The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the South Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 34 37 60
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +23
Permanent jobs citing QA 44 46 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 6.077% 4.888% 2.007%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 46.81% 35.11% 22.08%
Number of salaries quoted 37 31 12
Average salary £44,000 £27,500 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+60.00% -22.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £25,000 £27,750
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £75,000 £49,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
94 131 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 12.98% 13.92% 9.091%
Number of salaries quoted 75 100 52
Average salary £42,500 £33,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.78% -17.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £50,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Yorkshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
Sheffield +11 44 £44,000 +60.00%
QA
Yorkshire

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 18 (28.57%) ISEB
2 17 (26.98%) Microsoft
2 17 (26.98%) TDD
3 16 (25.40%) Project Management
4 15 (23.81%) Degree
5 14 (22.22%) PHP
5 14 (22.22%) SQL
6 13 (20.63%) Java
6 13 (20.63%) Software Testing
7 11 (17.46%) Linux
8 10 (15.87%) MS Excel
8 10 (15.87%) Mac OS X
8 10 (15.87%) Ubuntu
8 10 (15.87%) User Acceptance Testing
8 10 (15.87%) Continuous Integration
9 9 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
9 9 (14.29%) CRM
10 8 (12.70%) C#
10 8 (12.70%) Change Management
11 7 (11.11%) SQL Server
11 7 (11.11%) XML
11 7 (11.11%) ITIL
11 7 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
11 7 (11.11%) Test Management
11 7 (11.11%) Test Scripting
11 7 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
12 6 (9.524%) Performance Management
12 6 (9.524%) ASP.NET MVC
12 6 (9.524%) LINQ to SQL
12 6 (9.524%) Business Transformation

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 7 (11.11%) XML
2 6 (9.524%) ASP.NET MVC
2 6 (9.524%) LINQ to SQL
2 6 (9.524%) LINQ
2 6 (9.524%) jQuery
2 6 (9.524%) WCF
2 6 (9.524%) SOAP
2 6 (9.524%) ASP.NET
2 6 (9.524%) CSS
2 6 (9.524%) .NET
2 6 (9.524%) HTML
3 4 (6.349%) Web Services
3 4 (6.349%) J2EE
4 3 (4.762%) EDI
5 2 (3.175%) JSP
6 1 (1.587%) LAMP
6 1 (1.587%) EDIFACT
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.349%) ESB
2 3 (4.762%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.587%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (15.87%) MS Excel
2 6 (9.524%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (4.762%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.587%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.524%) Internet
2 3 (4.762%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 7 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (9.524%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (7.937%) MySQL
4 1 (1.587%) SQL Server 7
4 1 (1.587%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.587%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.587%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.587%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 6 (9.524%) Selenium
1 6 (9.524%) Visual Studio
2 4 (6.349%) JIRA
3 1 (1.587%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (6.349%) Retail
1 4 (6.349%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (4.762%) Finance
2 3 (4.762%) Legal
2 3 (4.762%) Banking
3 1 (1.587%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 18 (28.57%) Developer
2 16 (25.40%) Analyst
3 8 (12.70%) Lead Developer
4 7 (11.11%) QA Manager
4 7 (11.11%) Test Manager
5 6 (9.524%) PHP Developer
5 6 (9.524%) .NET Developer
5 6 (9.524%) ASP.NET Developer
5 6 (9.524%) Quality Manager
6 5 (7.937%) Test Analyst
6 5 (7.937%) QA Engineer
6 5 (7.937%) Lead PHP Developer
7 4 (6.349%) Head of Development
7 4 (6.349%) Development Analyst
7 4 (6.349%) Senior Development Analyst
7 4 (6.349%) Java Developer
7 4 (6.349%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (6.349%) Development Manager
8 3 (4.762%) Senior Developer
8 3 (4.762%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.349%) Management Information System
1 4 (6.349%) Biotechnology
1 4 (6.349%) Computer Science
2 3 (4.762%) Online Banking
3 2 (3.175%) Replication
4 1 (1.587%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.587%) Clustering
4 1 (1.587%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.46%) Linux
2 10 (15.87%) Mac OS X
2 10 (15.87%) Ubuntu
3 2 (3.175%) Windows
4 1 (1.587%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.98%) TDD
2 16 (25.40%) Project Management
3 13 (20.63%) Software Testing
4 10 (15.87%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (15.87%) Continuous Integration
5 9 (14.29%) CRM
6 8 (12.70%) Change Management
7 7 (11.11%) ITIL
7 7 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (11.11%) Test Management
7 7 (11.11%) Test Scripting
8 6 (9.524%) Performance Management
8 6 (9.524%) Business Transformation
8 6 (9.524%) MVC
9 5 (7.937%) Data Protection
10 4 (6.349%) Unit Testing
10 4 (6.349%) Manual Testing
10 4 (6.349%) Validation
10 4 (6.349%) Scrum
10 4 (6.349%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (22.22%) PHP
1 14 (22.22%) SQL
2 13 (20.63%) Java
3 8 (12.70%) C#
4 6 (9.524%) JavaScript
5 4 (6.349%) PL/SQL
6 2 (3.175%) Perl
7 1 (1.587%) C
7 1 (1.587%) C++
7 1 (1.587%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.587%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 18 (28.57%) ISEB
2 15 (23.81%) Degree
3 3 (4.762%) MBA
4 1 (1.587%) CISSP
4 1 (1.587%) CISA
4 1 (1.587%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.349%) GCP
1 4 (6.349%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.587%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.587%) BS25999
Systems Management
1 1 (1.587%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (26.98%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.349%) TIBCO
3 1 (1.587%) JBoss
3 1 (1.587%) SAP
3 1 (1.587%) HP
3 1 (1.587%) Sage
3 1 (1.587%) JDA
3 1 (1.587%) Venda
3 1 (1.587%) Red Gate
3 1 (1.587%) Twitter
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Provide quality assurance leadership within the team... -Contribute to the continuous improvement process... -Basic understanding of relational databases and SQL... -Working knowledge of SQL... -Foundation ISEB qualification desirable.
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: competitive salary and excellent benefits package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Their portfolio spans solutions for ERP, finance, HR, Payroll, warehousing, business intelligence, professional service automation and manufacturing... Tester Job Role To work as an integral member of the...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: Competitive salary and excellent benefits package
Posted: 3 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Collaborate with Project Managers and technical directors to provision estimates, develop overall implementation solution plan, and serve as a lead as required, to implement the installation, customization, and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
QUALITY COMPLIANCE OFFICER - CHAPLETOWN A GLOBAL HEALTHCARE LEADER are looking for a talented QUALITY COMPLIANCE OFFICER to join their team on a permanent basis. The successful individual will...
Experis IT
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, Bradford, Yorkshire, York, Wakefield,...
Job Title: Java Developer Location: Yorkshire Key Skills: Java Developer, JUnit, Swing, Eclipse IDE My clients, a leader in their chosen field are seeking additional Java experience in...
CMA Group
Salary: £30,000 - £38,000 per year
Posted: 17 May 2013