The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southport region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 23 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 Southport region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank - 5 2
Permanent jobs citing QA 0 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southport - 23.53% 37.50%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 0
Average salary - £52,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Southport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
4 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southport 40.00% 23.53% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 0
Average salary £30,000 £52,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.85% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Merseyside

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southport 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 Southport region.

Southport QA Salary Trend

QA
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southport 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 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) XML
3 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) UNIX
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) RDBMS
3 2 (50.00%) IIS
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Test Management
4 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (25.00%) .NET
4 1 (25.00%) SLA
4 1 (25.00%) ISEB
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (25.00%) Finance

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southport 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 3 (75.00%) XML
2 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) RDBMS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Applications Support
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (50.00%) UNIX
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Management
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle