The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Quality Assurance Engineer
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank532577559
Rank change year-on-year
Up+45Down-18
Matching permanent IT job ads382297197
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.317 %0.242 %0.206 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.334 %0.257 %0.221 %
Number of salaries quoted345235139
Average salary£35,000£37,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,900£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£35,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14 %-6.66 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11420611553789084
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.23 %93.30 %
Number of salaries quoted979339761273729
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

QA Engineer
Demand Trend

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

QA Engineer Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the UK.

QA Engineer Salary Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Engineer over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

QA Engineer Salary Histogram

QA Engineer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+69378£35,000-6.66 %
LondonDown-52147£42,500+6.25 %
South EastUp+25108£34,000-
BerkshireUp+2472£34,000+0.74 %
East of EnglandUp+3750£37,500-
NewburyUp+1436£34,000-2.85 %
YorkshireUp+1732£31,000-4.61 %
CambridgeshireUp+1527£37,500+7.14 %
West YorkshireNew entry-27£27,500-
City of LondonUp+1226£45,000-
CambridgeUp+1822£35,000+7.69 %
LeedsNew entry-22£29,500-
East MidlandsNew entry-21£37,500-
ReadingDown-519£35,000+7.69 %
HertfordshireUp+2516£50,000+35.13 %
NorthamptonshireNew entry-15£37,500-
NorthamptonNew entry-14£31,250-
StevenageNew entry-14£50,000-
HampshireDown-612£33,750+35.00 %
SurreyDown-1511£65,000+73.33 %
West SussexNew entry-9£30,000-
North WestDown-57£28,500+3.63 %
WeybridgeNew entry-7£35,000-
South WestDown-126£28,000-13.84 %
West MidlandsDown-166£30,000-
GloucestershireDown-85£27,500-21.42 %
SouthamptonDown-275£27,500+10.00 %
South YorkshireNew entry-5£33,000-
ManchesterDown-14£29,000+5.45 %
SheffieldNew entry-4£35,000-

QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1703 (100.00 %)QA
2235 (33.43 %)Selenium
3226 (32.15 %)Java
4224 (31.86 %)Agile Software Development
5211 (30.01 %)Degree
6205 (29.16 %)ISEB
7193 (27.45 %)Windows
8178 (25.32 %)Automated Testing
9174 (24.75 %)Software Testing
10155 (22.05 %)SQL
11141 (20.06 %)Scrum
12125 (17.78 %)Test Scripting
13122 (17.35 %)Test Automation
14110 (15.65 %)Telecoms
15102 (14.51 %).NET
1696 (13.66 %)Finance
1794 (13.37 %)JavaScript
1890 (12.80 %)C#
1983 (11.81 %)TestComplete
2082 (11.66 %)Linux
2181 (11.52 %)QuickTest Pro
2280 (11.38 %)JUnit
2371 (10.10 %)Computer Science
2467 (9.531 %)Games
2566 (9.388 %)ISTQB
2664 (9.104 %)UNIX
2761 (8.677 %)GSM
2761 (8.677 %)UMTS
2858 (8.250 %)Manual Testing
2956 (7.966 %)Microsoft

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1102 (14.51 %).NET
247 (6.686 %)Web Services
346 (6.543 %)HTML
443 (6.117 %)CSS
533 (4.694 %)JSP
533 (4.694 %)Servlets
627 (3.841 %)XML
724 (3.414 %)ASP.NET
819 (2.703 %)J2EE
914 (1.991 %)Natural Language Processing
1013 (1.849 %).NET Framework
1112 (1.707 %)HTML5
1211 (1.565 %)Flash
139 (1.280 %)iPhone SDK
147 (0.996 %)ODBC
147 (0.996 %)SOAP
156 (0.853 %)soapUI
156 (0.853 %)Gherkin
156 (0.853 %)WPF
156 (0.853 %)CSS3
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
117 (2.418 %)SharePoint
211 (1.565 %)MS Exchange
211 (1.565 %)Exchange Server 2003
37 (0.996 %)CMS
45 (0.711 %)Alfresco
53 (0.427 %)WebLogic
53 (0.427 %)Tomcat
62 (0.284 %)Apache
71 (0.142 %)WebSphere Application Server
71 (0.142 %)GlassFish
71 (0.142 %)SAS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
121 (2.987 %)MS Excel
211 (1.565 %)MS Visio
37 (0.996 %)MS Office
45 (0.711 %)Photoshop
53 (0.427 %)Adobe Illustrator
62 (0.284 %)ZBrush
62 (0.284 %)Mudbox
71 (0.142 %)RoboHelp
71 (0.142 %)Maya
71 (0.142 %)3ds Max
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.142 %)Oracle HRMS
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
161 (8.677 %)GSM
161 (8.677 %)UMTS
234 (4.836 %)Internet
326 (3.698 %)TCP/IP
414 (1.991 %)HTTP
511 (1.565 %)SMTP
610 (1.422 %)CTI
77 (0.996 %)WAN
77 (0.996 %)LAN
86 (0.853 %)Wireless
95 (0.711 %)3G
104 (0.569 %)iSCSI
104 (0.569 %)4G
113 (0.427 %)RIP
122 (0.284 %)Intranet
122 (0.284 %)Wi-Fi
122 (0.284 %)DHCP
122 (0.284 %)Broadband
131 (0.142 %)WCDMA
131 (0.142 %)SMS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
153 (7.539 %)SQL Server
246 (6.543 %)MySQL
323 (3.272 %)Text Mining
49 (1.280 %)SQL Server 2005
56 (0.853 %)SQL Server 2008
65 (0.711 %)RDBMS
74 (0.569 %)ETL
74 (0.569 %)Hadoop
74 (0.569 %)NoSQL
82 (0.284 %)SQL Server 2000
82 (0.284 %)PostgreSQL
82 (0.284 %)Data Mining
91 (0.142 %)Oracle 8/8i
91 (0.142 %)Data Warehouse
91 (0.142 %)OLTP
91 (0.142 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91 (0.142 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1235 (33.43 %)Selenium
283 (11.81 %)TestComplete
381 (11.52 %)QuickTest Pro
480 (11.38 %)JUnit
546 (6.543 %)JMeter
636 (5.121 %)Hudson
734 (4.836 %)Cucumber
734 (4.836 %)JIRA
833 (4.694 %)LoadRunner
931 (4.410 %)WATIR
1028 (3.983 %)TestNG
1126 (3.698 %)WebDriver
1222 (3.129 %)Team Foundation Server
1222 (3.129 %)SilkTest
1321 (2.987 %)Rational Robot
1321 (2.987 %)MSTest
1418 (2.560 %)Visual Studio
1514 (1.991 %)Subversion
1612 (1.707 %)NUnit
1612 (1.707 %)RSpec
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1110 (15.65 %)Telecoms
296 (13.66 %)Finance
367 (9.531 %)Games
441 (5.832 %)Advertising
517 (2.418 %)Banking
611 (1.565 %)Legal
611 (1.565 %)Marketing
710 (1.422 %)Pharmaceutical
87 (0.996 %)Manufacturing
96 (0.853 %)Back Office
96 (0.853 %)Automotive
96 (0.853 %)Law
105 (0.711 %)Online Betting
114 (0.569 %)Electronics
114 (0.569 %)Publishing
123 (0.427 %)Financial Institution
123 (0.427 %)Aerospace
132 (0.284 %)Retail
141 (0.142 %)Billing
141 (0.142 %)Investment Banking
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
171 (10.10 %)Computer Science
242 (5.974 %)Online Games
335 (4.979 %)Digital Media
432 (4.552 %)Open Source
432 (4.552 %)Life Science
522 (3.129 %)iPhone
620 (2.845 %)Mathematics
719 (2.703 %)Client/Server
818 (2.560 %)Grid Computing
818 (2.560 %)Chemistry
916 (2.276 %)Market Risk
1012 (1.707 %)SaaS
1111 (1.565 %)iPad
1210 (1.422 %)Blackberry
139 (1.280 %)Thin Client
139 (1.280 %)Fat Client
139 (1.280 %)Social Media
146 (0.853 %)Blog
146 (0.853 %)Smartcard
146 (0.853 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1193 (27.45 %)Windows
282 (11.66 %)Linux
364 (9.104 %)UNIX
433 (4.694 %)Debian
521 (2.987 %)Windows XP
618 (2.560 %)Windows Vista
714 (1.991 %)Windows Server 2003
714 (1.991 %)Windows Server 2008
813 (1.849 %)Android
910 (1.422 %)Windows 7
103 (0.427 %)Apple iOS
103 (0.427 %)Mac OS X
111 (0.142 %)zOS
111 (0.142 %)Mac OS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1224 (31.86 %)Agile Software Development
2178 (25.32 %)Automated Testing
3174 (24.75 %)Software Testing
4141 (20.06 %)Scrum
5125 (17.78 %)Test Scripting
6122 (17.35 %)Test Automation
758 (8.250 %)Manual Testing
854 (7.681 %)Validation
950 (7.112 %)OO
1046 (6.543 %)Regression Testing
1141 (5.832 %)Waterfall
1239 (5.548 %)Performance Testing
1338 (5.405 %)System Testing
1338 (5.405 %)E-Commerce
1436 (5.121 %)Software Engineering
1533 (4.694 %)Build Automation
1632 (4.552 %)Web Testing
1632 (4.552 %)TDD
1730 (4.267 %)Business Development
1730 (4.267 %)Continuous Improvement
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1226 (32.15 %)Java
2155 (22.05 %)SQL
394 (13.37 %)JavaScript
490 (12.80 %)C#
555 (7.824 %)Python
637 (5.263 %)Ruby
731 (4.410 %)PHP
828 (3.983 %)Perl
924 (3.414 %)C++
924 (3.414 %)C
1022 (3.129 %)Delphi
1113 (1.849 %)VB
1210 (1.422 %)VB.NET
135 (0.711 %)ActionScript
135 (0.711 %)Shell Script
144 (0.569 %)Embedded C
144 (0.569 %)Embedded C++
144 (0.569 %)PL/SQL
144 (0.569 %)T-SQL
144 (0.569 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1211 (30.01 %)Degree
2205 (29.16 %)ISEB
366 (9.388 %)ISTQB
415 (2.134 %)Postgraduate
56 (0.853 %)ITIL Certification
65 (0.711 %)HND
73 (0.427 %)HNC
73 (0.427 %)Security Cleared
82 (0.284 %)ISEB Practitioner
91 (0.142 %)Microsoft Certification
91 (0.142 %)Oracle Certification
91 (0.142 %)MCSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1703 (100.00 %)QA
25 (0.711 %)ISO 9001
32 (0.284 %)DO-178B
32 (0.284 %)DO-254
41 (0.142 %)TickIT
41 (0.142 %)ISO 8583
41 (0.142 %)HL7
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
117 (2.418 %)VMware Infrastructure
211 (1.565 %)Active Directory
34 (0.569 %)NFS
41 (0.142 %)Squid
41 (0.142 %)FreeRADIUS
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
134 (4.836 %)HP Quality Center
24 (0.569 %)Legato
24 (0.569 %)NetBackup
31 (0.142 %)Puppet
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
156 (7.966 %)Microsoft
230 (4.267 %)Oracle
320 (2.845 %)HP
419 (2.703 %)VMware
516 (2.276 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
516 (2.276 %)Ericsson
68 (1.138 %)JBoss
68 (1.138 %)Facebook
75 (0.711 %)Sybase
84 (0.569 %)Veritas
84 (0.569 %)Twitter
93 (0.427 %)Websense
93 (0.427 %)Zend
93 (0.427 %)AccuRev
93 (0.427 %)Adobe
102 (0.284 %)SAP
102 (0.284 %)Apple
102 (0.284 %)TIBCO
111 (0.142 %)Micro Focus
111 (0.142 %)Borland