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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 28 35 30
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -5
Permanent jobs citing QA 9 6 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 6.000% 3.226% 3.226%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 75.00% 75.00% 85.71%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 6
Average salary £45,000 £55,000 £58,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.18% -6.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,700 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,125
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -4.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Stoke-on-Trent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
12 8 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 8.000% 4.301% 3.763%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 7
Average salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.18% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,300 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,100 £62,500 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Staffordshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Stoke-on-Trent region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Stoke-on-Trent QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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 9 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 8 (53.33%) .NET
2 8 (53.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (53.33%) Windows
3 7 (46.67%) VB.NET
3 7 (46.67%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (40.00%) VB6
4 6 (40.00%) VB
4 6 (40.00%) E-Commerce
4 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (40.00%) Unit Testing
5 5 (33.33%) Selenium
5 5 (33.33%) ISEB
5 5 (33.33%) Automated Testing
5 5 (33.33%) Scrum
6 4 (26.67%) SilkTest
6 4 (26.67%) Games
6 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
6 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2000
6 4 (26.67%) IIS
6 4 (26.67%) MS Office
6 4 (26.67%) SQL
6 4 (26.67%) Windows 7
6 4 (26.67%) Software Architecture
6 4 (26.67%) Automation Testing
7 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
7 3 (20.00%) T-SQL
7 3 (20.00%) C#
8 2 (13.33%) OLTP
8 2 (13.33%) SOA

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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 8 (53.33%) .NET
2 2 (13.33%) CSS
2 2 (13.33%) XML
2 2 (13.33%) WCF
2 2 (13.33%) WPF
2 2 (13.33%) jQuery
2 2 (13.33%) HTML5
2 2 (13.33%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) IIS
2 1 (6.667%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (53.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (13.33%) OLTP
4 1 (6.667%) RDBMS
4 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Selenium
2 4 (26.67%) SilkTest
3 2 (13.33%) Subversion
4 1 (6.667%) JIRA
General
1 4 (26.67%) Games
2 1 (6.667%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) QA Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Software Team Leader
2 4 (26.67%) QA Leader
2 4 (26.67%) Test Team Leader
2 4 (26.67%) Team Leader
3 3 (20.00%) Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Web Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Applications Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Web Applications Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Software Test Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Programme Test Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Agile Test Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Senior QA Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Software Test Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.667%) SQL DBA
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Test Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.667%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.667%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 7 (46.67%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 6 (40.00%) Unit Testing
4 5 (33.33%) Scrum
4 5 (33.33%) Automated Testing
5 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
5 4 (26.67%) Software Architecture
5 4 (26.67%) Automation Testing
6 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
7 2 (13.33%) OO
7 2 (13.33%) SOA
8 1 (6.667%) ETL
8 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (6.667%) B2C
8 1 (6.667%) Regression Testing
8 1 (6.667%) Validation
8 1 (6.667%) Migration
8 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (6.667%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) VB.NET
2 6 (40.00%) VB6
2 6 (40.00%) VB
3 4 (26.67%) SQL
4 3 (20.00%) T-SQL
4 3 (20.00%) C#
5 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) ISEB
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) hybris
2 1 (6.667%) Oracle
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
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
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
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
eCommerce Payment, Windows and Mobile Systems... Skills and Exp: Strong team/project lead experience Strong background in Software Testing Experience of leading large and diverse testing teams and...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + DOE +Car +Bonus +Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
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