The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills 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 over the 3 months to 24 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 62 68 56
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -12
Permanent jobs citing QA 196 185 215
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 3.736% 3.342% 3.563%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 35.19% 37.53% 40.41%
Number of salaries quoted 162 149 164
Average salary £36,000 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.76% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £48,000 £58,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
557 493 532
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 10.62% 8.907% 8.817%
Number of salaries quoted 464 422 442
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -5.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,750
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £65,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
England

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West QA Salary Histogram

QA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 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 +20 71 £36,000 +20.00%
Wiltshire +26 57 £35,000 -
Dorset +18 33 £42,500 +77.08%
Somerset +4 15 £35,000 +16.66%
Devon -1 10 £40,000 +44.14%
Gloucestershire -48 7 £37,500 +15.38%
QA
England

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 189 (33.51%) SQL
2 158 (28.01%) Oracle
3 138 (24.47%) Finance
4 116 (20.57%) ISEB
5 107 (18.97%) Linux
6 102 (18.09%) Java
7 92 (16.31%) Degree
8 90 (15.96%) ISTQB
9 87 (15.43%) Automated Testing
10 86 (15.25%) OO
11 81 (14.36%) Test Scripting
12 80 (14.18%) Agile Software Development
13 73 (12.94%) SOA
14 70 (12.41%) C++
15 69 (12.23%) MySQL
16 67 (11.88%) Scrum
17 66 (11.70%) PHP
17 66 (11.70%) XML
18 64 (11.35%) Computer Science
19 62 (10.99%) User Acceptance Testing
20 59 (10.46%) LAMP
21 58 (10.28%) Web Services
21 58 (10.28%) Microsoft
22 57 (10.11%) C
22 57 (10.11%) Project Management
23 56 (9.929%) SLA
24 55 (9.752%) Integration Testing
24 55 (9.752%) Resource Management
24 55 (9.752%) Marketing
24 55 (9.752%) Apache

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 66 (11.70%) XML
2 59 (10.46%) LAMP
3 58 (10.28%) Web Services
4 54 (9.574%) .NET
5 43 (7.624%) HTML
6 34 (6.028%) CSS
7 29 (5.142%) Spring
8 25 (4.433%) HTML5
9 24 (4.255%) JSON
10 20 (3.546%) Middleware
11 19 (3.369%) SOAP
11 19 (3.369%) Ajax
12 16 (2.837%) Oracle Fusion
12 16 (2.837%) Drools
12 16 (2.837%) iBATIS
12 16 (2.837%) XML Schema
13 14 (2.482%) ASP.NET
14 13 (2.305%) jQuery
15 12 (2.128%) CSS3
16 11 (1.950%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 55 (9.752%) Apache
2 26 (4.610%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.369%) CMS
4 14 (2.482%) Drupal
5 12 (2.128%) Magento
5 12 (2.128%) ESB
5 12 (2.128%) Joomla!
5 12 (2.128%) WordPress
5 12 (2.128%) BizTalk Server
6 9 (1.596%) Oracle Workflow
7 8 (1.418%) Oracle 10gAS
8 7 (1.241%) MS Exchange
9 5 (0.887%) SAS
10 4 (0.709%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.532%) NetWeaver
11 3 (0.532%) MS Project Server
11 3 (0.532%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.532%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.355%) Lync
12 2 (0.355%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 37 (6.560%) MS Excel
2 36 (6.383%) MS Office
3 22 (3.901%) MS Project
4 6 (1.064%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (0.709%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 35 (6.206%) Oracle Applications
2 30 (5.319%) Oracle EBS
3 24 (4.255%) Oracle EBS R12
4 11 (1.950%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (1.064%) Oracle 11i
6 5 (0.887%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 4 (0.709%) Oracle HRMS
8 3 (0.532%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.532%) SAP CRM
8 3 (0.532%) SAP ECC
9 1 (0.177%) Temenos T24
9 1 (0.177%) Oracle Payroll
9 1 (0.177%) Oracle iProcurement
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.433%) HTTP
2 17 (3.014%) Internet
3 10 (1.773%) SAN
3 10 (1.773%) DNS
4 9 (1.596%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.596%) NAS
5 8 (1.418%) iSCSI
5 8 (1.418%) Ethernet
6 7 (1.241%) VPN
6 7 (1.241%) MPLS
7 6 (1.064%) LAN
8 5 (0.887%) ADSL
8 5 (0.887%) DHCP
8 5 (0.887%) SSL
8 5 (0.887%) Firewall
9 4 (0.709%) 3G
10 3 (0.532%) LDAP
10 3 (0.532%) WAN
10 3 (0.532%) SMTP
10 3 (0.532%) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (12.23%) MySQL
2 44 (7.801%) Oracle BI EE
3 42 (7.447%) Oracle Reports
4 39 (6.915%) SQL Server
5 37 (6.560%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (2.128%) RDBMS
7 9 (1.596%) Oracle Discoverer
8 8 (1.418%) Oracle 10g
9 7 (1.241%) Crystal Reports
9 7 (1.241%) Essbase
10 6 (1.064%) QlikView
10 6 (1.064%) Oracle 8/8i
10 6 (1.064%) TOAD
10 6 (1.064%) Data Mining
11 5 (0.887%) ProClarity
11 5 (0.887%) Xcelsius
12 4 (0.709%) Oracle 11g
12 4 (0.709%) BusinessObjects
13 3 (0.532%) SAP BW
13 3 (0.532%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 40 (7.092%) Subversion
2 38 (6.738%) QuickTest Pro
3 32 (5.674%) JUnit
4 20 (3.546%) Selenium
5 18 (3.191%) JIRA
6 17 (3.014%) Ant
6 17 (3.014%) Hudson
7 16 (2.837%) Eclipse
8 15 (2.660%) LoadRunner
9 12 (2.128%) Visual Studio
10 11 (1.950%) Git (software)
11 8 (1.418%) WebDriver
11 8 (1.418%) jMock
12 7 (1.241%) Cucumber
13 6 (1.064%) FitNesse
13 6 (1.064%) Rational Robot
13 6 (1.064%) Oracle Forms
13 6 (1.064%) JDeveloper
14 4 (0.709%) Rational Rhapsody
14 4 (0.709%) Rational DOORS
General
1 138 (24.47%) Finance
2 55 (9.752%) Marketing
3 30 (5.319%) Legal
4 20 (3.546%) Banking
5 17 (3.014%) Telecoms
6 13 (2.305%) Billing
7 11 (1.950%) Electronics
8 10 (1.773%) Retail
8 10 (1.773%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.773%) Aerospace
9 9 (1.596%) Games
10 6 (1.064%) Advertising
11 4 (0.709%) Military
11 4 (0.709%) Automotive
11 4 (0.709%) Law
12 2 (0.355%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.355%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.355%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.177%) Front Office
13 1 (0.177%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 120 (21.28%) Developer
2 71 (12.59%) Analyst
3 59 (10.46%) Software Engineer
3 59 (10.46%) Software Developer
4 56 (9.929%) Tester
4 56 (9.929%) QA Engineer
5 53 (9.397%) DBA
6 51 (9.043%) Test Engineer
7 41 (7.270%) Test Analyst
8 37 (6.560%) Test Leader
9 36 (6.383%) QA Tester
10 33 (5.851%) Project Manager
11 31 (5.496%) Senior QA Engineer
12 30 (5.319%) Software Test Engineer
13 29 (5.142%) Oracle DBA
14 25 (4.433%) Team Leader
14 25 (4.433%) Oracle Applications DBA
15 19 (3.369%) Quality Engineer
16 18 (3.191%) QA Analyst
17 17 (3.014%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.35%) Computer Science
2 51 (9.043%) Statistics
3 41 (7.270%) Enterprise Software
4 38 (6.738%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.837%) SWIFT
6 13 (2.305%) Blackberry
6 13 (2.305%) iPhone
6 13 (2.305%) iPad
7 11 (1.950%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.773%) Economics
9 9 (1.596%) Informatics
9 9 (1.596%) Clustering
10 8 (1.418%) Digital Media
11 7 (1.241%) Social Media
12 6 (1.064%) Firmware
12 6 (1.064%) PMI
12 6 (1.064%) N-Tier
12 6 (1.064%) Client/Server
13 4 (0.709%) EPoS
14 3 (0.532%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 107 (18.97%) Linux
2 53 (9.397%) Windows
3 44 (7.801%) UNIX
4 21 (3.723%) Solaris
5 19 (3.369%) Android
6 18 (3.191%) Apple iOS
7 16 (2.837%) Windows Server 2008
8 11 (1.950%) Windows Phone
9 10 (1.773%) AIX
10 4 (0.709%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (0.709%) Windows 2000
11 3 (0.532%) MVS
12 2 (0.355%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.355%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (15.43%) Automated Testing
2 86 (15.25%) OO
3 81 (14.36%) Test Scripting
4 80 (14.18%) Agile Software Development
5 73 (12.94%) SOA
6 67 (11.88%) Scrum
7 62 (10.99%) User Acceptance Testing
8 57 (10.11%) Project Management
9 55 (9.752%) Integration Testing
9 55 (9.752%) Resource Management
10 49 (8.688%) Unit Testing
11 42 (7.447%) Manual Testing
11 42 (7.447%) Software Testing
12 41 (7.270%) CRM
13 40 (7.092%) DSDM
14 38 (6.738%) E-Commerce
14 38 (6.738%) Configuration Management
15 36 (6.383%) Test Automation
16 33 (5.851%) ETL
17 30 (5.319%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 189 (33.51%) SQL
2 102 (18.09%) Java
3 70 (12.41%) C++
4 66 (11.70%) PHP
5 57 (10.11%) C
6 53 (9.397%) JavaScript
7 45 (7.979%) C#
8 25 (4.433%) Python
9 24 (4.255%) VBScript
10 20 (3.546%) VB
11 18 (3.191%) Perl
12 13 (2.305%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.773%) CoffeeScript
13 10 (1.773%) PL/SQL
14 7 (1.241%) T-SQL
15 6 (1.064%) PHP5
15 6 (1.064%) PowerShell
15 6 (1.064%) VBA
16 4 (0.709%) Ruby
16 4 (0.709%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 116 (20.57%) ISEB
2 92 (16.31%) Degree
3 90 (15.96%) ISTQB
4 24 (4.255%) Security Cleared
5 18 (3.191%) HND
6 8 (1.418%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.418%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.241%) ISEB Practitioner
8 6 (1.064%) CCIP
8 6 (1.064%) CCNA
8 6 (1.064%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.064%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 5 (0.887%) HNC
10 4 (0.709%) MCSE
10 4 (0.709%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.532%) CCA
11 3 (0.532%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (0.532%) CCNP
11 3 (0.532%) MCP
11 3 (0.532%) CSQA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (9.929%) SLA
2 23 (4.078%) ISO 9001
3 13 (2.305%) TickIT
4 9 (1.596%) Basel II
5 3 (0.532%) ISO 14001
5 3 (0.532%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.532%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.355%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.177%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 13 (2.305%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (1.773%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (1.064%) Hyper-V
3 6 (1.064%) XenServer
3 6 (1.064%) XenDesktop
4 4 (0.709%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.532%) Terminal Services
5 3 (0.532%) ISA Server
5 3 (0.532%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.532%) XenApp
6 2 (0.355%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (0.355%) NFS
Systems Management
1 38 (6.738%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (0.887%) Plesk
3 3 (0.532%) Nagios
3 3 (0.532%) SCCM
3 3 (0.532%) SCOM
3 3 (0.532%) WSUS
Vendors
1 158 (28.01%) Oracle
2 58 (10.28%) Microsoft
3 40 (7.092%) HP
4 16 (2.837%) Trapeze
4 16 (2.837%) VMware
4 16 (2.837%) Siebel
5 14 (2.482%) Cisco
5 14 (2.482%) SAP
6 11 (1.950%) IBM
7 10 (1.773%) Google
7 10 (1.773%) Hyperion
7 10 (1.773%) Citrix
8 9 (1.596%) Business Objects
8 9 (1.596%) Informatica
9 8 (1.418%) JBoss
10 6 (1.064%) Telerik
10 6 (1.064%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.064%) Cognos
11 5 (0.887%) Sun
11 5 (0.887%) Tableau
Exeter, Devon
Performing regression testing using different environment configurations. *Reporting testing progress to the QA Manager... N.B applicants must hold a British passport as they may be put through...
Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £35000 per annum + ben
Posted: 22 May 2013
Poole, Dorset
Any experience of C / C++, PHP, JavaScript, XML, HTML, Python or Java would be of particular interest. Skills required for the role of Test Analyst / QA Engineer: Scripting...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Because of steady repeat business and a healthy order book they are looking to hire a talented QA Software Tester with significant industry experience. Working with some of...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £28000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
Ideal candidates for this opportunity should possess the following: - Coding skills in C# - Strong communication ability - Keen to learn new technologies and systems - Diagnostic and problem solving skills -...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000 - 40,000
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Senior UI Automation Tester, QA, Testing, £30-42,000 plus great benefits, Bristol (City Centre)... - In depth experience of automated test tools suitable for testing web based products.-...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £30-42,000 + Great Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
It is essential you have good java programming knowledge in addition to test automation expertise (in any language). You will also be required to have experience of scripting...
Intapeople
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Knowledge of OO Design (OOD) and Service Orientated Architectures (SOA)... - Experience using XAML / Expression... This successful C# Software Developer ( Programmer, Software Engineer, .NET, UI, Silverlight, WPF, SQL Server )...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £35-42,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Senior QA Automation Tester, Web Application Testing, £30-42,000 plus great benefits, Bristol (City Centre)... - In depth experience of automated test tools suitable for testing web based...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £35-42,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Good knowledge of quality assurance processes and tools... Interest in emerging technologies and the internet... Experience with automated testing, particularly Robot Framework and behaviour driven development (BDD)... Experience...
Fasthosts Internet Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum depending on experience plus fantastic benefit
Posted: 23 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
To develop and maintain some Manual test scripts in HP QC to supplement the test AUTOMATION scripts. - Mentor other QA staff in the use of HP QTP, test...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bournemouth, South East
As part of a set of exciting greenfield Web & Java developments these newly formed teams are looking for energetic and innovative software developers who agree that creating strong...
J.P. Morgan
Salary: J.P. Morgan offers an exceptional benefits program and a highly competitive compensation package
Posted: 25 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The senior manual tester will possess the following skills: *Must have the ability to WRITE YOUR OWN SCRIPTS in any OOP as opposed to just running pre written...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £37000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
In this exciting role you will be responsible for the Quality Assurance of the system as well as developing the products within the overall service... You will have...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Gloucestershire
Good customer service and seeing support issues through to resolution are essential in any successful candidate alongside good C# coding skills and experience in the software industry, either...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bournemouth, South East
This is an exciting development role with JAVA and Oracle... Core Technical Skills: - Excellent Core Java J2EE with Java 6 - Experience working on High Throughput Mission Critical High...
J.P. Morgan
Salary: J.P. Morgan offers an exceptional benefits program and a highly competitive compensation package
Posted: 25 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Our client is looking to employ 2 senior QA Test Engineers... Previous experience working with complex databases and writing SQL for test purposes is also expected. Testing within...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
YOU WILL BE Experience of testing middleware systems... Knowledge of what agile methodologies are and ability to explain the differences between them and waterfall... SVN, Git, Clearcase... Ability...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + benefits & bonus
Posted: 23 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
The role "may" involve travel within the UK and overseas, a valid driving licence is essential.Technical Author - QA Main Accountabilities: - To develop and maintain product help files...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35k+bonus +VG benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
The role "may" involve travel within the UK and overseas, a valid driving licence is essential.Technical Author - QA Main Accountabilities: - To develop and maintain product help files...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35 + bonus + VG Benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
The role "may" involve travel within the UK and overseas, a valid driving licence is essential.Technical Author - QA Main Accountabilities: - To develop and maintain product help files...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35 + bonus + VG Benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
My client is currently looking for an Automation Test Engineer who will be responsible for defining the automation test strategy moving forward on a number of high profile...
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
This is a great opportunity to join the IT Team of a Scientific company, Co-ordinating the IT Validation, qualification and compliance at their Swindon site... You will...
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
As a growing SME in this rapid moving internet industry, we offer fantastic careers, creating real opportunities for candidates wishing to become part of an ambitious team... This...
Fasthosts Internet Ltd
Salary: From £38,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The company plans, designs, develops and markets bespoke mobile apps for smartphones and tablets across iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, Blackberry & HTML5... *You will know how to craft beautiful...
Salary: £18000 - £27000 per annum + Competitive Bonus Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
IT Project Support Officer, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, £24-30k + Great Benefits, Central Bristol.Key Skills:- Experience in a similar IT Project Support Officer style role.-...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £24-30,000 + Great Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013