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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the South East 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank8178
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads9781198
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.516 %0.491 %
As % of the category below39.92 %44.63 %
Salaries quoted701984
Average minimum salary£35,975£37,984
Average salary£38,637£40,489
% change on same period last year-4.57 %
Average maximum salary£41,300£42,994
UK excluding London average salary£37,346£37,288
% change on same period last year+0.15 %
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads24502684
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.293 %1.099 %
Salaries quoted18162226
Average minimum salary£38,869£40,322
Average salary£41,676£43,032
% change on same period last year-3.14 %
Average maximum salary£44,484£45,741
UK excluding London average salary£39,410£39,928
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
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Demand Trend

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

South East QA Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

South East QA Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East QA Salary Histogram

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyUp+30359£36,490-3.32 %
BerkshireDown-32237£42,880-1.85 %
HampshireDown-45110£35,552-14.79 %
OxfordshireUp+2679£37,622+12.30 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2876£37,257+5.33 %
MiddlesexDown-1429£37,846+2.47 %
West SussexUp+924£39,500+11.32 %
East SussexUp+823£39,125+20.21 %
KentDown-1215£38,143-12.20 %
SussexUp+146£44,750+20.94 %
Home CountiesUp+25--
Thames ValleyUp+72£52,500+40.23 %
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England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1455 (21.24 %)Finance
2377 (17.60 %)SQL
3324 (15.13 %)Java
4318 (14.85 %)Windows
5308 (14.38 %)ISEB
6283 (13.21 %)Test Scripting
7270 (12.61 %)UNIX
8233 (10.88 %)SQL Server
9231 (10.78 %)Oracle
10229 (10.69 %)Linux
11227 (10.60 %)Degree
12213 (9.944 %)Microsoft
13208 (9.711 %).NET
14203 (9.477 %)Project Management
15192 (8.964 %)Software Testing
16190 (8.870 %)XML
17185 (8.637 %)Automated Testing
18165 (7.703 %)C++
19161 (7.516 %)TestDirector
20148 (6.909 %)C#
21141 (6.583 %)Pensions
22130 (6.069 %)Health
23128 (5.976 %)QuickTest Pro
24116 (5.415 %)User Acceptance Testing
25114 (5.322 %)C
26109 (5.089 %)Insurance
27107 (4.995 %)Telecoms
28105 (4.902 %)PRINCE2
29104 (4.855 %)Perl
30101 (4.715 %)Agile Software Development

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1208 (9.711 %).NET
2190 (8.870 %)XML
373 (3.408 %)HTML
453 (2.474 %)J2EE
550 (2.334 %)WebServices
646 (2.148 %)ASP.NET
736 (1.681 %)JSP
833 (1.541 %)SOAP
932 (1.494 %)WebSphere
1027 (1.261 %)STL
1123 (1.074 %)CSS
1220 (0.934 %)ASP
1318 (0.840 %)XHTML
1415 (0.700 %)EJB
1513 (0.607 %)SAP XI
1612 (0.560 %)EJB 3.0
1711 (0.514 %)Servlets
1810 (0.467 %)COM+
197 (0.327 %)MFC
197 (0.327 %)J2ME
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
144 (2.054 %)SAS
222 (1.027 %)WebSphere Application Server
320 (0.934 %)JBoss
415 (0.700 %)SharePoint
511 (0.514 %)MS Exchange
511 (0.514 %)Apache
511 (0.514 %)WebLogic
511 (0.514 %)IIS
610 (0.467 %)SharePoint Server 2007
79 (0.420 %)CMS
87 (0.327 %)Exchange Server 2003
95 (0.233 %)Tomcat
104 (0.187 %)Lotus Domino
104 (0.187 %)Content Management Server
113 (0.140 %)Lotus Notes
113 (0.140 %)Exstream Dialogue
122 (0.093 %)CICS
122 (0.093 %)BizTalk Server
122 (0.093 %)Commerce Server
131 (0.047 %)ColdFusion
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
188 (4.108 %)MS Excel
272 (3.361 %)MS Office
335 (1.634 %)MS Visio
421 (0.980 %)MS Project
516 (0.747 %)Photoshop
613 (0.607 %)Adobe Illustrator
711 (0.514 %)MS PowerPoint
85 (0.233 %)RoboHelp
94 (0.187 %)Acrobat
103 (0.140 %)FrameMaker
103 (0.140 %)ArcView
103 (0.140 %)Adobe Premiere
103 (0.140 %)DOC1
103 (0.140 %)3ds Max
112 (0.093 %)Spreadsheet
112 (0.093 %)Paint Shop Pro
112 (0.093 %)MATLAB
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
123 (1.074 %)Navision
222 (1.027 %)Movex
222 (1.027 %)SAP Retail
39 (0.420 %)SAP HR
39 (0.420 %)Singl.eView
42 (0.093 %)SAP CRM
42 (0.093 %)Oracle Financials
42 (0.093 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.047 %)Oracle 11i
51 (0.047 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
51 (0.047 %)Dynamics NAV
51 (0.047 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.047 %)ResourceLink
51 (0.047 %)SAP FI/CO
51 (0.047 %)Summit
51 (0.047 %)SAP CO
51 (0.047 %)SAP R/3
51 (0.047 %)SAP FI
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
192 (4.295 %)Internet
250 (2.334 %)TCP/IP
331 (1.447 %)SAN
428 (1.307 %)Firewall
525 (1.167 %)Intranet
624 (1.120 %)3G
716 (0.747 %)WAN
813 (0.607 %)LDAP
813 (0.607 %)LAN
912 (0.560 %)Bluetooth
1010 (0.467 %)Network Security
119 (0.420 %)GSM
127 (0.327 %)UMTS
127 (0.327 %)Extranet
127 (0.327 %)CTI
127 (0.327 %)BSS
136 (0.280 %)DNS
136 (0.280 %)Intrusion Detection
145 (0.233 %)VoIP
145 (0.233 %)GPRS
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1233 (10.88 %)SQL Server
265 (3.035 %)RDBMS
353 (2.474 %)MySQL
443 (2.007 %)SQL Server 2005
537 (1.727 %)Datawarehouse
628 (1.307 %)SQL Server 2000
726 (1.214 %)TOAD
820 (0.934 %)DB2
918 (0.840 %)PostgreSQL
918 (0.840 %)Base SAS
1016 (0.747 %)MS Access
1115 (0.700 %)Oracle 8/8i
1213 (0.607 %)Oracle 10g
1213 (0.607 %)BusinessObjects
1311 (0.514 %)Oracle 9i
149 (0.420 %)Oracle Reports
156 (0.280 %)Data Mining
156 (0.280 %)Data Cleansing
156 (0.280 %)GIS
156 (0.280 %)SQL Server 7
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1161 (7.516 %)TestDirector
2128 (5.976 %)QuickTest Pro
386 (4.015 %)LoadRunner
481 (3.782 %)WinRunner
537 (1.727 %)Visual Studio
632 (1.494 %)WebLOAD
729 (1.354 %)Rational Robot
827 (1.261 %)Selenium
923 (1.074 %)QARun
1022 (1.027 %)TestPartner
1022 (1.027 %)Flash
1120 (0.934 %)JIRA
1120 (0.934 %)QADirector
1219 (0.887 %)QALoad
1317 (0.794 %)TestComplete
1414 (0.654 %)Bugzilla
1414 (0.654 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1512 (0.560 %)Dreamweaver
1611 (0.514 %)Rational Performance Tester
179 (0.420 %)Eclipse
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1455 (21.24 %)Finance
2141 (6.583 %)Pensions
3130 (6.069 %)Health
4109 (5.089 %)Insurance
5107 (4.995 %)Telecoms
679 (3.688 %)Marketing
768 (3.175 %)Games
866 (3.081 %)Billing
965 (3.035 %)Retail
1046 (2.148 %)Interactive Media
1142 (1.961 %)Government
1240 (1.867 %)Education
1339 (1.821 %)Banking
1434 (1.587 %)Publishing
1530 (1.401 %)Legal
1629 (1.354 %)Manufacturing
1724 (1.120 %)Police
1823 (1.074 %)FMCG
1922 (1.027 %)Electronics
2020 (0.934 %)Investment Banking
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1536 (25.02 %)Analyst
2333 (15.55 %)Tester
3226 (10.55 %)Test Analyst
4185 (8.637 %)Test Manager
5156 (7.283 %)Developer
6150 (7.003 %)QA Engineer
7143 (6.676 %)QA Analyst
8111 (5.182 %)Test Engineer
9108 (5.042 %)Consultant
10101 (4.715 %)Software Engineer
1193 (4.342 %)QA Tester
1289 (4.155 %)QA Manager
1383 (3.875 %)Team Leader
1482 (3.828 %)Software Tester
1575 (3.501 %)Senior Analyst
1575 (3.501 %)Quality Analyst
1671 (3.315 %)Project Manager
1767 (3.128 %)Business Analyst
1862 (2.894 %)Architect
1956 (2.614 %)Programme Manager
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
146 (2.148 %)DTV
240 (1.867 %)Client/Server
338 (1.774 %)Computer Science
433 (1.541 %)Handset
515 (0.700 %)Mathematics
515 (0.700 %)German Language
614 (0.654 %)AS400
713 (0.607 %)N-Tier
811 (0.514 %)Management Information System
99 (0.420 %)Biometrics
108 (0.373 %)NHS
117 (0.327 %)iDTV
117 (0.327 %)IVR
126 (0.280 %)Clustering
126 (0.280 %)Replication
126 (0.280 %)IPTV
126 (0.280 %)PDA
126 (0.280 %)EPoS
135 (0.233 %)PMI
135 (0.233 %)Artificial Intelligence
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1318 (14.85 %)Windows
2270 (12.61 %)UNIX
3229 (10.69 %)Linux
442 (1.961 %)Solaris
524 (1.120 %)AIX
622 (1.027 %)HPUX
718 (0.840 %)Windows XP
814 (0.654 %)Windows Server 2003
913 (0.607 %)Windows NT
108 (0.373 %)Windows Mobile
116 (0.280 %)Windows 2000
124 (0.187 %)NetWare
124 (0.187 %)VxWorks
132 (0.093 %)SUSE
132 (0.093 %)Debian
141 (0.047 %)Windows CE
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1283 (13.21 %)Test Scripting
2203 (9.477 %)Project Management
3192 (8.964 %)Software Testing
4185 (8.637 %)Automated Testing
5116 (5.415 %)User Acceptance Testing
6105 (4.902 %)PRINCE2
7101 (4.715 %)Agile Software Development
899 (4.622 %)Scrum
998 (4.575 %)Manual Testing
1084 (3.922 %)ITIL
1182 (3.828 %)Change Management
1264 (2.988 %)Regression Testing
1360 (2.801 %)UML
1360 (2.801 %)OO
1459 (2.754 %)B2C
1558 (2.708 %)B2B
1657 (2.661 %)Use Case
1755 (2.568 %)Performance Testing
1755 (2.568 %)E-business
1854 (2.521 %)Load Testing
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1377 (17.60 %)SQL
2324 (15.13 %)Java
3165 (7.703 %)C++
4148 (6.909 %)C#
5114 (5.322 %)C
6104 (4.855 %)Perl
763 (2.941 %)VB
849 (2.288 %)JavaScript
939 (1.821 %)PHP
1034 (1.587 %)PL/SQL
1132 (1.494 %)Python
1224 (1.120 %)VBScript
1322 (1.027 %)VC++
1419 (0.887 %)ActionScript
1517 (0.794 %)Delphi
1614 (0.654 %)VB6
1711 (0.514 %)Shell Script
1711 (0.514 %)VB.NET
1810 (0.467 %)Transact-SQL
1810 (0.467 %)PHP5
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1308 (14.38 %)ISEB
2227 (10.60 %)Degree
352 (2.428 %)PRINCE2 Certification
352 (2.428 %)ITIL Certification
448 (2.241 %)ISTQB
520 (0.934 %)ISEB Practitioner
612 (0.560 %)HNC
711 (0.514 %)Microsoft Certification
810 (0.467 %)MCSE
810 (0.467 %)Cisco Certification
96 (0.280 %)CCNP
105 (0.233 %)CCNA
105 (0.233 %)PMI Certification
114 (0.187 %)Postgraduate
114 (0.187 %)Citrix Certification
114 (0.187 %)CISSP
114 (0.187 %)CIMA
123 (0.140 %)RHCE
132 (0.093 %)HND
132 (0.093 %)Security+ Certification
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
139 (1.821 %)ISO9001
234 (1.587 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
318 (0.840 %)COBIT
413 (0.607 %)SLA
512 (0.560 %)ISO9000
512 (0.560 %)TickIT
64 (0.187 %)GxP
64 (0.187 %)ISO27001
72 (0.093 %)ISO14001
81 (0.047 %)ISO8583
81 (0.047 %)21 CFR Part 11
81 (0.047 %)GMP
81 (0.047 %)PCI DSS
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
122 (1.027 %)Active Directory
29 (0.420 %)Novell eDirectory
36 (0.280 %)Nmap
44 (0.187 %)NFS
52 (0.093 %)WebInspect
61 (0.047 %)Squid
61 (0.047 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (0.047 %)VMware Infrastructure
61 (0.047 %)MSMQ
61 (0.047 %)VMware ESX
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (0.420 %)DirXML
22 (0.093 %)Nessus
31 (0.047 %)EMC NetWorker
31 (0.047 %)Legato
31 (0.047 %)Tivoli
31 (0.047 %)Nagios
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1231 (10.78 %)Oracle
2213 (9.944 %)Microsoft
384 (3.922 %)SAP
457 (2.661 %)Reuters
546 (2.148 %)Sun
639 (1.821 %)IBM
738 (1.774 %)EMC
738 (1.774 %)Mapinfo
826 (1.214 %)Sybase
923 (1.074 %)BEA
923 (1.074 %)JDA
1022 (1.027 %)Manugistics
1022 (1.027 %)i2
1118 (0.840 %)Cisco
1217 (0.794 %)HP
1316 (0.747 %)Compuware
1413 (0.607 %)Siebel
1413 (0.607 %)Business Objects
1413 (0.607 %)VERITAS
1413 (0.607 %)VMware
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