The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Tester in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Tester
Rank - 58 -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Tester 0 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk - 0.891% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.901% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 0
Average salary - £40,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £32,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+4.61% +10.16%
All Job Titles
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
675 555 599
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 97.40% 98.93% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 616 487 526
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Tester
East of England

QA Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA Tester across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Suffolk QA Tester Jobs Demand Trend

QA Tester
Salary Trend

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

Suffolk QA Tester Salary Trend

QA Tester
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region that cited QA Tester in their job title 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 with QA Tester in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Marketing
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) QA

QA Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region that cited QA Tester in their job title 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 with QA Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 3 (100.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA