The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Bromwich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 20 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 West Bromwich region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 10 11 8
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -3
Permanent jobs citing QA 4 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Bromwich 11.43% 12.90% 4.348%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 40.00% 66.67% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
Average salary £36,250 £85,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-57.35% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,125
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -4.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
West Bromwich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10 6 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Bromwich 28.57% 19.35% 4.348%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 0
Average salary £40,000 £61,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-34.69% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
West Midlands

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Bromwich 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 West Bromwich region.

West Bromwich QA Salary Trend

QA
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Bromwich 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 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) C++
1 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 3 (60.00%) ISEB
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
3 2 (40.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) OO
3 2 (40.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) VB
3 2 (40.00%) VB6
3 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (40.00%) TestComplete
3 2 (40.00%) Selenium
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Bromwich 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 4 (80.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (40.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
1 2 (40.00%) TestComplete
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) .NET Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) OO
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) Scrum
1 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) VB
2 2 (40.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
West Bromwich, West Midlands (County)
Automated Test Analyst, Selenium/Ranorex/Testcomplete, Software Development Engineer in Test, SDET, QA Lead, Test Analyst, Lead Tester, ISEB, C#, .Net, Java, C++, Automated, Desktop, Agile/Scrum, Functional/...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013