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The table below looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Wigan 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
Rank1619
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads102
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.001 %
As % of the category below41.67 %100.00 %
Salaries quoted72
Average minimum salary£34,714£32,500
Average salary£36,000£33,000
% change on same period last year+9.09 %
Average maximum salary£37,286£33,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,791£38,992
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
Wigan IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Wigan
Matching permanent IT job ads242
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.001 %
Salaries quoted202
Average minimum salary£33,647£32,500
Average salary£34,735£33,000
% change on same period last year+5.25 %
Average maximum salary£35,824£33,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,170£39,932
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
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Demand Trend

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

Wigan QA Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

Wigan QA Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

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

Wigan QA Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

16 (35.29 %)Compuware
16 (35.29 %)TickIT
16 (35.29 %)Risk Management
16 (35.29 %)Education
16 (35.29 %)Games
16 (35.29 %)ISO9000
16 (35.29 %)EPoS
16 (35.29 %)Retail
16 (35.29 %)Software Testing
16 (35.29 %)User Acceptance Testing
24 (23.53 %)Degree
24 (23.53 %)MS Office
24 (23.53 %)SAP
24 (23.53 %)Finance
33 (17.65 %)ISEB
33 (17.65 %)JD Edwards
33 (17.65 %)ERP
33 (17.65 %)Project Management
33 (17.65 %)Manufacturing
33 (17.65 %)C
33 (17.65 %)C++
33 (17.65 %)Java
33 (17.65 %)MS Excel
33 (17.65 %)ISO9001
33 (17.65 %)MS PowerPoint
33 (17.65 %)Unit Testing
33 (17.65 %)Test Scripting
33 (17.65 %)System Testing
42 (11.76 %)Manual Testing
51 (5.882 %)Windows Vista

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Wigan IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.882 %)SAP PI
Wigan IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (5.882 %)NetWeaver
Wigan IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (23.53 %)MS Office
23 (17.65 %)MS Excel
23 (17.65 %)MS PowerPoint
Wigan IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.882 %)SAP CRM
Wigan IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.882 %)SAP BW
11 (5.882 %)SAP BI
Wigan IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (35.29 %)Education
16 (35.29 %)Games
16 (35.29 %)Retail
24 (23.53 %)Finance
33 (17.65 %)Manufacturing
Wigan IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (47.06 %)Tester
26 (35.29 %)Test Manager
26 (35.29 %)Test Team Leader
26 (35.29 %)Team Leader
26 (35.29 %)Web Team Leader
26 (35.29 %)Software Team Leader
34 (23.53 %)QA Tester
34 (23.53 %)Consultant
43 (17.65 %)Implementation Consultant
43 (17.65 %)Test Consultant
52 (11.76 %)Trainee
61 (5.882 %)Graduate
61 (5.882 %)Trainee Tester
61 (5.882 %)SAP BW Consultant
61 (5.882 %)SAP Consultant
61 (5.882 %)Technical Support
Wigan IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (35.29 %)EPoS
Wigan IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.882 %)Windows
11 (5.882 %)Windows Vista
Wigan IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (35.29 %)User Acceptance Testing
16 (35.29 %)Risk Management
16 (35.29 %)Software Testing
23 (17.65 %)System Testing
23 (17.65 %)Unit Testing
23 (17.65 %)Test Scripting
23 (17.65 %)ERP
23 (17.65 %)Project Management
32 (11.76 %)Manual Testing
41 (5.882 %)CRM
41 (5.882 %)Business Intelligence
41 (5.882 %)SAP Implementation
Wigan IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (17.65 %)C
13 (17.65 %)C++
13 (17.65 %)Java
Wigan IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (23.53 %)Degree
23 (17.65 %)ISEB
Wigan IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (35.29 %)ISO9000
16 (35.29 %)TickIT
23 (17.65 %)ISO9001
Wigan IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (35.29 %)Compuware
24 (23.53 %)SAP
33 (17.65 %)JD Edwards
41 (5.882 %)Microsoft