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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Sunderland 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1817
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads25
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below100.00 %100.00 %
Salaries quoted25
Average minimum salary£32,500£26,200
Average salary£36,250£28,000
% change on same period last year+29.46 %
Average maximum salary£40,000£29,800
UK excluding London average salary£37,184£38,439
% change on same period last year-3.26 %
Sunderland IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Sunderland
Matching permanent IT job ads25
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
Salaries quoted25
Average minimum salary£32,500£26,200
Average salary£36,250£28,000
% change on same period last year+29.46 %
Average maximum salary£40,000£29,800
UK excluding London average salary£39,636£40,082
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
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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 Sunderland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Sunderland 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 Sunderland region.

Sunderland QA Salary Trend

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Sunderland 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.

12 (66.67 %)PRINCE2
12 (66.67 %)Project Management
12 (66.67 %)Education
12 (66.67 %)Scrum
12 (66.67 %)Agile Software Development
21 (33.33 %)Siebel EIM
21 (33.33 %)Regression Testing
21 (33.33 %)Workflow
21 (33.33 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)SQL Server
21 (33.33 %)CRM
21 (33.33 %)Siebel
21 (33.33 %)Business Intelligence

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Sunderland 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.

Sunderland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server
11 (33.33 %)Siebel EIM
Sunderland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Education
Sunderland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Development Manager
21 (33.33 %)Support Consultant
21 (33.33 %)Siebel Consultant
21 (33.33 %)Consultant
Sunderland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)PRINCE2
12 (66.67 %)Project Management
12 (66.67 %)Scrum
12 (66.67 %)Agile Software Development
21 (33.33 %)Regression Testing
21 (33.33 %)Workflow
21 (33.33 %)CRM
21 (33.33 %)Business Intelligence
Sunderland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Oracle
11 (33.33 %)Siebel