The first table below looks at the demand for QADirector skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QADirector over the 3 months to 17 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 Development Applications category.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Compuware QADirector
Rank 838 888 854
Rank change year-on-year
+50 -34
Permanent jobs citing QADirector 20 8 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.019% 0.007% 0.014%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.125% 0.046% 0.108%
Number of salaries quoted 19 7 16
Average salary £82,500 £32,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+153.84% +12.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £29,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £70,400 £31,250
UK excluding London average salary £80,000 £31,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+153.96% +6.77%
All Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15950 17226 15715
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 14.80% 14.24% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13613 15130 13800
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%

QADirector
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QADirector within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

QADirector Jobs Demand Trend

QADirector
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QADirector within the UK.

QADirector Salary Trend

QADirector
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QADirector over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

QADirector Salary Histogram

QADirector
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QADirector within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +46 19 £82,500 +155.81%
South East +10 7 £72,500 +124.80%
London +36 6 £83,750 -33.00%
Berkshire +8 4 £70,000 +117.05%
North West +5 3 £82,500 +200.00%
Manchester -17 3 £82,500 +200.00%
East of England - 3 £80,000 -
Bedfordshire - 3 £80,000 -
City of London - 2 £85,000 -
Surrey - 2 £82,500 -
Kent - 1 - -

QADirector
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing QADirector 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 QADirector.

1 32 (88.89%) QA
2 13 (36.11%) Lean Manufacturing
2 13 (36.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 13 (36.11%) Manufacturing
2 13 (36.11%) Automated Testing
2 13 (36.11%) Software Engineering
3 11 (30.56%) Finance
4 10 (27.78%) Functional Testing
4 10 (27.78%) Non-Functional Testing
4 10 (27.78%) Test Management
5 9 (25.00%) Test Automation
6 7 (19.44%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (13.89%) Test Scripting
7 5 (13.89%) Test Strategy
7 5 (13.89%) Selenium
7 5 (13.89%) Degree
8 4 (11.11%) Performance Testing
8 4 (11.11%) Scrum
8 4 (11.11%) TDD
8 4 (11.11%) JMeter
8 4 (11.11%) Java
8 4 (11.11%) LoadRunner
8 4 (11.11%) ClearQuest
9 3 (8.333%) JUnit
9 3 (8.333%) Python
9 3 (8.333%) E-Commerce
9 3 (8.333%) Banking
9 3 (8.333%) Spring
9 3 (8.333%) Kanban

QADirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing QADirector 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 QADirector. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (8.333%) Spring
1 3 (8.333%) REST
2 1 (2.778%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.778%) HTTP
1 1 (2.778%) Intranet
1 1 (2.778%) Internet
Development Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Selenium
2 4 (11.11%) LoadRunner
2 4 (11.11%) ClearQuest
2 4 (11.11%) JMeter
3 3 (8.333%) WebDriver
3 3 (8.333%) JUnit
4 1 (2.778%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.778%) Git (software)
4 1 (2.778%) WATIR
General
1 13 (36.11%) Manufacturing
2 11 (30.56%) Finance
3 3 (8.333%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (19.44%) Software Engineer
2 6 (16.67%) Head of Testing
3 3 (8.333%) Lead Software Engineer
3 3 (8.333%) QA Manager
4 2 (5.556%) Senior Manager
4 2 (5.556%) Quality Manager
4 2 (5.556%) Senior QA Manager
4 2 (5.556%) Senior Quality Manager
5 1 (2.778%) Senior Service Manager
5 1 (2.778%) QA Test Manager
5 1 (2.778%) Tester
5 1 (2.778%) Test Manager
5 1 (2.778%) Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.778%) Service Manager
5 1 (2.778%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.778%) Portfolio Manager
5 1 (2.778%) Senior Services Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.778%) Equities
2 1 (2.778%) Derivative
2 1 (2.778%) Blog
2 1 (2.778%) Social Media
2 1 (2.778%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) Automated Testing
1 13 (36.11%) Software Engineering
1 13 (36.11%) Lean Manufacturing
1 13 (36.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (27.78%) Functional Testing
2 10 (27.78%) Non-Functional Testing
2 10 (27.78%) Test Management
3 9 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 7 (19.44%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (13.89%) Test Scripting
5 5 (13.89%) Test Strategy
6 4 (11.11%) TDD
6 4 (11.11%) Scrum
6 4 (11.11%) Performance Testing
7 3 (8.333%) E-Commerce
7 3 (8.333%) Budget Control
7 3 (8.333%) BDD
7 3 (8.333%) Kanban
8 1 (2.778%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) Java
2 3 (8.333%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (88.89%) QA
2 1 (2.778%) Section 508
2 1 (2.778%) WAI
Newbury, Thames Valley
Strong understanding of technical documentation review and requirements analysis. Understanding of quality process models and methodologies such as ISO, IEEE and ISEB Key responsibilities: Creating detailed Test Plans...
Satigo
Salary: £3000 - £3500 per annum + Benefit
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
ISEB Foundation in Software Testing accreditation is preferred... Strong understanding of technical documentation review and requirements analysis. Able to work with technologies such as HTML, XML, SQL and...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013