The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Thame region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 24 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 Thame region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank - 16 -
Permanent jobs citing QA 0 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Thame - 5.128% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 40.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £35,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Thame
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
0 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Thame - 12.82% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 0
Average salary - £70,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Oxfordshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Thame 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 Thame region.

Thame QA Salary Trend

QA
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thame 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 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) VB
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
1 4 (100.00%) VB6
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (100.00%) WCF
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Thame 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 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) WCF
2 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Software Developer
2 3 (75.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (25.00%) Graduate
3 1 (25.00%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) VB
1 4 (100.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft