The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Watford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 29 41 42
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +1
Permanent jobs citing QA 18 22 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 6.250% 6.162% 5.841%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 58.06% 70.97% 55.56%
Number of salaries quoted 16 10 20
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,000 £41,750
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,125
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -4.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
31 31 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 10.76% 8.683% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 28 14 35
Average salary £36,250 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.37% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,800 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £64,750 £45,750 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
Hertfordshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Watford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Watford QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 18 (43.90%) ISEB
1 18 (43.90%) Test Scripting
2 17 (41.46%) User Acceptance Testing
2 17 (41.46%) Test Management
2 17 (41.46%) HP Quality Center
2 17 (41.46%) MS Visio
2 17 (41.46%) MS Project
2 17 (41.46%) MS Excel
2 17 (41.46%) Test Strategy
3 13 (31.71%) Windows
3 13 (31.71%) SAP
3 13 (31.71%) Integration Testing
4 11 (26.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (24.39%) Windows 7
5 10 (24.39%) .NET
5 10 (24.39%) C#
5 10 (24.39%) Windows XP
5 10 (24.39%) Active Directory
5 10 (24.39%) LAN
5 10 (24.39%) SAN
6 8 (19.51%) SQL Server
6 8 (19.51%) SQL
6 8 (19.51%) ASP.NET
6 8 (19.51%) ISTQB
7 7 (17.07%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (17.07%) SAP CO
7 7 (17.07%) SAP FI
8 6 (14.63%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (14.63%) Finance
8 6 (14.63%) Degree

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 10 (24.39%) .NET
2 8 (19.51%) ASP.NET
3 5 (12.20%) WinForms
4 4 (9.756%) XML
4 4 (9.756%) .NET Framework
5 3 (7.317%) WPF
5 3 (7.317%) jQuery
5 3 (7.317%) ASP.NET 2.0
5 3 (7.317%) XHTML
5 3 (7.317%) DHTML
5 3 (7.317%) Web Services
5 3 (7.317%) CSS
6 2 (4.878%) SOAP
6 2 (4.878%) REST
7 1 (2.439%) Reactive Extensions
7 1 (2.439%) Sencha Touch
7 1 (2.439%) KnockoutJS
7 1 (2.439%) Apache Cordova
7 1 (2.439%) ASP
7 1 (2.439%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.439%) Apache
Applications
1 17 (41.46%) MS Project
1 17 (41.46%) MS Excel
1 17 (41.46%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.439%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.439%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (17.07%) SAP FI
1 7 (17.07%) SAP FI/CO
1 7 (17.07%) SAP CO
2 3 (7.317%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (4.878%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 10 (24.39%) LAN
1 10 (24.39%) SAN
2 2 (4.878%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 2 (4.878%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (2.439%) PhoneGap
General
1 6 (14.63%) Finance
2 4 (9.756%) Retail
3 1 (2.439%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (2.439%) Financial Institution
3 1 (2.439%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (29.27%) Test Leader
2 8 (19.51%) Developer
3 7 (17.07%) Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Test Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Technical Test Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (7.317%) Business Manager
5 3 (7.317%) Software Developer
5 3 (7.317%) Senior Developer
5 3 (7.317%) .NET Developer
5 3 (7.317%) Business Analysis Manager
5 3 (7.317%) .NET Software Developer
6 2 (4.878%) QA Leader
6 2 (4.878%) Lead Developer
6 2 (4.878%) Tester
6 2 (4.878%) Software Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) Test Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) Software Test Engineer
7 1 (2.439%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (2.439%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.756%) Computer Science
2 3 (7.317%) N-Tier
2 3 (7.317%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.878%) Mathematics
4 1 (2.439%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.439%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.439%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 13 (31.71%) Windows
2 10 (24.39%) Windows XP
2 10 (24.39%) Windows 7
3 2 (4.878%) UNIX
3 2 (4.878%) Linux
4 1 (2.439%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (2.439%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) Test Scripting
2 17 (41.46%) Test Management
2 17 (41.46%) User Acceptance Testing
2 17 (41.46%) Test Strategy
3 13 (31.71%) Integration Testing
4 11 (26.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (14.63%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (12.20%) OO
6 5 (12.20%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (9.756%) Business Analysis
7 4 (9.756%) Use Case
7 4 (9.756%) Performance Management
8 3 (7.317%) Software Testing
8 3 (7.317%) OOP
8 3 (7.317%) OOD
8 3 (7.317%) Configuration Management
8 3 (7.317%) TDD
8 3 (7.317%) Logistics
8 3 (7.317%) Supply Chain Management
8 3 (7.317%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) C#
2 8 (19.51%) SQL
3 4 (9.756%) FoxPro (VFP)
4 3 (7.317%) VBScript
4 3 (7.317%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.317%) VB.NET
5 2 (4.878%) Java
5 2 (4.878%) VB
6 1 (2.439%) Objective-C
6 1 (2.439%) C++
Qualifications
1 18 (43.90%) ISEB
2 8 (19.51%) ISTQB
3 6 (14.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.878%) ISO 9001
1 2 (4.878%) TickIT
System Software
1 10 (24.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (41.46%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) SAP
2 4 (9.756%) Oracle
3 1 (2.439%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.439%) Sencha