The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. 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 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Engineer
Rank 191 209 194
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 25 6 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.473% 0.108% 0.189%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.490% 0.113% 0.199%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 10
Average salary £35,000 £28,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -13.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,200 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £34,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5105 5288 5532
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.61% 95.43% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4500 4567 4737
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Engineer
England

QA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West QA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Trend

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

South West QA Engineer Salary Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West QA Engineer Salary Histogram

QA Engineer
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 South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bristol - 17 £42,000 -
Wiltshire +17 7 £33,000 -17.50%
Dorset - 1 £29,000 -
QA Engineer
England

QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 61 (100.00%) QA
2 45 (73.77%) SQL
3 26 (42.62%) Marketing
3 26 (42.62%) Test Scripting
4 25 (40.98%) Manual Testing
4 25 (40.98%) Scrum
5 21 (34.43%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (34.43%) ETL
5 21 (34.43%) User Acceptance Testing
6 20 (32.79%) Agile Software Development
7 18 (29.51%) Project Management
8 16 (26.23%) Legal
8 16 (26.23%) Management Information System
8 16 (26.23%) Kimball Methodology
9 14 (22.95%) C#
10 12 (19.67%) QuickTest Pro
10 12 (19.67%) Automated Testing
11 11 (18.03%) E-Commerce
11 11 (18.03%) UNIX
12 10 (16.39%) JavaScript
12 10 (16.39%) Web Services
12 10 (16.39%) JSON
13 8 (13.11%) Test Automation
13 8 (13.11%) VBScript
13 8 (13.11%) Solaris
14 7 (11.48%) Linux
14 7 (11.48%) Software Testing
14 7 (11.48%) Selenium
14 7 (11.48%) Analytics
14 7 (11.48%) Marketing Analytics

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 10 (16.39%) Web Services
1 10 (16.39%) JSON
2 4 (6.557%) HTML5
2 4 (6.557%) Silverlight
2 4 (6.557%) ASP.NET
2 4 (6.557%) .NET
2 4 (6.557%) J2EE
3 3 (4.918%) HTML
4 2 (3.279%) soapUI
5 1 (1.639%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.918%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.639%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.279%) iSCSI
1 2 (3.279%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (34.43%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 12 (19.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 7 (11.48%) Selenium
3 5 (8.197%) WebDriver
4 4 (6.557%) LabVIEW
5 3 (4.918%) SilkPerformer
5 3 (4.918%) LoadRunner
6 1 (1.639%) JIRA
General
1 26 (42.62%) Marketing
2 16 (26.23%) Legal
3 3 (4.918%) Retail
4 2 (3.279%) Finance
5 1 (1.639%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 16 (26.23%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.918%) EPoS
2 3 (4.918%) EFT
3 1 (1.639%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.639%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.03%) UNIX
2 8 (13.11%) Solaris
3 7 (11.48%) Linux
4 5 (8.197%) Windows
5 3 (4.918%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (42.62%) Test Scripting
2 25 (40.98%) Manual Testing
2 25 (40.98%) Scrum
3 21 (34.43%) ETL
3 21 (34.43%) User Acceptance Testing
4 20 (32.79%) Agile Software Development
5 18 (29.51%) Project Management
6 16 (26.23%) Kimball Methodology
7 12 (19.67%) Automated Testing
8 11 (18.03%) E-Commerce
9 8 (13.11%) Test Automation
10 7 (11.48%) Software Testing
10 7 (11.48%) Analytics
10 7 (11.48%) Marketing Analytics
10 7 (11.48%) Test Strategy
11 6 (9.836%) Performance Testing
12 3 (4.918%) Disaster Recovery
12 3 (4.918%) Business Continuity
12 3 (4.918%) Test Management
12 3 (4.918%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 45 (73.77%) SQL
2 14 (22.95%) C#
3 10 (16.39%) JavaScript
4 8 (13.11%) VBScript
5 6 (9.836%) Python
5 6 (9.836%) Java
6 5 (8.197%) Perl
7 3 (4.918%) Shell Script
7 3 (4.918%) VB
7 3 (4.918%) C
8 2 (3.279%) Tcl
8 2 (3.279%) Ruby
9 1 (1.639%) C++
9 1 (1.639%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (9.836%) ISEB
2 4 (6.557%) ISTQB
3 2 (3.279%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (4.918%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (8.197%) Microsoft
1 5 (8.197%) Sun
2 4 (6.557%) Oracle
3 3 (4.918%) HP
3 3 (4.918%) Borland
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