The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior QA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Rank 193 214 203
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior QA Engineer 17 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.324% 0.018% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.336% 0.019% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 2
Average salary £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -3.22%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5066 5265 5574
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.57% 95.45% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4462 4544 4772
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%
Senior QA Engineer
England

Senior QA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Senior QA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior QA Engineer
Salary Trend

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

South West Senior QA Engineer Salary Trend

Senior QA Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior QA Engineer within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 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 -
Senior QA Engineer
England

Senior QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Senior 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 Senior QA Engineer in their job title.

1 33 (100.00%) SQL
1 33 (100.00%) QA
2 25 (75.76%) Marketing
3 23 (69.70%) Scrum
4 20 (60.61%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (60.61%) ETL
4 20 (60.61%) User Acceptance Testing
4 20 (60.61%) Test Scripting
4 20 (60.61%) Manual Testing
5 17 (51.52%) Agile Software Development
5 17 (51.52%) Project Management
6 15 (45.45%) Management Information System
6 15 (45.45%) Legal
6 15 (45.45%) Kimball Methodology
7 11 (33.33%) Web Services
7 11 (33.33%) JSON
8 10 (30.30%) C#
8 10 (30.30%) JavaScript
9 8 (24.24%) Analytics
9 8 (24.24%) Marketing Analytics
9 8 (24.24%) Test Strategy
9 8 (24.24%) E-Commerce
10 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
11 4 (12.12%) Silverlight
11 4 (12.12%) HTML5
12 3 (9.091%) Test Automation
13 2 (6.061%) soapUI
13 2 (6.061%) Selenium
13 2 (6.061%) ISEB
13 2 (6.061%) HTML

Senior QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Senior 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 Senior QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (33.33%) Web Services
1 11 (33.33%) JSON
2 4 (12.12%) Silverlight
2 4 (12.12%) HTML5
3 2 (6.061%) soapUI
3 2 (6.061%) HTML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (60.61%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (6.061%) Selenium
General
1 25 (75.76%) Marketing
2 15 (45.45%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 15 (45.45%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) Scrum
2 20 (60.61%) ETL
2 20 (60.61%) User Acceptance Testing
2 20 (60.61%) Test Scripting
2 20 (60.61%) Manual Testing
3 17 (51.52%) Project Management
3 17 (51.52%) Agile Software Development
4 15 (45.45%) Kimball Methodology
5 8 (24.24%) Analytics
5 8 (24.24%) Marketing Analytics
5 8 (24.24%) E-Commerce
5 8 (24.24%) Test Strategy
6 3 (9.091%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 33 (100.00%) SQL
2 10 (30.30%) C#
2 10 (30.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.061%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
South West
Venn Group... Senior QA Engineer Where: North Bristol Contract Type: Permanent Notice: Immediate Our client, a global software provider, require a highly skilled QA Engineer to join their...
Venn Group
Salary: £40000 - 50000 Per Annum
Posted: 17 May 2013