The first table below looks at the demand for the Quality 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 Quality 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 Engineer
Rank 209 210 196
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 7 5 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.132% 0.090% 0.155%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.137% 0.095% 0.163%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 8
Average salary £35,000 £27,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.27% -17.91%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £26,000 £31,700
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £28,800 £38,250
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £30,750 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+13.82% -12.14%
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%
Quality Engineer
England

Quality Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Quality Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Quality Engineer
Salary Trend

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

South West Quality Engineer Salary Trend

Quality Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quality 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
Wiltshire - 4 £35,000 -
Bristol - 3 £37,500 -
Quality Engineer
England

Quality Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Quality 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 Quality Engineer in their job title.

1 23 (100.00%) QA
2 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 11 (47.83%) ISO 9001
3 10 (43.48%) Automated Testing
4 7 (30.43%) TickIT
4 7 (30.43%) QuickTest Pro
4 7 (30.43%) SQL
4 7 (30.43%) VBScript
4 7 (30.43%) UNIX
5 6 (26.09%) Six Sigma
5 6 (26.09%) Electronics
6 5 (21.74%) Aerospace
6 5 (21.74%) Quality Management
6 5 (21.74%) CMMI
6 5 (21.74%) ERP
6 5 (21.74%) Scrum
7 4 (17.39%) Sun
7 4 (17.39%) Solaris
8 3 (13.04%) HNC
8 3 (13.04%) EPoS
8 3 (13.04%) EFT
8 3 (13.04%) ISO 14001
8 3 (13.04%) Supplier Management
8 3 (13.04%) Retail
8 3 (13.04%) NVQ Level 3
8 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
8 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (13.04%) Manual Testing
8 3 (13.04%) Time Management
9 2 (8.696%) QMS

Quality Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Quality 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 Quality Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 7 (30.43%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 6 (26.09%) Electronics
2 5 (21.74%) Aerospace
3 3 (13.04%) Retail
4 2 (8.696%) Finance
5 1 (4.348%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) EPoS
1 3 (13.04%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) UNIX
2 4 (17.39%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Automated Testing
2 6 (26.09%) Six Sigma
3 5 (21.74%) Quality Management
3 5 (21.74%) CMMI
3 5 (21.74%) ERP
3 5 (21.74%) Scrum
4 3 (13.04%) Supplier Management
4 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (13.04%) Manual Testing
4 3 (13.04%) Time Management
5 2 (8.696%) QMS
5 2 (8.696%) CAPA
5 2 (8.696%) Change Control
5 2 (8.696%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (8.696%) Software Testing
5 2 (8.696%) Balanced Scorecard
5 2 (8.696%) Configuration Management
6 1 (4.348%) Supply Chain Management
6 1 (4.348%) Lean Manufacturing
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) SQL
1 7 (30.43%) VBScript
2 2 (8.696%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) HNC
2 3 (13.04%) NVQ Level 3
2 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.696%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (100.00%) QA
2 11 (47.83%) ISO 9001
3 7 (30.43%) TickIT
4 3 (13.04%) ISO 14001
5 2 (8.696%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Sun
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