The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 44 54 33
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -21
Permanent jobs citing QA 20 19 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 3.063% 2.879% 4.934%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.00% 31.67% 39.39%
Number of salaries quoted 18 18 23
Average salary £45,000 £35,750 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.87% -35.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £27,500 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £45,750 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
80 60 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 12.25% 9.091% 12.52%
Number of salaries quoted 60 56 57
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £31,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £61,000 £60,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,153 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-2.80% +0.37%
QA
Berkshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Slough region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Slough QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 (31.25%) Project Management
2 8 (25.00%) Java
3 6 (18.75%) HTML
3 6 (18.75%) CRM
3 6 (18.75%) Salesforce.com
3 6 (18.75%) Programme Management
4 5 (15.63%) Finance
4 5 (15.63%) IT Governance
4 5 (15.63%) Degree
4 5 (15.63%) Time Management
4 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
4 5 (15.63%) Management Information System
4 5 (15.63%) .NET
4 5 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (15.63%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (12.50%) CSS
5 4 (12.50%) Quality Management
5 4 (12.50%) Code Coverage
5 4 (12.50%) Configuration Management
5 4 (12.50%) ISO 9001
5 4 (12.50%) QMS
5 4 (12.50%) Visualforce
5 4 (12.50%) Apex Code
5 4 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (12.50%) Usability Testing
5 4 (12.50%) Electronics
5 4 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 4 (12.50%) Document Management
5 4 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (9.375%) TDD

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 6 (18.75%) HTML
2 5 (15.63%) .NET
3 4 (12.50%) CSS
3 4 (12.50%) Visualforce
4 2 (6.250%) Struts
4 2 (6.250%) XML
4 2 (6.250%) JMX
4 2 (6.250%) WebSphere
4 2 (6.250%) Java EE
4 2 (6.250%) Hibernate
5 1 (3.125%) JSON
5 1 (3.125%) AWT
5 1 (3.125%) J2EE
5 1 (3.125%) JSP
5 1 (3.125%) Servlets
5 1 (3.125%) SOAP
5 1 (3.125%) XSLT
5 1 (3.125%) Web Services
5 1 (3.125%) Swing
5 1 (3.125%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.375%) IIS
2 2 (6.250%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (6.250%) WebLogic
2 2 (6.250%) GlassFish
Applications
1 2 (6.250%) MS Office
2 1 (3.125%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.125%) SAN
1 1 (3.125%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.125%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.375%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (9.375%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (9.375%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.125%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (3.125%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (9.375%) NUnit
1 3 (9.375%) CruiseControl
1 3 (9.375%) Subversion
1 3 (9.375%) NCover
2 2 (6.250%) ClearCase
2 2 (6.250%) Eclipse
2 2 (6.250%) Selenium
2 2 (6.250%) JProbe
3 1 (3.125%) TestPartner
General
1 5 (15.63%) Finance
2 4 (12.50%) Electronics
2 4 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 3 (9.375%) Telecoms
3 3 (9.375%) Law
4 2 (6.250%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (6.250%) Retail
5 1 (3.125%) Publishing
5 1 (3.125%) Legal
5 1 (3.125%) Marketing
5 1 (3.125%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Developer
2 4 (12.50%) Analyst
2 4 (12.50%) Salesforce.com Developer
3 3 (9.375%) Junior C# Developer
3 3 (9.375%) Junior .NET Developer
3 3 (9.375%) .NET Developer
3 3 (9.375%) C# Developer
3 3 (9.375%) Junior Developer
3 3 (9.375%) Test Leader
3 3 (9.375%) Junior
3 3 (9.375%) QA Manager
3 3 (9.375%) C# .NET Developer
3 3 (9.375%) Mid-Level C# Developer
3 3 (9.375%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
3 3 (9.375%) Junior C# .NET Developer
3 3 (9.375%) Mid-Level C# .NET Developer
4 2 (6.250%) Java Developer
4 2 (6.250%) QA Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Database Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Data Centre Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.375%) Open Source
3 1 (3.125%) Graphic Design
3 1 (3.125%) FMCG
3 1 (3.125%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.375%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (9.375%) Windows XP
1 3 (9.375%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (9.375%) Windows
2 2 (6.250%) Linux
2 2 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Project Management
2 6 (18.75%) CRM
2 6 (18.75%) Programme Management
3 5 (15.63%) IT Governance
3 5 (15.63%) Time Management
3 5 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (15.63%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (12.50%) Quality Management
4 4 (12.50%) Code Coverage
4 4 (12.50%) Configuration Management
4 4 (12.50%) QMS
4 4 (12.50%) Usability Testing
4 4 (12.50%) Document Management
4 4 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (9.375%) TDD
5 3 (9.375%) CAPA
5 3 (9.375%) Scrum
6 2 (6.250%) Test Automation
6 2 (6.250%) Capacity Management
6 2 (6.250%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.00%) Java
2 4 (12.50%) Apex Code
3 3 (9.375%) C#
4 1 (3.125%) MUMPS
4 1 (3.125%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.125%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Degree
2 1 (3.125%) CCNP
2 1 (3.125%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.125%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.125%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) ISO 9001
1 4 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.125%) GAMP
2 1 (3.125%) GxP
2 1 (3.125%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Salesforce.com
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.375%) Oracle
4 2 (6.250%) JBoss
4 2 (6.250%) SAP
4 2 (6.250%) Fujitsu
5 1 (3.125%) Sun
5 1 (3.125%) HP
5 1 (3.125%) InterSystems
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