The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 23 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 46 68 50
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -18
Permanent jobs citing QA 48 28 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 3.951% 2.422% 3.879%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 38.10% 28.57% 45.56%
Number of salaries quoted 44 18 41
Average salary £34,000 £33,250 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.25% -13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,250 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
126 98 90
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 10.37% 8.478% 8.515%
Number of salaries quoted 105 64 80
Average salary £38,000 £32,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.92% -9.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,500 £27,550
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,350 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
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UK

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales QA Jobs Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Wales region.

Wales QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Wales QA Salary Histogram

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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 Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
South Wales +11 34 £33,500 +3.07%
North Wales - 8 £37,000 -
Mid Wales - 2 £42,500 -
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UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 23 (33.82%) Software Testing
2 19 (27.94%) Test Strategy
2 19 (27.94%) .NET
3 16 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
4 15 (22.06%) Automated Testing
5 14 (20.59%) HTML
5 14 (20.59%) JavaScript
5 14 (20.59%) XML
5 14 (20.59%) CSS
6 12 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
7 11 (16.18%) C++
7 11 (16.18%) ISEB
8 9 (13.24%) SQL
8 9 (13.24%) Ajax
9 8 (11.76%) Informatics
10 7 (10.29%) HTML5
10 7 (10.29%) Unit Testing
10 7 (10.29%) SQL Server
10 7 (10.29%) MS Excel
11 6 (8.824%) EPoS
11 6 (8.824%) Microsoft
11 6 (8.824%) JSP
11 6 (8.824%) C
11 6 (8.824%) C#
11 6 (8.824%) Retail
11 6 (8.824%) JSON
11 6 (8.824%) jQuery
11 6 (8.824%) CSS3
11 6 (8.824%) Automation Testing
12 5 (7.353%) Manual Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 19 (27.94%) .NET
2 14 (20.59%) HTML
2 14 (20.59%) XML
2 14 (20.59%) CSS
3 9 (13.24%) Ajax
4 7 (10.29%) HTML5
5 6 (8.824%) JSP
5 6 (8.824%) JSON
5 6 (8.824%) jQuery
5 6 (8.824%) CSS3
6 4 (5.882%) WCF
6 4 (5.882%) Node.js
6 4 (5.882%) .NET Framework
6 4 (5.882%) WinForms
7 2 (2.941%) WebSockets
7 2 (2.941%) ExpressJS
8 1 (1.471%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (1.471%) ASP.NET
8 1 (1.471%) Web Services
8 1 (1.471%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.882%) Windows Azure
2 1 (1.471%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (10.29%) MS Excel
2 4 (5.882%) Photoshop
3 2 (2.941%) MS Office
4 1 (1.471%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.941%) Internet
2 1 (1.471%) LAN
2 1 (1.471%) VoIP
2 1 (1.471%) WAN
2 1 (1.471%) DHCP
2 1 (1.471%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.471%) DNS
2 1 (1.471%) Firewall
2 1 (1.471%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.471%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.471%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.471%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.471%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (2.941%) Visual Studio
1 2 (2.941%) Selenium
1 2 (2.941%) WebDriver
General
1 6 (8.824%) Retail
2 4 (5.882%) Finance
Job Titles
1 38 (55.88%) Analyst
2 26 (38.24%) Test Analyst
3 17 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
3 17 (25.00%) Developer
4 15 (22.06%) Senior Test Analyst
5 10 (14.71%) Test Manager
6 8 (11.76%) Automated Test Analyst
7 7 (10.29%) C++ Developer
7 7 (10.29%) Test Engineer
7 7 (10.29%) Web Developer
8 6 (8.824%) Senior Manager
8 6 (8.824%) Release Analyst
8 6 (8.824%) Senior Test Manager
8 6 (8.824%) Senior Test Engineer
8 6 (8.824%) Lead Test Analyst
8 6 (8.824%) QA Leader
8 6 (8.824%) Test Leader
9 3 (4.412%) Senior Web Developer
9 3 (4.412%) Software Development Manager
9 3 (4.412%) QA Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Informatics
2 6 (8.824%) EPoS
3 3 (4.412%) Web 2.0
3 3 (4.412%) Client/Server
3 3 (4.412%) E-Learning
3 3 (4.412%) DTV
4 2 (2.941%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.471%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.471%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (33.82%) Software Testing
2 19 (27.94%) Test Strategy
3 16 (23.53%) Agile Software Development
4 15 (22.06%) Automated Testing
5 12 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
6 7 (10.29%) Unit Testing
7 6 (8.824%) Automation Testing
8 5 (7.353%) Manual Testing
8 5 (7.353%) OO
8 5 (7.353%) Change Management
9 4 (5.882%) MVC
9 4 (5.882%) Product Management
9 4 (5.882%) Test Scripting
9 4 (5.882%) Change Control
9 4 (5.882%) Web Design
9 4 (5.882%) Programme Management
9 4 (5.882%) Responsive Web Design
10 3 (4.412%) Project Planning
10 3 (4.412%) Business Analysis
10 3 (4.412%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.59%) JavaScript
2 11 (16.18%) C++
3 9 (13.24%) SQL
4 6 (8.824%) C
4 6 (8.824%) C#
5 3 (4.412%) Ruby
5 3 (4.412%) Perl
6 2 (2.941%) Python
6 2 (2.941%) RPG
6 2 (2.941%) Java
6 2 (2.941%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.471%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.471%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 11 (16.18%) ISEB
2 3 (4.412%) ISEB Practitioner
2 3 (4.412%) Degree
3 2 (2.941%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 2 (2.941%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (8.824%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.882%) Oracle
3 2 (2.941%) Intel
4 1 (1.471%) Freescale
4 1 (1.471%) Cisco
4 1 (1.471%) Nortel
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Posted: 16 May 2013