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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Salisbury 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-14
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads09
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.000 %90.00 %
Salaries quoted09
Average minimum salary-£41,667
Average salary-£43,333
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,197£38,196
% change on same period last year-2.61 %
Salisbury IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Salisbury
Matching permanent IT job ads910
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.004 %
Salaries quoted710
Average minimum salary£34,143£39,500
Average salary£38,786£41,250
% change on same period last year-5.97 %
Average maximum salary£43,429£43,000
UK excluding London average salary£39,444£40,048
% change on same period last year-1.50 %
QA WiltshireQA
Wiltshire

QA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Salisbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Salisbury QA Demand Trend

QA
Salary Trend

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

Salisbury QA Salary Trend

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Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Salisbury 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.

13 (50.00 %)Asset Management
13 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
22 (33.33 %)Auditing
22 (33.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
22 (33.33 %)Integration Testing
22 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
22 (33.33 %)System Testing
22 (33.33 %)Performance Management
22 (33.33 %)Regression Testing
22 (33.33 %)Management Information System
22 (33.33 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (16.67 %)Finance
31 (16.67 %)Government
31 (16.67 %)VMware
31 (16.67 %)C#
31 (16.67 %)Perl
31 (16.67 %)VB
31 (16.67 %)VB.NET
31 (16.67 %).NET
31 (16.67 %)Windows
31 (16.67 %)Citrix

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Salisbury 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.

Salisbury IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %).NET
Salisbury IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (33.33 %)QuickTest Pro
Salisbury IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Auditing
21 (16.67 %)Finance
21 (16.67 %)Government
Salisbury IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Test Team Leader
12 (33.33 %)Team Leader
21 (16.67 %)Software Tester
21 (16.67 %)Tester
21 (16.67 %)Quality Manager
Salisbury IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (33.33 %)Management Information System
Salisbury IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)Windows
Salisbury IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)Asset Management
13 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
22 (33.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
22 (33.33 %)Integration Testing
22 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
22 (33.33 %)System Testing
22 (33.33 %)Performance Management
22 (33.33 %)Regression Testing
Salisbury IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)C#
11 (16.67 %)Perl
11 (16.67 %)VB
11 (16.67 %)VB.NET
Salisbury IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Citrix
11 (16.67 %)VMware