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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Swindon 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 Quality Assurance (QA) |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 37 | 67 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +30 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 50 | 6 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.025 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 61.73 % | 25.00 % |
| Salaries quoted | 21 | 3 |
| Average minimum salary | £31,214 | £23,667 |
| Average salary | £35,345 | £26,333 |
| % change on same period last year | +34.22 % |
| Average maximum salary | £39,476 | £29,000 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £37,636 | £37,770 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.35 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 81 | 24 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.040 % | 0.011 % |
| Salaries quoted | 43 | 18 |
| Average minimum salary | £36,092 | £31,913 |
| Average salary | £38,934 | £34,696 |
| % change on same period last year | +12.21 % |
| Average maximum salary | £41,776 | £37,478 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £38,390 | £40,714 |
| % change on same period last year | -5.70 % |
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Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing QA across the Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.
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