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The table below looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Woking 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 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkQuality Assurance (QA)
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank5634
Rank change on same period last yearDown-22
Matching permanent IT job ads1314
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.006 %
As % of the category below56.52 %66.67 %
Salaries quoted1313
Average minimum salary£31,923£28,462
Average salary£33,308£30,423
% change on same period last year+9.48 %
Average maximum salary£34,692£32,385
UK excluding London average salary£37,959£38,913
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
Woking IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Woking
Matching permanent IT job ads2321
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.009 %
Salaries quoted2220
Average minimum salary£30,818£30,300
Average salary£31,864£33,175
% change on same period last year-3.95 %
Average maximum salary£32,909£36,050
UK excluding London average salary£40,116£39,773
% change on same period last year+0.86 %
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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 Woking region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Woking 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 Woking region.

Woking QA Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Woking region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

Woking QA Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Woking 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.

113 (46.43 %)Software Testing
210 (35.71 %)Games
36 (21.43 %)OOP
36 (21.43 %)Flash
36 (21.43 %)ActionScript
45 (17.86 %)Oracle
54 (14.29 %)SOAP
54 (14.29 %)XML
54 (14.29 %)PHP
54 (14.29 %)PL/SQL
54 (14.29 %)SQL
54 (14.29 %)RDBMS
54 (14.29 %)PHP5
54 (14.29 %)PHP4
62 (7.143 %)Windows
62 (7.143 %)SQL Server
62 (7.143 %)Finance
71 (3.571 %)Handset
71 (3.571 %)Java
71 (3.571 %)Banking
71 (3.571 %)Retail
71 (3.571 %)Automated Testing
71 (3.571 %)Insurance
71 (3.571 %)VBScript
71 (3.571 %)VB
71 (3.571 %)ISEB
71 (3.571 %)EFT
71 (3.571 %)Mobile Commerce
71 (3.571 %)User Acceptance Testing
71 (3.571 %)Kalahari

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Woking 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.

Woking IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (14.29 %)SOAP
14 (14.29 %)XML
Woking IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (14.29 %)RDBMS
22 (7.143 %)SQL Server
Woking IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (21.43 %)Flash
Woking IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (35.71 %)Games
22 (7.143 %)Finance
31 (3.571 %)Banking
31 (3.571 %)Retail
31 (3.571 %)Insurance
Woking IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (50.00 %)Tester
114 (50.00 %)Software Tester
211 (39.29 %)QA Tester
36 (21.43 %)Analyst
45 (17.86 %)Senior Analyst
54 (14.29 %)Senior Analyst Developer
54 (14.29 %)Senior Developer
54 (14.29 %)Developer
54 (14.29 %)Analyst Developer
62 (7.143 %)Test Analyst
71 (3.571 %)Technical Support
71 (3.571 %)Support Engineer
71 (3.571 %)QA Manager
71 (3.571 %)QA Analyst
71 (3.571 %)Manual Tester
71 (3.571 %)Technical Support Engineer
71 (3.571 %)Senior Test Analyst
71 (3.571 %)Test Manager
71 (3.571 %)Technical Engineer
Woking IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.571 %)Handset
11 (3.571 %)EFT
Woking IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (7.143 %)Windows
Woking IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (46.43 %)Software Testing
26 (21.43 %)OOP
31 (3.571 %)Automated Testing
31 (3.571 %)Mobile Commerce
31 (3.571 %)User Acceptance Testing
Woking IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (21.43 %)ActionScript
24 (14.29 %)PHP
24 (14.29 %)PL/SQL
24 (14.29 %)SQL
24 (14.29 %)PHP5
24 (14.29 %)PHP4
31 (3.571 %)Java
31 (3.571 %)VBScript
31 (3.571 %)VB
Woking IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.571 %)ISEB
Woking IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (17.86 %)Oracle
21 (3.571 %)Kalahari