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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 46 31 21
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -10
Permanent jobs citing QA 2 4 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 0.847% 2.632% 6.500%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.50% 80.00% 56.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 1
Average salary £33,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,125
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -4.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
16 5 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 6.780% 3.289% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 7
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
West Midlands

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull QA Salary Trend

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 4 (50.00%) .NET
1 4 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (37.50%) C#
2 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (25.00%) SaaS
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (25.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Ajax
3 2 (25.00%) JIRA
3 2 (25.00%) Apache Flex
3 2 (25.00%) jQuery
3 2 (25.00%) MVC
3 2 (25.00%) Scrum
3 2 (25.00%) TDD
3 2 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (25.00%) RDBMS
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) HP
3 2 (25.00%) ISEB
3 2 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (25.00%) Internet
3 2 (25.00%) HTML
3 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (25.00%) Perl
3 2 (25.00%) PHP
3 2 (25.00%) SQL

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 4 (50.00%) CSS
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (25.00%) Web Services
2 2 (25.00%) XML
2 2 (25.00%) XSD
2 2 (25.00%) XSL
2 2 (25.00%) Ajax
2 2 (25.00%) Apache Flex
2 2 (25.00%) jQuery
2 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Office
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (25.00%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) Selenium
2 1 (12.50%) TestComplete
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Software Tester
2 2 (25.00%) QA Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) QA Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (25.00%) MVC
2 2 (25.00%) Scrum
2 2 (25.00%) TDD
2 2 (25.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) Perl
2 2 (25.00%) PHP
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) VBScript
2 2 (25.00%) VB.NET
2 2 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) Telerik
Solihull, West Midlands
Automated Test Analyst, Tester, Software Engineer, Developer, Programmer, Selenium/Ranorex/Testcomplete, Software Development Engineer in Test, SDET, SWET, QA Lead, Test Analyst, Lead Tester, ISEB, C#, .Net, Java,...
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Automated Test Analyst, Tester, Software Engineer, Developer, Programmer, Selenium/Ranorex/Testcomplete, Software Development Engineer in Test, SDET, SWET, QA Lead, Test Analyst, Lead Tester, ISEB, C#, .Net, Java,...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced -Net Developer to join an established global eCommerce software focused business, a leader in their industry and expanding further- They...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP35000 to GBP40000 per annum + Benefits: plus bonus and benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013