (12.50%) SAS
2 1 (1.250%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
1 10 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
1 10 (12.50%) Data Mart
2 8 (10.00%) MySQL
3 6 (7.500%) SQL Server
4 5 (6.250%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (6.250%) TOAD
4 5 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 9 (11.25%) QuickTest Pro
1 9 (11.25%) TestComplete
2 7 (8.750%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (8.750%) Visual Studio
3 6 (7.500%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
4 5 (6.250%) Oracle Forms
4 5 (6.250%) TestDirector
4 5 (6.250%) QARun
5 4 (5.000%) Selenium
6 1 (1.250%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 33 (41.25%) Finance
2 21 (26.25%) Banking
3 12 (15.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 41 (51.25%) Developer
2 21 (26.25%) Software Developer
3 20 (25.00%) Senior Developer
4 14 (17.50%) C# Developer
4 14 (17.50%) Senior C# Developer
5 11 (13.75%) ASP.NET Developer
5 11 (13.75%) .NET Developer
6 9 (11.25%) Senior Software Developer
6 9 (11.25%) QA Engineer
6 9 (11.25%) C# Software Developer
7 8 (10.00%) Web Developer
8 6 (7.500%) Analyst
8 6 (7.500%) Senior Web Developer
9 5 (6.250%) Senior .NET Developer
9 5 (6.250%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
9 5 (6.250%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 5 (6.250%) Test Analyst
9 5 (6.250%) Tester
9 5 (6.250%) C# .NET Developer
10 4 (5.000%) Data Warehouse Manager
Miscellaneous
1 26 (32.50%) Mathematics
2 17 (21.25%) Computer Science
3 13 (16.25%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.500%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.00%) Linux
2 7 (8.750%) CentOS
3 6 (7.500%) UNIX
4 1 (1.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (38.75%) Software Engineering
2 29 (36.25%) Scrum
3 24 (30.00%) OO
3 24 (30.00%) Analytics
4 23 (28.75%) TDD
5 21 (26.25%) Financial Modelling
6 20 (25.00%) MVC
7 14 (17.50%) Automated Testing
7 14 (17.50%) Multithreading
8 13 (16.25%) Software Testing
9 12 (15.00%) Test Strategy
9 12 (15.00%) Software Architecture
10 10 (12.50%) Data Governance
10 10 (12.50%) ETL
11 9 (11.25%) Test Automation
11 9 (11.25%) Test Scripting
12 8 (10.00%) Information Security
12 8 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
13 7 (8.750%) Extreme Programming
14 6 (7.500%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (58.75%) C#
2 24 (30.00%) Java
3 23 (28.75%) SQL
4 22 (27.50%) C++
5 14 (17.50%) JavaScript
6 9 (11.25%) Delphi
7 7 (8.750%) PHP
8 6 (7.500%) Perl
8 6 (7.500%) MATLAB
9 4 (5.000%) VBScript
10 1 (1.250%) VB.NET
10 1 (1.250%) XPath
10 1 (1.250%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 27 (33.75%) Degree
2 11 (13.75%) ISEB
3 6 (7.500%) Postgraduate
3 6 (7.500%) PhD
4 5 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.250%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.500%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 4 (5.000%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (17.50%) Adobe
2 10 (12.50%) Business Objects
2 10 (12.50%) SAP
3 5 (6.250%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.250%) Oracle
4 4 (5.000%) HP
Reigate, South East
Hugely profitable financial software house based in Surrey is seeking a skilled software developer with test automation experience to test complex Object Orientated C# .Net financial software products.
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £45k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reigate, Surrey
Developer in Test C# .Net Surrey (RH) to £40k. Developer in Test / C# Test Developer (C# .Net Test Automation Agile)... Requirements for C# Tester: Strong software testing experience,...
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £45k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013