The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Wiltshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 40 52 62
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +10
Permanent jobs citing QA 39 37 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 4.295% 3.484% 2.321%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 24.84% 30.33% 21.85%
Number of salaries quoted 31 34 20
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,088 £31,200 £31,300
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
157 122 119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 17.29% 11.49% 10.63%
Number of salaries quoted 140 114 106
Average salary £41,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.57% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £23,600
10% offered a salary of more than £72,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +1.23%
QA
South West

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Wiltshire QA Salary Histogram

QA
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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Swindon 0 19 £30,306 -34.82% 5
Trowbridge +1 1 £25,000 -37.50%
Chippenham -1 1 £40,000 +23.07%
Corsham - 1 £35,000 -
QA
South West

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 78 (50.32%) Oracle
2 68 (43.87%) SQL
3 61 (39.35%) Finance
4 60 (38.71%) SOA
5 54 (34.84%) OO
6 49 (31.61%) Linux
7 47 (30.32%) Automated Testing
8 43 (27.74%) LAMP
8 43 (27.74%) Apache
8 43 (27.74%) PHP
8 43 (27.74%) MySQL
9 36 (23.23%) Enterprise Software
10 35 (22.58%) Integration Testing
10 35 (22.58%) C
10 35 (22.58%) C++
10 35 (22.58%) DSDM
11 34 (21.94%) ISEB
11 34 (21.94%) ISTQB
12 32 (20.65%) Oracle BI EE
13 31 (20.00%) HP
14 27 (17.42%) HP Quality Center
15 24 (15.48%) Configuration Management
15 24 (15.48%) Oracle EBS
16 23 (14.84%) Oracle Reports
16 23 (14.84%) Oracle EBS R12
16 23 (14.84%) Logistics
17 22 (14.19%) CRM
18 20 (12.90%) Middleware
19 19 (12.26%) Business Intelligence
20 18 (11.61%) Siebel

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 43 (27.74%) LAMP
2 20 (12.90%) Middleware
3 18 (11.61%) Oracle Fusion
4 16 (10.32%) XML
5 7 (4.516%) J2EE
6 5 (3.226%) HTML
7 4 (2.581%) WebCenter
8 3 (1.935%) CSS
9 2 (1.290%) SAP XI
9 2 (1.290%) SAP ALE
9 2 (1.290%) SAP PI
10 1 (0.645%) jQuery
10 1 (0.645%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 43 (27.74%) Apache
2 11 (7.097%) Oracle Workflow
3 10 (6.452%) CMS
4 8 (5.161%) Oracle 10gAS
5 7 (4.516%) Joomla!
5 7 (4.516%) Drupal
5 7 (4.516%) WordPress
5 7 (4.516%) ESB
5 7 (4.516%) Magento
6 2 (1.290%) NetWeaver
6 2 (1.290%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.645%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 13 (8.387%) MS Office
2 11 (7.097%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.290%) MS Project
4 1 (0.645%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (15.48%) Oracle EBS
2 23 (14.84%) Oracle EBS R12
3 16 (10.32%) Oracle Applications
4 12 (7.742%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (2.581%) Oracle 11i
6 2 (1.290%) Oracle HRMS
6 2 (1.290%) SAP CRM
6 2 (1.290%) SAP ERP
6 2 (1.290%) SAP ECC
7 1 (0.645%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.645%) Oracle iProcurement
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.581%) Internet
2 3 (1.935%) LDAP
3 1 (0.645%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.645%) SAN
3 1 (0.645%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (27.74%) MySQL
2 32 (20.65%) Oracle BI EE
3 23 (14.84%) Oracle Reports
4 9 (5.806%) Oracle Discoverer
5 8 (5.161%) Oracle 10g
6 7 (4.516%) TOAD
7 6 (3.871%) Essbase
8 4 (2.581%) Oracle 11g
8 4 (2.581%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.935%) Oracle 8/8i
9 3 (1.935%) Oracle OWB
9 3 (1.935%) Data Mart
9 3 (1.935%) Oracle ODI
10 2 (1.290%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (1.290%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 13 (8.387%) QuickTest Pro
2 8 (5.161%) Oracle Forms
3 7 (4.516%) JDeveloper
4 3 (1.935%) LoadRunner
4 3 (1.935%) SilkPerformer
5 1 (0.645%) RequisitePro
General
1 61 (39.35%) Finance
2 10 (6.452%) Marketing
3 9 (5.806%) Retail
3 9 (5.806%) Legal
4 8 (5.161%) Telecoms
5 5 (3.226%) Banking
6 1 (0.645%) General Ledger
6 1 (0.645%) Local Government
6 1 (0.645%) Front Office
6 1 (0.645%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 49 (31.61%) Developer
2 27 (17.42%) Software Developer
3 21 (13.55%) Test Leader
4 20 (12.90%) DBA
5 15 (9.677%) Analyst
6 14 (9.032%) Project Manager
7 10 (6.452%) Test Engineer
8 9 (5.806%) Consultant
9 8 (5.161%) Test Analyst
9 8 (5.161%) Team Leader
9 8 (5.161%) Oracle DBA
9 8 (5.161%) Digital Project Manager
9 8 (5.161%) Technical Team Leader
9 8 (5.161%) QA Engineer
10 7 (4.516%) Technical Support Team Leader
10 7 (4.516%) Support Team Leader
10 7 (4.516%) Technical Support
10 7 (4.516%) LAMP Developer
11 6 (3.871%) Software Engineer
11 6 (3.871%) Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (23.23%) Enterprise Software
2 17 (10.97%) Computer Science
3 16 (10.32%) Statistics
4 6 (3.871%) Economics
5 5 (3.226%) SWIFT
5 5 (3.226%) Informatics
6 3 (1.935%) W3C
6 3 (1.935%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.645%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.645%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 49 (31.61%) Linux
2 7 (4.516%) UNIX
3 4 (2.581%) Solaris
4 3 (1.935%) MVS
5 1 (0.645%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (38.71%) SOA
2 54 (34.84%) OO
3 47 (30.32%) Automated Testing
4 35 (22.58%) DSDM
4 35 (22.58%) Integration Testing
5 24 (15.48%) Configuration Management
6 23 (14.84%) Logistics
7 22 (14.19%) CRM
8 19 (12.26%) Business Intelligence
9 17 (10.97%) Resource Management
10 15 (9.677%) User Acceptance Testing
10 15 (9.677%) ERP
10 15 (9.677%) BPEL
11 12 (7.742%) Workflow
11 12 (7.742%) Project Management
12 11 (7.097%) Agile Software Development
12 11 (7.097%) Data Security
12 11 (7.097%) Software Testing
13 10 (6.452%) PRINCE2
13 10 (6.452%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 68 (43.87%) SQL
2 43 (27.74%) PHP
3 35 (22.58%) C
3 35 (22.58%) C++
4 16 (10.32%) VBScript
5 14 (9.032%) VB
6 11 (7.097%) PL/SQL
7 10 (6.452%) Java
8 6 (3.871%) VBA
9 3 (1.935%) Python
9 3 (1.935%) Korn
10 2 (1.290%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 34 (21.94%) ISEB
1 34 (21.94%) ISTQB
2 11 (7.097%) Degree
3 2 (1.290%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.32%) SLA
2 5 (3.226%) Basel II
3 3 (1.935%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.290%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.645%) TickIT
System Software
1 6 (3.871%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.645%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (17.42%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 78 (50.32%) Oracle
2 31 (20.00%) HP
3 18 (11.61%) Siebel
4 10 (6.452%) Hyperion
5 8 (5.161%) Informatica
5 8 (5.161%) SAP
6 4 (2.581%) Sun
7 3 (1.935%) Microsoft
7 3 (1.935%) Borland
8 2 (1.290%) Business Objects
8 2 (1.290%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.645%) Twitter
9 1 (0.645%) IBM
9 1 (0.645%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.645%) Intergraph
9 1 (0.645%) VMware
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To develop and maintain some Manual test scripts in HP QC to supplement the test AUTOMATION scripts. • Mentor other QA staff in the use of HP QTP, test...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £30k+bonus +VG benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
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Technical Author - QA: Main duties/responsibilities - Take ownership of the documentation of the Accounting application... • Industry knowledge - experience of one or more documentation • At least 2 years' experience...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £30 + bonus + VG Benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
Industry knowledge - experience of one or more documentation • At least 2 years' experience of working as a Technical Author and ideally within a QA/Release environment preferably in...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £30 + bonus + VG Benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
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The role may involve travel within the UK and overseas, and a valid driving licence is essential.The QA Manager will provide leadership and technical guidance to the...
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Salary: To £50k + Car Allowance £5781 + Bonus up to 8% + VG Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Wiltshire, South West
Sand Resources
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013