Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the QA Tester role in IT jobs within the West Yorkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Quality Assurance Tester
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank172183
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching permanent IT job ads18
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.024 %0.139 %
Salaries quoted18
Average minimum salary£28,000£24,750
Average salary£31,500£25,375
% change on same period last year+24.13 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£26,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,516£33,737
% change on same period last year-3.62 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads41375763
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.767 %2.571 %
Salaries quoted35274889
Average minimum salary£30,952£30,688
Average salary£33,610£33,286
% change on same period last year+0.97 %
Average maximum salary£36,268£35,884
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,074
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
QA Tester YorkshireQA Tester
Yorkshire

QA Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA Tester across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Yorkshire QA Tester Demand Trend

QA Tester
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA Tester across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire QA Tester Salary Trend

QA Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Tester within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeedsUp+241£31,500+3.27 %
QA Tester YorkshireQA Tester
Yorkshire

QA Tester
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited QA Tester in their job title 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 with QA Tester in their job title.

13 (100.00 %)QA
22 (66.67 %)Automated Testing
22 (66.67 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %)ISEB
31 (33.33 %)TestDirector
31 (33.33 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (33.33 %)LoadRunner
31 (33.33 %)VB
31 (33.33 %)E-Commerce
31 (33.33 %)SLA
31 (33.33 %)TestPartner
31 (33.33 %)Manual Testing
31 (33.33 %)Java

QA Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited QA Tester in their job title 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 with QA Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (33.33 %)TestDirector
11 (33.33 %)QuickTest Pro
11 (33.33 %)LoadRunner
11 (33.33 %)TestPartner
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Automated Testing
21 (33.33 %)Manual Testing
21 (33.33 %)E-Commerce
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)SQL
21 (33.33 %)VB
21 (33.33 %)Java
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (66.67 %)ISEB
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (100.00 %)QA
21 (33.33 %)SLA