QA Jobs in Staffordshire
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 47 52 18
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -34
Permanent jobs citing QA 22 13 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 3.685% 2.249% 8.834%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 28.95% 44.83% 80.65%
Number of salaries quoted 19 11 50
Average salary £45,000 £55,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.18% +57.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £31,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £66,000 £60,000 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category		 76 29 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 12.73% 5.017% 10.95%
Number of salaries quoted 55 24 59
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
West Midlands

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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
Stoke-on-Trent +7 9 £45,000 -18.18%
Stafford - 3 £30,000 -
QA
West Midlands

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 (36.00%) E-Commerce
2 17 (34.00%) Finance
2 17 (34.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (30.00%) Retail
3 15 (30.00%) SQL Server
4 14 (28.00%) MS Office
5 13 (26.00%) Software Testing
5 13 (26.00%) Test Scripting
6 12 (24.00%) PRINCE2
7 11 (22.00%) SQL
7 11 (22.00%) Microsoft
7 11 (22.00%) ISEB
8 10 (20.00%) MS Visio
8 10 (20.00%) .NET
8 10 (20.00%) MS Project
8 10 (20.00%) Change Management
9 8 (16.00%) Agile Software Development
9 8 (16.00%) Windows
10 7 (14.00%) Project Management
10 7 (14.00%) SAP
10 7 (14.00%) VB
10 7 (14.00%) VB.NET
10 7 (14.00%) Supplier Management
10 7 (14.00%) Project Planning
10 7 (14.00%) CMS
10 7 (14.00%) hybris
11 6 (12.00%) Unit Testing
11 6 (12.00%) Automation Testing
11 6 (12.00%) Scrum
11 6 (12.00%) Automated Testing

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 10 (20.00%) .NET
2 4 (8.000%) HTML5
2 4 (8.000%) XML
2 4 (8.000%) CSS
2 4 (8.000%) HTML
3 2 (4.000%) WCF
3 2 (4.000%) WPF
3 2 (4.000%) jQuery
3 2 (4.000%) REST
3 2 (4.000%) XHTML
3 2 (4.000%) SOAP
3 2 (4.000%) Web Services
3 2 (4.000%) ASP
3 2 (4.000%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (14.00%) CMS
2 4 (8.000%) IIS
3 2 (4.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (28.00%) MS Office
2 10 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 10 (20.00%) MS Project
3 5 (10.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (4.000%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (10.00%) SAP MM
2 3 (6.000%) SAP SD
3 2 (4.000%) SAP QM
3 2 (4.000%) SAP SCM
3 2 (4.000%) SAP PP
3 2 (4.000%) SAP APO
3 2 (4.000%) SAP R/3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.000%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (8.000%) SQL Server 2000
3 3 (6.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (4.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.000%) OLTP
5 1 (2.000%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (2.000%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Selenium
2 4 (8.000%) SilkTest
3 2 (4.000%) Subversion
4 1 (2.000%) JIRA
General
1 17 (34.00%) Finance
2 15 (30.00%) Retail
3 5 (10.00%) Games
4 2 (4.000%) Automotive
4 2 (4.000%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.000%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 8 (16.00%) Project Manager
2 7 (14.00%) Developer
3 6 (12.00%) Test Leader
3 6 (12.00%) QA Engineer
3 6 (12.00%) Analyst
4 5 (10.00%) Business Manager
4 5 (10.00%) Solutions Designer
4 5 (10.00%) Designer
4 5 (10.00%) Senior Designer
5 4 (8.000%) Software Team Leader
5 4 (8.000%) QA Leader
5 4 (8.000%) Test Team Leader
5 4 (8.000%) Team Leader
5 4 (8.000%) Business Project Manager
5 4 (8.000%) Business Analyst
5 4 (8.000%) Web Developer
6 3 (6.000%) Programme Manager
6 3 (6.000%) Test Manager
6 3 (6.000%) Business Change Analyst
6 3 (6.000%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.000%) NHS
1 3 (6.000%) Replication
1 3 (6.000%) Computer Science
2 2 (4.000%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.000%) Clustering
3 1 (2.000%) SCADA
3 1 (2.000%) APACS
3 1 (2.000%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.00%) Windows
2 4 (8.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.00%) E-Commerce
2 17 (34.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (26.00%) Software Testing
3 13 (26.00%) Test Scripting
4 12 (24.00%) PRINCE2
5 10 (20.00%) Change Management
6 8 (16.00%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (14.00%) Project Management
7 7 (14.00%) Supplier Management
7 7 (14.00%) Project Planning
8 6 (12.00%) Unit Testing
8 6 (12.00%) Automation Testing
8 6 (12.00%) Scrum
8 6 (12.00%) Automated Testing
9 5 (10.00%) ERP
10 4 (8.000%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (8.000%) Software Architecture
10 4 (8.000%) Programme Management
10 4 (8.000%) Software Engineering
10 4 (8.000%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.00%) SQL
2 7 (14.00%) VB
2 7 (14.00%) VB.NET
3 6 (12.00%) VB6
4 5 (10.00%) T-SQL
5 4 (8.000%) JavaScript
6 3 (6.000%) C#
7 1 (2.000%) C++
7 1 (2.000%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (22.00%) ISEB
2 3 (6.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (4.000%) Degree
3 2 (4.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (2.000%) HND
4 1 (2.000%) ISEB Practitioner
Systems Management
1 2 (4.000%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (22.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.00%) SAP
2 7 (14.00%) hybris
3 3 (6.000%) Oracle
4 2 (4.000%) Infor
4 2 (4.000%) Red Gate
4 2 (4.000%) Adobe
5 1 (2.000%) Siemens
Web Developer / Application Developer - Backend
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
Computer science background (OO design, design patterns, algorithms) Development experience in C#... Development experience of VB.NET and WPF. Good working knowledge of VB6... Exposure to WCF, SOA,...
Ticketmaster UK
Salary: Competative
Posted: 15 May 2013
Web/Application Developer
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
Our client is seeking a Wed/ Application Developer you will have a background in software development working in Microsoft environments.
Hudson
Salary: Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Web Application Developer
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
Our client is seeking a Web Application Developer you will have a background in software development working in Microsoft environments.
Hudson
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
QA Engineer / Software Tester - ISEB - Stafford
Stafford, Staffordshire
Quality Assurance Engineer - Software tester - QA Analyst - ISEB... Experience across QA - functional testing, automation, manual testing. ISEB Foundation. Desirable: Experience with SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Reporting...
Deanslist Limited
Salary: From £25,000 to £32,000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Software QA Test Team Leader. eCommerce Payment Systems. Staffs
Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
eCommerce Payment, Windows and Mobile Systems... Skills and Exp: Strong team/project lead experienceStrong background in Software TestingExperience of leading large and diverse testing teams and projectsExperience of...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + DOE +Car +Bonus +Bens
Posted: 2 May 2013
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