The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the York 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 York region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 43 33 49
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +16
Permanent jobs citing QA 16 32 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 3.587% 7.323% 1.703%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 32.65% 62.75% 41.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8 17 7
Average salary £24,000 £37,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.00% -28.57%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
York
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
49 51 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 10.99% 11.67% 4.136%
Number of salaries quoted 11 27 17
Average salary £33,250 £37,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.33% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £38,800
10% offered a salary of more than £58,550 £55,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,153 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-2.80% +0.37%
QA
North Yorkshire

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

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

York QA Salary Histogram

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 32 (65.31%) Test Scripting
2 21 (42.86%) ISEB
3 20 (40.82%) Selenium
4 19 (38.78%) JIRA
4 19 (38.78%) Automated Testing
5 16 (32.65%) Agile Software Development
6 14 (28.57%) ISTQB
6 14 (28.57%) Security Testing
6 14 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (26.53%) Compatibility Testing
7 13 (26.53%) Manual Testing
7 13 (26.53%) SQL
8 12 (24.49%) SaaS
9 11 (22.45%) Performance Testing
9 11 (22.45%) .NET
10 10 (20.41%) HTML
10 10 (20.41%) JavaScript
10 10 (20.41%) Bugzilla
10 10 (20.41%) Test Management
11 9 (18.37%) Cucumber
12 8 (16.33%) Load Testing
13 7 (14.29%) Finance
13 7 (14.29%) Java
13 7 (14.29%) SQL Server
13 7 (14.29%) FitNesse
13 7 (14.29%) BDD
14 6 (12.24%) CSS
14 6 (12.24%) Client/Server
14 6 (12.24%) Replication
15 5 (10.20%) Workflow

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 11 (22.45%) .NET
2 10 (20.41%) HTML
3 6 (12.24%) CSS
4 4 (8.163%) WebSphere
4 4 (8.163%) XML
4 4 (8.163%) DOM
5 2 (4.082%) ASP
5 2 (4.082%) ASP.NET
6 1 (2.041%) Web Services
6 1 (2.041%) WCF
6 1 (2.041%) Razor View Engine
6 1 (2.041%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 5 (10.20%) SharePoint
1 5 (10.20%) IBM Notes
2 4 (8.163%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.041%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 5 (10.20%) MS Visio
1 5 (10.20%) MS Office
2 4 (8.163%) QuarkXPress
2 4 (8.163%) InDesign
3 3 (6.122%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.163%) Pentaho
3 3 (6.122%) Data Mining
4 1 (2.041%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.041%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.041%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 20 (40.82%) Selenium
2 19 (38.78%) JIRA
3 10 (20.41%) Bugzilla
4 9 (18.37%) Cucumber
5 7 (14.29%) FitNesse
6 5 (10.20%) TestDirector
6 5 (10.20%) Firebug
7 2 (4.082%) Jenkins
7 2 (4.082%) Hudson
7 2 (4.082%) LoadRunner
7 2 (4.082%) JMeter
8 1 (2.041%) SpecFlow
General
1 7 (14.29%) Finance
2 4 (8.163%) French Language
2 4 (8.163%) German Language
2 4 (8.163%) Portuguese Language
2 4 (8.163%) Spanish Language
2 4 (8.163%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 40 (81.63%) Analyst
2 26 (53.06%) Test Analyst
3 13 (26.53%) QA Analyst
4 8 (16.33%) Junior Analyst
4 8 (16.33%) Junior Test Analyst
4 8 (16.33%) Junior
5 6 (12.24%) QA Test Analyst
6 5 (10.20%) Business Analyst
7 4 (8.163%) Lead Test Analyst
8 3 (6.122%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (6.122%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (6.122%) Tester
8 3 (6.122%) Software Tester
9 2 (4.082%) Automated Test Engineer
9 2 (4.082%) Technical Business Analyst
9 2 (4.082%) Test Engineer
9 2 (4.082%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (4.082%) Developer
9 2 (4.082%) Data Analyst
10 1 (2.041%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (24.49%) SaaS
3 6 (12.24%) Client/Server
3 6 (12.24%) Replication
4 4 (8.163%) W3C
5 2 (4.082%) Open Source
5 2 (4.082%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Windows
2 4 (8.163%) Mac OS
2 4 (8.163%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (65.31%) Test Scripting
2 19 (38.78%) Automated Testing
3 16 (32.65%) Agile Software Development
4 14 (28.57%) Security Testing
5 13 (26.53%) Compatibility Testing
5 13 (26.53%) Manual Testing
6 11 (22.45%) Performance Testing
7 10 (20.41%) Test Management
8 8 (16.33%) Load Testing
9 7 (14.29%) BDD
10 5 (10.20%) Workflow
10 5 (10.20%) Process Management
10 5 (10.20%) UML
10 5 (10.20%) Business Analysis
10 5 (10.20%) Agile Testing
11 4 (8.163%) Master Data Management
11 4 (8.163%) Data Management
11 4 (8.163%) Data Modelling
12 3 (6.122%) PRINCE2
13 2 (4.082%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.53%) SQL
2 10 (20.41%) JavaScript
3 7 (14.29%) Java
4 4 (8.163%) Python
5 3 (6.122%) C#
6 2 (4.082%) PowerShell
6 2 (4.082%) T-SQL
7 1 (2.041%) XAML
7 1 (2.041%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 21 (42.86%) ISEB
2 14 (28.57%) ISTQB
3 3 (6.122%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.041%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.041%) 21 CFR Part 11
Vendors
1 5 (10.20%) Lotus
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.163%) Oracle
2 4 (8.163%) Adobe
3 1 (2.041%) Progress
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