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The table below looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Wokingham 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
Rank3736
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads31
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below60.00 %8.333 %
Salaries quoted31
Average minimum salary£18,000£38,000
Average salary£21,500£41,500
% change on same period last year-48.19 %
Average maximum salary£25,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,959£38,913
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
Wokingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Wokingham
Matching permanent IT job ads512
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.005 %
Salaries quoted412
Average minimum salary£16,750£18,875
Average salary£19,563£20,502
% change on same period last year-4.58 %
Average maximum salary£22,375£22,129
UK excluding London average salary£40,116£39,773
% change on same period last year+0.86 %
QA BerkshireQA
Berkshire

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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 Wokingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Wokingham 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 Wokingham region.

Wokingham QA Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

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

Wokingham QA Salary Histogram

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Top 27 Related IT Skills

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

14 (66.67 %)Windows
23 (50.00 %)Linux
23 (50.00 %)Competitive Intelligence
32 (33.33 %)Software Testing
32 (33.33 %)UNIX
32 (33.33 %)Change Management
32 (33.33 %)C
32 (33.33 %)Java
32 (33.33 %).NET
32 (33.33 %)HP
41 (16.67 %)ISEB
41 (16.67 %)WinRunner
41 (16.67 %)TestDirector
41 (16.67 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (16.67 %)J2EE
41 (16.67 %)Oracle
41 (16.67 %)SQL Server
41 (16.67 %)IIS
41 (16.67 %)SQL
41 (16.67 %)Solaris
41 (16.67 %)TestPartner
41 (16.67 %)Finance
41 (16.67 %)JBoss
41 (16.67 %)Apache
41 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
41 (16.67 %)WebSphere
41 (16.67 %)Test Scripting

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Wokingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (33.33 %).NET
21 (16.67 %)J2EE
21 (16.67 %)WebSphere
Wokingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)IIS
11 (16.67 %)JBoss
11 (16.67 %)Apache
Wokingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
Wokingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)SQL Server
Wokingham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)WinRunner
11 (16.67 %)TestDirector
11 (16.67 %)QuickTest Pro
11 (16.67 %)TestPartner
Wokingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Finance
Wokingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Product Manager
12 (33.33 %)Analyst
12 (33.33 %)Product Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Project Manager
21 (16.67 %)Tester
21 (16.67 %)Software Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Senior QA Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Development Manager
21 (16.67 %)QA Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Product Development Manager
21 (16.67 %)Test Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Senior Software Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Software Test Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Hardware Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Senior Test Engineer
Wokingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (66.67 %)Windows
23 (50.00 %)Linux
32 (33.33 %)UNIX
41 (16.67 %)Solaris
Wokingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)Competitive Intelligence
22 (33.33 %)Software Testing
22 (33.33 %)Change Management
31 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
Wokingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (33.33 %)C
12 (33.33 %)Java
21 (16.67 %)SQL
Wokingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)ISEB
Wokingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)HP
21 (16.67 %)Oracle