The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Torfaen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 20 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 Torfaen region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 11 17 10
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -7
Permanent jobs citing QA 7 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Torfaen 14.89% 1.754% 11.76%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 100.00% 50.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 2
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,125
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -4.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Torfaen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
7 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Torfaen 14.89% 3.509% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 2
Average salary £32,500 £33,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.51% -45.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
South Wales

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Torfaen 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 Torfaen region.

Torfaen QA Salary Trend

QA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Torfaen region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cwmbran +6 7 £32,500 +8.33%
QA
South Wales

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Torfaen 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 7 (58.33%) SQL
1 7 (58.33%) SQL Server
2 6 (50.00%) XML
2 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 5 (41.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 4 (33.33%) WCF
4 4 (33.33%) Product Management
4 4 (33.33%) Windows Azure
4 4 (33.33%) MVC
4 4 (33.33%) WinForms
4 4 (33.33%) Programme Management
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 4 (33.33%) OO
4 4 (33.33%) .NET
4 4 (33.33%) Oracle
4 4 (33.33%) C#
5 3 (25.00%) HTML
5 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (25.00%) CSS
5 3 (25.00%) Client/Server
5 3 (25.00%) DTV
5 3 (25.00%) Automation Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
6 2 (16.67%) Manual Testing
6 2 (16.67%) E-Learning
6 2 (16.67%) Automated Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Torfaen 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 6 (50.00%) XML
2 4 (33.33%) WinForms
2 4 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 4 (33.33%) WCF
2 4 (33.33%) .NET
3 3 (25.00%) CSS
3 3 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (8.333%) Web Services
4 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET
4 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (8.333%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (16.67%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Test Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Product Specialist
4 2 (16.67%) C# Developer
5 1 (8.333%) QA Test Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) QA Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Web Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Client/Server
1 3 (25.00%) DTV
2 2 (16.67%) E-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (33.33%) OO
2 4 (33.33%) MVC
2 4 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 4 (33.33%) Product Management
3 3 (25.00%) Automation Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (16.67%) Automated Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 2 (16.67%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) C#
3 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) ISEB
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Oracle
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft