The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Rickmansworth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 23 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 Rickmansworth region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing QA 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rickmansworth 1.504% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 33.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £40,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Rickmansworth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
6 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rickmansworth 4.511% 4.688% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 0
Average salary £43,750 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Hertfordshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rickmansworth 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 Rickmansworth region.

Rickmansworth QA Salary Trend

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rickmansworth 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 10 (83.33%) Java
2 8 (66.67%) SQL
3 6 (50.00%) Linux
4 5 (41.67%) PL/SQL
4 5 (41.67%) Oracle
4 5 (41.67%) Finance
5 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
5 4 (33.33%) ISO 9000
5 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
5 4 (33.33%) CMMI
6 3 (25.00%) Project Management
6 3 (25.00%) ISEB
6 3 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
6 3 (25.00%) C#
6 3 (25.00%) Solaris
6 3 (25.00%) RESTful
6 3 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
6 3 (25.00%) Validation
7 2 (16.67%) Handset
7 2 (16.67%) Unified Process
7 2 (16.67%) Release Management
7 2 (16.67%) Atlassian
7 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
7 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
7 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
7 2 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (16.67%) V-Model
7 2 (16.67%) HTML5
7 2 (16.67%) Kindle

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rickmansworth 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 3 (25.00%) RESTful
2 2 (16.67%) HTML5
2 2 (16.67%) HTML
2 2 (16.67%) CSS
3 1 (8.333%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) HTTP
1 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.333%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) QA Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Test Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Testing Manager
3 2 (16.67%) QA Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Test Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Tester
4 1 (8.333%) Lead Tester
4 1 (8.333%) QA Leader
4 1 (8.333%) Senior QA Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Senior QA Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior QA Tester
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Tester
4 1 (8.333%) QA Tester
4 1 (8.333%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Handset
1 2 (16.67%) Kindle
1 2 (16.67%) Client/Server
2 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (25.00%) Solaris
3 1 (8.333%) UNIX
3 1 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
1 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 4 (33.33%) CMMI
2 3 (25.00%) Project Management
2 3 (25.00%) Validation
3 2 (16.67%) Unified Process
3 2 (16.67%) Release Management
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (16.67%) V-Model
3 2 (16.67%) Static Code Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) OOP
3 2 (16.67%) OO
3 2 (16.67%) Regression Testing
3 2 (16.67%) MVC
4 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
4 1 (8.333%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) Java
2 8 (66.67%) SQL
3 5 (41.67%) PL/SQL
4 3 (25.00%) C#
5 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) ISO 9000
2 2 (16.67%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Oracle
2 2 (16.67%) Atlassian
2 2 (16.67%) VocaLink