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This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills across the UK 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 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank8089
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads50464765
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.460 %2.129 %
As % of the category below43.65 %43.26 %
Salaries quoted40883824
Average minimum salary£38,436£39,745
Average salary£41,657£42,676
% change on same period last year-2.38 %
Average maximum salary£44,879£45,607
UK excluding London average salary£37,700£38,087
% change on same period last year-1.01 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance UKQuality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads1156011015
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.635 %4.922 %
Salaries quoted94868784
Average minimum salary£39,513£40,983
Average salary£42,893£44,064
% change on same period last year-2.65 %
Average maximum salary£46,272£47,145
UK excluding London average salary£38,411£40,797
% change on same period last year-5.84 %

QA
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing QA across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

QA Demand Trend

QA
Salary Trend

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

QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the UK over the past 3 months.

QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+74879£41,609-2.49 %
2LondonUp+82275£46,419-3.44 %
3South EastUp+21100£39,767-4.28 %
4City of LondonUp+8641£48,559-19.89 %
5East of EnglandUp+8421£37,712+6.97 %
6BerkshireDown-8341£42,589-3.78 %
7North WestDown-16270£31,181-7.91 %
8SurreyDown-1265£39,716+0.65 %
9South WestUp+26264£33,930-2.81 %
10YorkshireUp+4242£33,571-0.20 %
11CambridgeshireUp+13206£35,566+11.71 %
12West MidlandsDown-11161£38,191+3.75 %
12HampshireUp+9161£37,778-22.71 %
13CambridgeUp+13155£34,086+9.63 %
14ManchesterUp+3149£30,434-22.55 %
15HertfordshireUp+26135£39,509-2.95 %
16ReadingUp+5116£47,704+16.72 %
17West YorkshireDown-14115£32,381-0.19 %
18East MidlandsDown-8108£36,854+22.67 %
19ScotlandUp+6197£41,679+37.59 %
20BuckinghamshireUp+3793£32,134-10.07 %
21OxfordshireUp+487£38,688+15.03 %
22WiltshireUp+4377£37,525+25.87 %
23North YorkshireDown-373£33,635-6.02 %
24OxfordUp+1366£41,315+17.87 %
25CheshireDown-2965£29,493-7.03 %
26YorkUp+859£33,273-10.35 %
27LeedsDown-2958£36,763+3.43 %
28LutonUp+2256£36,385+5.39 %
29SwindonUp+3554£37,277+24.25 %

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing QA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing QA.

12419 (23.95 %)Finance
22141 (21.20 %)SQL
31460 (14.46 %)ISEB
41388 (13.74 %)Java
51239 (12.27 %)Windows
61172 (11.61 %)Degree
71125 (11.14 %)SQL Server
81095 (10.84 %)Oracle
91092 (10.81 %)Test Scripting
101032 (10.22 %).NET
111011 (10.01 %)Unix
12982 (9.724 %)Project Management
13864 (8.555 %)Software Testing
14858 (8.496 %)XML
15829 (8.209 %)Microsoft
16827 (8.189 %)Banking
17814 (8.060 %)Automated Testing
18787 (7.793 %)C#
19755 (7.476 %)User Acceptance Testing
20738 (7.308 %)C++
21730 (7.228 %)TestDirector
22671 (6.644 %)QuickTest Pro
23624 (6.179 %)Internet
24615 (6.090 %)Linux
25559 (5.535 %)HTML
26538 (5.327 %)Insurance
27529 (5.238 %)Agile Software Development
28519 (5.139 %)C
29486 (4.812 %)Pensions
30446 (4.416 %)MS Excel

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing QA also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing QA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11032 (10.22 %).NET
2858 (8.496 %)XML
3559 (5.535 %)HTML
4419 (4.149 %)J2EE
5229 (2.268 %)ASP.NET
6223 (2.208 %)ASP
7209 (2.070 %)CSS
8197 (1.951 %)WebServices
9185 (1.832 %)JSP
10132 (1.307 %)XSLT
11116 (1.149 %)AJAX
12115 (1.139 %)SOAP
13113 (1.119 %)JDBC
14111 (1.099 %).NET Framework
1571 (0.703 %)WebSphere
1667 (0.663 %)Servlets
1762 (0.614 %)XHTML
1858 (0.574 %)Middleware
1955 (0.545 %)WinForms
2046 (0.455 %)Hibernate
Application Platforms
1152 (1.505 %)SAS
2132 (1.307 %)Apache
3109 (1.079 %)JBoss
4103 (1.020 %)Tomcat
595 (0.941 %)SharePoint
693 (0.921 %)IIS
782 (0.812 %)CMS
872 (0.713 %)WebLogic
953 (0.525 %)MS Exchange
1047 (0.465 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1138 (0.376 %)Content Management Server
1226 (0.257 %)WebSphere Application Server
1322 (0.218 %)DOC1
1420 (0.198 %)ColdFusion
1517 (0.168 %)Papyrus
1616 (0.158 %)Exchange Server 2003
1715 (0.149 %)NetWeaver
1813 (0.129 %)MQSeries
1911 (0.109 %)Oracle 10gAS
208 (0.079 %)Lotus Notes
Applications
1446 (4.416 %)MS Excel
2302 (2.990 %)MS Office
3165 (1.634 %)MS Visio
4116 (1.149 %)MS Project
565 (0.644 %)MS PowerPoint
661 (0.604 %)Photoshop
725 (0.248 %)CA Clarity
817 (0.168 %)PrintSoft PReS
915 (0.149 %)Adobe Illustrator
1014 (0.139 %)RoboHelp
1112 (0.119 %)InDesign
128 (0.079 %)Paint Shop Pro
136 (0.059 %)SPSS
136 (0.059 %)Acrobat
144 (0.040 %)3ds Max
153 (0.030 %)Fireworks
153 (0.030 %)Adobe Premiere
153 (0.030 %)ArcView
162 (0.020 %)Pro/ENGINEER
162 (0.020 %)CATIA
Business Applications
134 (0.337 %)SAP HR
229 (0.287 %)Oracle EBS
320 (0.198 %)Navision
418 (0.178 %)Singl.eView
517 (0.168 %)Summit
616 (0.158 %)SAP ERP
713 (0.129 %)Movex
713 (0.129 %)SAP Retail
713 (0.129 %)assyst
811 (0.109 %)Oracle Financials
99 (0.089 %)SAP SD
99 (0.089 %)Oracle Applications
108 (0.079 %)Oracle 11i
108 (0.079 %)LongView
108 (0.079 %)Beauchamp
117 (0.069 %)SAP HR-PA
117 (0.069 %)INSURE/90
117 (0.069 %)SAP R/3
117 (0.069 %)BASE24
126 (0.059 %)SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1624 (6.179 %)Internet
2180 (1.782 %)TCP/IP
369 (0.683 %)Broadband
455 (0.545 %)Intranet
552 (0.515 %)HTTP
646 (0.455 %)SAN
742 (0.416 %)Firewall
840 (0.396 %)WAN
939 (0.386 %)LAN
1038 (0.376 %)SMS
1137 (0.366 %)Wireless
1236 (0.356 %)FTP
1333 (0.327 %)VoIP
1427 (0.267 %)GPRS
1427 (0.267 %)GSM
1526 (0.257 %)3G
1625 (0.248 %)DNS
1724 (0.238 %)UMTS
1724 (0.238 %)Ethernet
1823 (0.228 %)CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
11125 (11.14 %)SQL Server
2273 (2.703 %)Datawarehouse
3228 (2.258 %)SQL Server 2005
4194 (1.921 %)RDBMS
5140 (1.386 %)SQL Server 2000
6137 (1.357 %)MySQL
7100 (0.990 %)BusinessObjects
898 (0.970 %)DB2
987 (0.861 %)Oracle 9i
1084 (0.832 %)Oracle 10g
1181 (0.802 %)Oracle 8/8i
1266 (0.654 %)TOAD
1361 (0.604 %)ETL
1458 (0.574 %)Oracle Reports
1553 (0.525 %)Crystal Reports
1652 (0.515 %)SQL Server 7
1747 (0.465 %)MS Access
1840 (0.396 %)Data Mining
1938 (0.376 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2031 (0.307 %)OLAP
Development Applications
1730 (7.228 %)TestDirector
2671 (6.644 %)QuickTest Pro
3410 (4.060 %)LoadRunner
4363 (3.594 %)WinRunner
5129 (1.277 %)Visual Studio
6114 (1.129 %)QALoad
6114 (1.129 %)Selenium
7107 (1.060 %)Rational Robot
8100 (0.990 %)JIRA
990 (0.891 %)Ant
1089 (0.881 %)Flash
1180 (0.792 %)Subversion
1273 (0.723 %)Eclipse
1369 (0.683 %)QARun
1452 (0.515 %)JUnit
1550 (0.495 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1550 (0.495 %)MSI
1647 (0.465 %)FitNesse
1746 (0.455 %)CruiseControl
1838 (0.376 %)TestPartner
General
12419 (23.95 %)Finance
2827 (8.189 %)Banking
3538 (5.327 %)Insurance
4486 (4.812 %)Pensions
5412 (4.080 %)Health
6350 (3.466 %)Investment Banking
7302 (2.990 %)Retail
8301 (2.980 %)Marketing
9290 (2.872 %)Telecoms
10266 (2.634 %)Front Office
11208 (2.060 %)Education
12205 (2.030 %)Games
13146 (1.446 %)Back Office
14142 (1.406 %)Government
15117 (1.159 %)Financial Institution
16108 (1.069 %)Publishing
1795 (0.941 %)Auditing
1891 (0.901 %)Legal
1987 (0.861 %)Pharmaceutical
2086 (0.852 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
12599 (25.74 %)Analyst
21586 (15.70 %)Tester
31212 (12.00 %)Test Analyst
41058 (10.48 %)Developer
5946 (9.367 %)QA Analyst
6784 (7.763 %)Test Manager
7742 (7.347 %)QA Engineer
8688 (6.813 %)Consultant
9578 (5.723 %)QA Tester
10534 (5.288 %)QA Manager
11470 (4.654 %)Test Engineer
12428 (4.238 %)Project Manager
13404 (4.000 %)Business Analyst
14381 (3.773 %)QA Test Analyst
15334 (3.307 %)Team Leader
16299 (2.961 %)Senior Analyst
17276 (2.733 %)Software Tester
18268 (2.654 %)Software Engineer
19233 (2.307 %)Quality Analyst
20218 (2.159 %)Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1276 (2.733 %)Derivative
2244 (2.416 %)Computer Science
3227 (2.248 %)Client/Server
4207 (2.050 %)Equities
5204 (2.020 %)Asset Management
6126 (1.248 %)Fixed Income
7120 (1.188 %)Mathematics
896 (0.951 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
975 (0.743 %)N-Tier
1073 (0.723 %)Mainframe
1168 (0.673 %)Management Information System
1267 (0.663 %)Equity Derivative
1359 (0.584 %)Fund Management
1458 (0.574 %)Statistics
1554 (0.535 %)DTV
1651 (0.505 %)NHS
1749 (0.485 %)AS400
1843 (0.426 %)PMI
1941 (0.406 %)Handset
2037 (0.366 %)IPTV
Operating Systems
11239 (12.27 %)Windows
21011 (10.01 %)Unix
3615 (6.090 %)Linux
4128 (1.267 %)Solaris
5127 (1.258 %)Windows 2000
690 (0.891 %)Windows NT
786 (0.852 %)Windows XP
853 (0.525 %)AIX
933 (0.327 %)Windows Mobile
1030 (0.297 %)HPUX
1121 (0.208 %)Windows Server 2003
1219 (0.188 %)Symbian OS
1316 (0.158 %)Mac OS X
149 (0.089 %)Windows CE
157 (0.069 %)VMS
166 (0.059 %)VxWorks
166 (0.059 %)Embedded Linux
175 (0.050 %)FreeBSD
184 (0.040 %)NetWare
192 (0.020 %)zOS
Processes & Methodologies
11092 (10.81 %)Test Scripting
2982 (9.724 %)Project Management
3864 (8.555 %)Software Testing
4814 (8.060 %)Automated Testing
5755 (7.476 %)User Acceptance Testing
6529 (5.238 %)Agile Software Development
7436 (4.317 %)E-Commerce
8429 (4.248 %)Regression Testing
9425 (4.208 %)Manual Testing
10384 (3.802 %)Test Management
11372 (3.684 %)OO
12368 (3.644 %)PRINCE2
13337 (3.337 %)ITIL
14330 (3.268 %)Performance Testing
15314 (3.109 %)UML
16286 (2.832 %)System Testing
17280 (2.773 %)Change Management
18274 (2.713 %)Risk Management
19269 (2.664 %)Business Analysis
20209 (2.070 %)Scrum
Programming Languages
12141 (21.20 %)SQL
21388 (13.74 %)Java
3787 (7.793 %)C#
4738 (7.308 %)C++
5519 (5.139 %)C
6421 (4.169 %)VB
7407 (4.030 %)JavaScript
8382 (3.783 %)Perl
9191 (1.891 %)PHP
10181 (1.792 %)PL/SQL
11178 (1.763 %)VB.NET
12166 (1.644 %)Python
13158 (1.565 %)Transact-SQL
14139 (1.376 %)Shell Script
15118 (1.168 %)VBA
15118 (1.168 %)VB6
16113 (1.119 %)VBScript
1777 (0.762 %)DHTML
1859 (0.584 %)VC++
1951 (0.505 %)ActionScript
Qualifications
11460 (14.46 %)ISEB
21172 (11.61 %)Degree
3112 (1.109 %)ISTQB
488 (0.871 %)ISEB Practitioner
575 (0.743 %)ITIL Certification
670 (0.693 %)PRINCE2 Certification
756 (0.555 %)Microsoft Certification
844 (0.436 %)PMI Certification
935 (0.347 %)PMP
1032 (0.317 %)Cisco Certification
1032 (0.317 %)HND
1122 (0.218 %)MCSE
1220 (0.198 %)CCNP
1319 (0.188 %)CISSP
1418 (0.178 %)PhD
1515 (0.149 %)CCNA
1613 (0.129 %)CCDA
1613 (0.129 %)MCSD
1613 (0.129 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1711 (0.109 %)CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1128 (1.267 %)ISO9001
276 (0.753 %)SLA
372 (0.713 %)ISO9000
457 (0.564 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
550 (0.495 %)TickIT
647 (0.465 %)COBIT
737 (0.366 %)ISO27001
816 (0.158 %)GCP
915 (0.149 %)GLP
915 (0.149 %)BS7799
108 (0.079 %)Basel II
117 (0.069 %)GMP
117 (0.069 %)MiFID
126 (0.059 %)GxP
135 (0.050 %)ISO17799
144 (0.040 %)ISO/IEC 20000
144 (0.040 %)ISO8583
153 (0.030 %)GAMP
162 (0.020 %)ISO9002
162 (0.020 %)21 CFR Part 11
System Software
199 (0.980 %)Active Directory
228 (0.277 %)Terminal Server
319 (0.188 %)MSMQ
319 (0.188 %)Oracle RMAN
415 (0.149 %)Oracle RAC
59 (0.089 %)Novell eDirectory
67 (0.069 %)Terminal Services
76 (0.059 %)VMware ESX
76 (0.059 %)VMware Workstation
85 (0.050 %)Squid
94 (0.040 %)Nmap
94 (0.040 %)AquaLogic
103 (0.030 %)ISA Server
103 (0.030 %)MetaFrame
112 (0.020 %)NetBackup
112 (0.020 %)WebInspect
112 (0.020 %)Xen
121 (0.010 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
121 (0.010 %)Citrix Presentation Server
121 (0.010 %)NFS
Systems Management
111 (0.109 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
29 (0.089 %)Tivoli
29 (0.089 %)DirXML
36 (0.059 %)Nagios
36 (0.059 %)AutoSys
45 (0.050 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
54 (0.040 %)Nessus
63 (0.030 %)EMC NetWorker
63 (0.030 %)OpenView
63 (0.030 %)Legato
72 (0.020 %)OMEGAMON
81 (0.010 %)BMC Marimba
81 (0.010 %)DameWare
81 (0.010 %)ServiceCenter
81 (0.010 %)MOM
81 (0.010 %)Netcool
81 (0.010 %)CONTROL-M
Vendors
11095 (10.84 %)Oracle
2829 (8.209 %)Microsoft
3224 (2.218 %)SAP
4188 (1.862 %)Sybase
5105 (1.040 %)IBM
6100 (0.990 %)Business Objects
794 (0.931 %)Cisco
891 (0.901 %)Citrix
977 (0.762 %)HP
1075 (0.743 %)VMware
1171 (0.703 %)Reuters
1258 (0.574 %)Sun
1355 (0.545 %)Compuware
1453 (0.525 %)Adobe
1548 (0.475 %)Symbian
1644 (0.436 %)Teradata
1742 (0.416 %)Empirix
1841 (0.406 %)Red Hat
1940 (0.396 %)Mapinfo
2032 (0.317 %)Charles River
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