The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 19 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 19 41 31
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -10
Permanent jobs citing QA 23 6 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 10.13% 2.264% 2.871%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 76.67% 26.09% 75.00%
Number of salaries quoted 23 6 5
Average salary £36,000 £30,250 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.00% +40.69%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
30 23 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 13.22% 8.679% 3.828%
Number of salaries quoted 29 21 7
Average salary £35,000 £47,500 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.31% +120.93%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,153 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-2.80% +0.37%
QA
West Midlands

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 19 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
Redditch -5 14 £37,000 +13.84%
Worcester +13 6 £25,768 +43.15%
QA
West Midlands

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 26 (86.67%) SQL
2 15 (50.00%) Selenium
2 15 (50.00%) Manual Testing
3 14 (46.67%) Automated Testing
3 14 (46.67%) Finance
3 14 (46.67%) Oracle
3 14 (46.67%) Windows
4 11 (36.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (30.00%) UNIX
5 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
5 9 (30.00%) PL/SQL
6 8 (26.67%) .NET
6 8 (26.67%) SQL Server
6 8 (26.67%) SQLPlus
6 8 (26.67%) TOAD
7 7 (23.33%) Test Scripting
7 7 (23.33%) ISEB
7 7 (23.33%) Windows 2000
7 7 (23.33%) COM
7 7 (23.33%) VB
7 7 (23.33%) C#
7 7 (23.33%) C++
7 7 (23.33%) HTML
7 7 (23.33%) Java
8 6 (20.00%) WebLogic
8 6 (20.00%) JBoss
8 6 (20.00%) Tomcat
8 6 (20.00%) Software Engineering
9 5 (16.67%) Linux
10 4 (13.33%) MS Office

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 8 (26.67%) .NET
2 7 (23.33%) COM
2 7 (23.33%) HTML
3 3 (10.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (20.00%) WebLogic
1 6 (20.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (13.33%) MS Office
2 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (26.67%) SQL Server
1 8 (26.67%) SQLPlus
1 8 (26.67%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 15 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (3.333%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 14 (46.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Tester
2 8 (26.67%) Analyst
2 8 (26.67%) Test Analyst
3 7 (23.33%) Systems Analyst
3 7 (23.33%) Systems Test Analyst
4 5 (16.67%) Systems Tester
4 5 (16.67%) QA Tester
5 4 (13.33%) Test Manager
5 4 (13.33%) Software Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Coordinator
5 4 (13.33%) Support Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Test Coordinator
5 4 (13.33%) Software Support Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) UAT Test Manager
6 3 (10.00%) Team Leader
6 3 (10.00%) UAT Manager
7 2 (6.667%) Lead Tester
7 2 (6.667%) Graduate
7 2 (6.667%) Software Developer
7 2 (6.667%) Junior
Operating Systems
1 14 (46.67%) Windows
2 9 (30.00%) UNIX
3 7 (23.33%) Windows 2000
4 5 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 14 (46.67%) Automated Testing
3 11 (36.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (23.33%) Test Scripting
5 6 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 4 (13.33%) Release Management
7 3 (10.00%) Regression Testing
7 3 (10.00%) E-Commerce
7 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.667%) Time Management
8 2 (6.667%) Business Analysis
8 2 (6.667%) Systems Analysis
9 1 (3.333%) Software Testing
9 1 (3.333%) Scrum
9 1 (3.333%) Performance Testing
9 1 (3.333%) Test Management
9 1 (3.333%) Bug Management
9 1 (3.333%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (86.67%) SQL
2 9 (30.00%) PL/SQL
3 7 (23.33%) VB
3 7 (23.33%) C#
3 7 (23.33%) C++
3 7 (23.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) ISEB
2 2 (6.667%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.333%) Degree
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) Oracle
2 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (20.00%) JBoss