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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Engineer
Rank 49 - 51
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 5 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 1.075% - 0.399%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.111% - 0.411%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 2
Average salary £33,000 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
All Job Titles
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
450 471 487
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 96.77% 91.99% 97.21%
Number of salaries quoted 399 405 446
Average salary £36,000 £37,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Engineer
Wiltshire

QA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon QA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Swindon QA Engineer Salary Trend

QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon region that cited QA Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 13 (100.00%) QA
2 8 (61.54%) SQL
2 8 (61.54%) Automated Testing
3 6 (46.15%) UNIX
4 5 (38.46%) VBScript
4 5 (38.46%) QuickTest Pro
5 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
6 3 (23.08%) ISTQB
6 3 (23.08%) Retail
6 3 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (23.08%) Business Continuity
6 3 (23.08%) Sun
6 3 (23.08%) HP
6 3 (23.08%) ISEB
6 3 (23.08%) LoadRunner
6 3 (23.08%) Borland
6 3 (23.08%) EPoS
6 3 (23.08%) EFT
6 3 (23.08%) Solaris
6 3 (23.08%) V-Model
6 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
6 3 (23.08%) SilkPerformer
6 3 (23.08%) Usability Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Performance Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Test Management
6 3 (23.08%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (15.38%) Analytics
7 2 (15.38%) Marketing Analytics
7 2 (15.38%) HTML5
7 2 (15.38%) Manual Testing

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon region that cited QA Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) HTML
1 2 (15.38%) Web Services
1 2 (15.38%) JSON
1 2 (15.38%) Silverlight
1 2 (15.38%) HTML5
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (23.08%) LoadRunner
2 3 (23.08%) SilkPerformer
General
1 3 (23.08%) Retail
2 2 (15.38%) Marketing
3 1 (7.692%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) EPoS
1 3 (23.08%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) UNIX
2 3 (23.08%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Automated Testing
2 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Usability Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Performance Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Test Management
3 3 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (23.08%) Business Continuity
3 3 (23.08%) V-Model
3 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
4 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) Marketing Analytics
4 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
4 2 (15.38%) Scrum
4 2 (15.38%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) SQL
2 5 (38.46%) VBScript
3 2 (15.38%) VB
3 2 (15.38%) C#
3 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) ISEB
1 3 (23.08%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Sun
1 3 (23.08%) HP
1 3 (23.08%) Borland