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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Stockport region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3824
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching permanent IT job ads523
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.010 %
As % of the category below62.50 %82.14 %
Salaries quoted517
Average minimum salary£20,800£28,647
Average salary£23,600£30,412
% change on same period last year-22.39 %
Average maximum salary£26,400£32,176
UK excluding London average salary£37,206£38,205
% change on same period last year-2.61 %
Stockport IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Stockport
Matching permanent IT job ads828
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.012 %
Salaries quoted822
Average minimum salary£22,375£27,955
Average salary£26,000£29,909
% change on same period last year-13.06 %
Average maximum salary£29,625£31,864
UK excluding London average salary£39,422£40,055
% change on same period last year-1.58 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Stockport region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Stockport QA Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Stockport region.

Stockport QA Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Stockport region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Stockport QA Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Stockport 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.

119 (67.86 %)Internet
218 (64.29 %)Java
316 (57.14 %)OO
415 (53.57 %)XML
514 (50.00 %)Web Development
612 (42.86 %)Insurance
612 (42.86 %)XSLT
612 (42.86 %)XML Schema
79 (32.14 %)Software Testing
88 (28.57 %)Automated Testing
88 (28.57 %)J2EE
95 (17.86 %)Regression Testing
95 (17.86 %)Finance
95 (17.86 %)Project Management
95 (17.86 %)LoadRunner
95 (17.86 %)Compuware
95 (17.86 %)HP
104 (14.29 %)Windows
113 (10.71 %)EJB
113 (10.71 %)JDBC
113 (10.71 %)SOAP
113 (10.71 %)BEA
113 (10.71 %)JMS
113 (10.71 %)Eclipse
113 (10.71 %)MySQL
113 (10.71 %)Oracle
113 (10.71 %)DB2
113 (10.71 %)Ant
113 (10.71 %)JUnit
113 (10.71 %)WebLogic

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Stockport 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.

Stockport IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (53.57 %)XML
212 (42.86 %)XSLT
212 (42.86 %)XML Schema
38 (28.57 %)J2EE
43 (10.71 %)EJB
43 (10.71 %)JDBC
43 (10.71 %)SOAP
43 (10.71 %)JNDI
43 (10.71 %)JMS
52 (7.143 %).NET
52 (7.143 %)XHTML
52 (7.143 %)CSS
61 (3.571 %)ASP.NET
Stockport IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (10.71 %)WebLogic
13 (10.71 %)GlassFish
Stockport IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (67.86 %)Internet
Stockport IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (10.71 %)MySQL
13 (10.71 %)DB2
21 (3.571 %)RDBMS
Stockport IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (17.86 %)LoadRunner
23 (10.71 %)Ant
23 (10.71 %)JUnit
23 (10.71 %)Eclipse
31 (3.571 %)TestDirector
Stockport IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (42.86 %)Insurance
25 (17.86 %)Finance
31 (3.571 %)Pensions
Stockport IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (64.29 %)Developer
214 (50.00 %)Internet Developer
312 (42.86 %)Java Developer
410 (35.71 %)Tester
56 (21.43 %)Software Tester
63 (10.71 %)Analyst
63 (10.71 %)Test Analyst
72 (7.143 %)Applications Developer
72 (7.143 %)Junior
72 (7.143 %)Junior Developer
81 (3.571 %)QA Tester
Stockport IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (14.29 %)Windows
Stockport IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (57.14 %)OO
214 (50.00 %)Web Development
39 (32.14 %)Software Testing
48 (28.57 %)Automated Testing
55 (17.86 %)Project Management
55 (17.86 %)Regression Testing
62 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
71 (3.571 %)Technical Architecture
71 (3.571 %)Manual Testing
Stockport IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (64.29 %)Java
23 (10.71 %)SQL
32 (7.143 %)VB
32 (7.143 %)JavaScript
32 (7.143 %)C#
41 (3.571 %)C++
41 (3.571 %)VB.NET
41 (3.571 %)VB6
41 (3.571 %)C
Stockport IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.571 %)ISEB
Stockport IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (17.86 %)Compuware
15 (17.86 %)HP
23 (10.71 %)BEA
23 (10.71 %)Oracle