Somerset QA Engineer Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs within the Somerset region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Quality Assurance Engineer
Location Aylesbury Berkshire Brighton Bristol Buckingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Derby Derbyshire East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh England Fareham Fife Glenrothes Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich London Middlesex Newbury Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Petersfield Portsmouth Scotland Slough Somerset South East South West Southampton Suffolk Surrey UK West Midlands Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	85	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching permanent IT job ads	11	0
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.846 %	0.000 %
Salaries quoted	11	0
Average minimum salary	£29,364	-
Average salary	£32,136	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£34,909	-
UK excluding London average salary	£33,622	£34,398
% change on same period last year	-2.25 %
Job Titles Somerset
Matching permanent IT job ads	1300	947
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.719 %	0.397 %
Salaries quoted	1141	870
Average minimum salary	£31,382	£29,863
Average salary	£34,670	£32,967
% change on same period last year	+5.16 %
Average maximum salary	£37,958	£36,070
UK excluding London average salary	£38,058	£39,448
% change on same period last year	-3.52 %
QA Engineer South West

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Yeovil	-	2	£29,750	-

QA Engineer South West

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Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Somerset region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title.

1 19 (100.00 %) QA 2 13 (68.42 %) ISEB 3 11 (57.89 %) Java 4 9 (47.37 %) XML 5 8 (42.11 %) SQL 6 6 (31.58 %) WebServices 6 6 (31.58 %) SOA 6 6 (31.58 %) TestDirector 6 6 (31.58 %) JIRA 7 5 (26.32 %) Retail 7 5 (26.32 %) Pensions 7 5 (26.32 %) Risk Analysis 7 5 (26.32 %) JSP 8 4 (21.05 %) B2C 8 4 (21.05 %) W3C

8 4 (21.05 %) Compatibility Testing 9 3 (15.79 %) Degree 9 3 (15.79 %) Aerospace 9 3 (15.79 %) MS Access 9 3 (15.79 %) C 10 2 (10.53 %) Agile Software Development 10 2 (10.53 %) ISEB Practitioner 11 1 (5.263 %) Software Testing 11 1 (5.263 %) Health 11 1 (5.263 %) ATG 11 1 (5.263 %) Scrum 11 1 (5.263 %) WinRunner

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Somerset region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 9 (47.37 %) XML 2 6 (31.58 %) WebServices 3 5 (26.32 %) JSP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (15.79 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 6 (31.58 %) TestDirector 1 6 (31.58 %) JIRA 2 1 (5.263 %) WinRunner	General 1 5 (26.32 %) Retail 1 5 (26.32 %) Pensions 2 3 (15.79 %) Aerospace 3 1 (5.263 %) Health
Miscellaneous 1 4 (21.05 %) W3C	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (31.58 %) SOA 2 5 (26.32 %) Risk Analysis 3 4 (21.05 %) Compatibility Testing 3 4 (21.05 %) B2C 4 2 (10.53 %) Agile Software Development 5 1 (5.263 %) Software Testing 5 1 (5.263 %) Scrum
Programming Languages 1 11 (57.89 %) Java 2 8 (42.11 %) SQL 3 3 (15.79 %) C	Qualifications 1 13 (68.42 %) ISEB 2 3 (15.79 %) Degree 3 2 (10.53 %) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 19 (100.00 %) QA	Vendors 1 1 (5.263 %) ATG