The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Salford 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 Salford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 11 - 12
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing QA 2 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 4.878% - 4.348%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 66.67% - 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
Average salary £42,500 - £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,125
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -4.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Salford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
3 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 7.317% 7.692% 8.696%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 4
Average salary £33,500 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.47% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,300 £27,400 £24,350
10% offered a salary of more than £40,700 £48,700 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Manchester

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salford 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 Salford region.

Salford QA Salary Trend

QA
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) DBA
1 1 (50.00%) Test Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) SQL DBA
1 1 (50.00%) Development DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft