The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Engineer
Rank 206 169 -
Rank change year-on-year
-37 -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 14 33 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.253% 0.633% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.265% 0.653% -
Number of salaries quoted 9 32 0
Average salary £40,000 £31,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5285 5050 4821
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 95.41% 96.84% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4205 4200 4068
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Engineer
England

QA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Yorkshire QA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire QA Engineer Salary Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Yorkshire QA Engineer Salary Histogram

QA Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
West Yorkshire -19 9 £40,000 +45.45%
South Yorkshire +3 5 £50,000 +58.73%
QA Engineer
England

QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title.

1 27 (100.00%) QA
2 17 (62.96%) Automated Testing
3 16 (59.26%) User Acceptance Testing
4 14 (51.85%) Java
4 14 (51.85%) .NET
5 9 (33.33%) ISEB
6 6 (22.22%) ISTQB
6 6 (22.22%) Waterfall
6 6 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
6 6 (22.22%) V-Model
6 6 (22.22%) Scrum
6 6 (22.22%) Legal
7 5 (18.52%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (18.52%) Software Testing
8 4 (14.81%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (14.81%) Test Scripting
8 4 (14.81%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (14.81%) Practice Management
8 4 (14.81%) LoadRunner
8 4 (14.81%) RAD
8 4 (14.81%) ERP
8 4 (14.81%) MySQL
8 4 (14.81%) Visual Studio
9 3 (11.11%) PHP
9 3 (11.11%) Selenium
9 3 (11.11%) Banking
9 3 (11.11%) Retail
9 3 (11.11%) Online Banking
10 2 (7.407%) Release Management
10 2 (7.407%) HP

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited QA Engineer in their job title 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 with QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (51.85%) .NET
Business Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.704%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Visual Studio
1 4 (14.81%) LoadRunner
1 4 (14.81%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 6 (22.22%) Legal
2 3 (11.11%) Banking
2 3 (11.11%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Online Banking
2 1 (3.704%) Mathematics
2 1 (3.704%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Automated Testing
2 16 (59.26%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (22.22%) V-Model
3 6 (22.22%) Waterfall
3 6 (22.22%) Scrum
4 5 (18.52%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (18.52%) Software Testing
5 4 (14.81%) Test Scripting
5 4 (14.81%) Practice Management
5 4 (14.81%) RAD
5 4 (14.81%) ERP
6 2 (7.407%) Validation
6 2 (7.407%) Release Management
6 2 (7.407%) Regression Testing
7 1 (3.704%) Manual Testing
7 1 (3.704%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.704%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (51.85%) Java
2 3 (11.11%) PHP
3 1 (3.704%) SQL
3 1 (3.704%) C
3 1 (3.704%) C#
3 1 (3.704%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) ISEB
2 6 (22.22%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.704%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (7.407%) HP
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Key skills for this role include; - Good manual testing experience - Good database knowledge - MYSQL/SQL - Good understanding of internet technologies and of the quality assurance industry - Working knowledge...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £30,000 p/a
Posted: 13 May 2013