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The table below looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank121122
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads5272
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.032 %
As % of the category below24.30 %37.50 %
Salaries quoted3651
Average minimum salary£38,119£32,116
Average salary£40,470£34,505
% change on same period last year+17.28 %
Average maximum salary£42,821£36,895
UK excluding London average salary£37,791£38,992
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads214192
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.143 %0.086 %
Salaries quoted158157
Average minimum salary£35,989£33,597
Average salary£38,947£36,070
% change on same period last year+7.97 %
Average maximum salary£41,905£38,543
UK excluding London average salary£40,170£39,932
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
QA YorkshireQA
Yorkshire

QA
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire QA Demand Trend

QA
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

West Yorkshire 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 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+2641£39,098+5.32 %
BradfordDown-78£38,333+46.03 %
HalifaxDown-181£39,000+47.27 %
QA YorkshireQA
Yorkshire

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

132 (25.81 %)ISEB
224 (19.35 %)Finance
321 (16.94 %)SQL
321 (16.94 %).NET
419 (15.32 %)E-Commerce
517 (13.71 %)Automated Testing
615 (12.10 %)Microsoft
615 (12.10 %)Java
714 (11.29 %)VB
714 (11.29 %)Degree
813 (10.48 %)Business Analysis
813 (10.48 %)Retail
813 (10.48 %)TickIT
912 (9.677 %)QuickTest Pro
1011 (8.871 %)Oracle
1011 (8.871 %)C#
1011 (8.871 %)ISO9001
1011 (8.871 %)Software Testing
1011 (8.871 %)User Acceptance Testing
1110 (8.065 %)Agile Software Development
1110 (8.065 %)PRINCE2
1110 (8.065 %)Regression Testing
1110 (8.065 %)Scrum
1110 (8.065 %)LoadRunner
1110 (8.065 %)TestDirector
128 (6.452 %)Windows
128 (6.452 %)XML
128 (6.452 %)Insurance
137 (5.645 %)Banking
137 (5.645 %)Web Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (16.94 %).NET
28 (6.452 %)XML
35 (4.032 %)J2EE
35 (4.032 %).NET Framework
35 (4.032 %)HTML
44 (3.226 %)ASP.NET
44 (3.226 %)CSS
53 (2.419 %)XHTML
62 (1.613 %)XSLT
62 (1.613 %)Spring
62 (1.613 %)AJAX
71 (0.806 %)WebSphere
71 (0.806 %)Adobe Flex
71 (0.806 %)Hibernate
71 (0.806 %)WebServices
71 (0.806 %)ASP
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (1.613 %)IIS
12 (1.613 %)SharePoint
12 (1.613 %)SAS
21 (0.806 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
21 (0.806 %)CMS
21 (0.806 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (0.806 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (0.806 %)MS Exchange
21 (0.806 %)Lotus Notes
21 (0.806 %)Lotus Domino
21 (0.806 %)WebLogic
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (4.032 %)MS Visio
22 (1.613 %)MS Excel
31 (0.806 %)Photoshop
31 (0.806 %)MS Office
31 (0.806 %)AutoCAD
31 (0.806 %)InDesign
31 (0.806 %)Spreadsheet
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.806 %)Oracle Applications
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (4.032 %)Internet
24 (3.226 %)WAN
24 (3.226 %)Firewall
33 (2.419 %)LAN
33 (2.419 %)VoIP
41 (0.806 %)Extranet
41 (0.806 %)VPN
41 (0.806 %)SAN
41 (0.806 %)Intranet
41 (0.806 %)Reverse Proxy
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (5.645 %)SQL Server
23 (2.419 %)Oracle 9i
23 (2.419 %)Oracle 10g
23 (2.419 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (1.613 %)SQL Server Integration Services
32 (1.613 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.806 %)BusinessObjects
41 (0.806 %)Datawarehouse
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (9.677 %)QuickTest Pro
210 (8.065 %)LoadRunner
210 (8.065 %)TestDirector
36 (4.839 %)Visual Studio
42 (1.613 %)WinRunner
42 (1.613 %)Subversion
42 (1.613 %)TestPartner
42 (1.613 %)QALoad
51 (0.806 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (0.806 %)Flash
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
124 (19.35 %)Finance
213 (10.48 %)Retail
38 (6.452 %)Insurance
47 (5.645 %)Banking
56 (4.839 %)Health
64 (3.226 %)Pensions
73 (2.419 %)Construction
82 (1.613 %)Education
82 (1.613 %)Government
82 (1.613 %)Auditing
91 (0.806 %)FMCG
91 (0.806 %)Marketing
91 (0.806 %)Advertising
91 (0.806 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.806 %)Telecoms
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
131 (25.00 %)Analyst
226 (20.97 %)Tester
226 (20.97 %)Consultant
314 (11.29 %)Test Analyst
411 (8.871 %)Project Leader
411 (8.871 %)Developer
58 (6.452 %)Junior
58 (6.452 %)Project Manager
67 (5.645 %)Business Analyst
76 (4.839 %)Junior Project Manager
85 (4.032 %)Systems Tester
94 (3.226 %)Graduate
94 (3.226 %)Test Manager
94 (3.226 %)Functional Analyst
94 (3.226 %)QA Analyst
94 (3.226 %)Functional Test Analyst
103 (2.419 %)Quality Analyst
103 (2.419 %)QA Tester
103 (2.419 %)Senior Developer
112 (1.613 %)Senior Analyst
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (4.032 %)N-Tier
15 (4.032 %)NHS
24 (3.226 %)Management Information System
24 (3.226 %)Computer Science
33 (2.419 %)Web 2.0
42 (1.613 %)Client/Server
42 (1.613 %)NPfIT
51 (0.806 %)Mathematics
51 (0.806 %)Blackberry
51 (0.806 %)Mainframe
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (6.452 %)Windows
26 (4.839 %)UNIX
34 (3.226 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (3.226 %)Linux
43 (2.419 %)Windows 2000
43 (2.419 %)Windows XP
43 (2.419 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (1.613 %)Windows NT
61 (0.806 %)Windows Vista
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (15.32 %)E-Commerce
217 (13.71 %)Automated Testing
313 (10.48 %)Business Analysis
411 (8.871 %)Software Testing
411 (8.871 %)User Acceptance Testing
510 (8.065 %)Agile Software Development
510 (8.065 %)Scrum
510 (8.065 %)Regression Testing
510 (8.065 %)PRINCE2
67 (5.645 %)OO
67 (5.645 %)Extreme Programming
67 (5.645 %)Process Management
67 (5.645 %)CMMI
67 (5.645 %)Web Testing
67 (5.645 %)Test Management
76 (4.839 %)System Testing
76 (4.839 %)Systems Analysis
76 (4.839 %)Project Management
85 (4.032 %)TDD
94 (3.226 %)Stakeholder Management
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (16.94 %)SQL
215 (12.10 %)Java
314 (11.29 %)VB
411 (8.871 %)C#
56 (4.839 %)JavaScript
56 (4.839 %)VB6
63 (2.419 %)PL/SQL
72 (1.613 %)COBOL
72 (1.613 %)C
72 (1.613 %)Transact-SQL
81 (0.806 %)VBScript
81 (0.806 %)VB.NET
81 (0.806 %)VBA
81 (0.806 %)Shell Script
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
132 (25.81 %)ISEB
214 (11.29 %)Degree
36 (4.839 %)ISEB Practitioner
45 (4.032 %)Microsoft Certification
45 (4.032 %)PRINCE2 Certification
45 (4.032 %)MCP
53 (2.419 %)HND
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (10.48 %)TickIT
211 (8.871 %)ISO9001
32 (1.613 %)ISO9000
41 (0.806 %)SLA
41 (0.806 %)WAI
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (1.613 %)Active Directory
21 (0.806 %)Backup Exec
21 (0.806 %)VMware Server
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (12.10 %)Microsoft
211 (8.871 %)Oracle
33 (2.419 %)Citrix
42 (1.613 %)Adobe
51 (0.806 %)Business Objects
51 (0.806 %)Trillium
51 (0.806 %)Lotus
51 (0.806 %)VMware
51 (0.806 %)Teradata