The first table below looks at the demand for QA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance (QA)
Rank 31 45 90
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +45
Permanent jobs citing QA 353 257 118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 6.347% 4.866% 2.387%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 51.31% 46.64% 33.81%
Number of salaries quoted 291 218 97
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,800 £26,000 £26,200
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,250 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
688 551 349
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 12.37% 10.43% 7.060%
Number of salaries quoted 525 445 287
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,900 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
QA
England

QA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire QA Salary Trend

QA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Yorkshire QA Salary Histogram

QA
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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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 +20 281 £37,500 -
South Yorkshire +7 46 £44,000 +60.00%
North Yorkshire -18 28 £35,000 -3.44%
QA
England

QA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 216 (31.17%) SQL
2 176 (25.40%) Finance
3 170 (24.53%) Agile Software Development
4 166 (23.95%) .NET
5 154 (22.22%) Java
6 146 (21.07%) SQL Server
7 139 (20.06%) Test Scripting
8 125 (18.04%) Project Management
9 119 (17.17%) ISEB
10 115 (16.59%) Selenium
11 110 (15.87%) Microsoft
12 109 (15.73%) User Acceptance Testing
13 103 (14.86%) OO
14 100 (14.43%) C#
15 93 (13.42%) Automated Testing
16 91 (13.13%) Test Management
17 85 (12.27%) Test Automation
18 78 (11.26%) Degree
19 75 (10.82%) SQL Server 2005
20 74 (10.68%) SQL Server 2008
21 73 (10.53%) Web Services
21 73 (10.53%) QuickTest Pro
22 71 (10.25%) ASP.NET
23 70 (10.10%) TDD
24 67 (9.668%) XML
25 66 (9.524%) JavaScript
26 65 (9.380%) Unit Testing
27 64 (9.235%) Software Testing
27 64 (9.235%) Visual Studio
28 63 (9.091%) T-SQL

QA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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
1 166 (23.95%) .NET
2 73 (10.53%) Web Services
3 71 (10.25%) ASP.NET
4 67 (9.668%) XML
5 52 (7.504%) HTML
6 44 (6.349%) SOAP
7 43 (6.205%) CSS
8 36 (5.195%) jQuery
9 34 (4.906%) WCF
10 29 (4.185%) Hibernate
11 26 (3.752%) Razor View Engine
12 24 (3.463%) J2EE
13 21 (3.030%) .NET Framework
14 18 (2.597%) GWT
14 18 (2.597%) Ajax
14 18 (2.597%) Vaadin
14 18 (2.597%) OSGi
14 18 (2.597%) JFace
14 18 (2.597%) Qt
14 18 (2.597%) JavaFX
Application Platforms
1 14 (2.020%) SharePoint
1 14 (2.020%) WebLogic
2 11 (1.587%) Lotus Notes
3 8 (1.154%) OpenEdge
4 5 (0.722%) BizTalk Server
4 5 (0.722%) ESB
5 4 (0.577%) IIS
6 3 (0.433%) CMS
7 2 (0.289%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.289%) Apache
8 1 (0.144%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.144%) SAS
8 1 (0.144%) Confluence
8 1 (0.144%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.144%) Liferay
8 1 (0.144%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 50 (7.215%) MS Excel
2 37 (5.339%) MS Office
3 17 (2.453%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.577%) InDesign
4 4 (0.577%) QuarkXPress
5 1 (0.144%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (1.299%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.010%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.289%) Bond Adapt
4 1 (0.144%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.144%) SAP SCM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.010%) HTTP
1 7 (1.010%) Internet
2 4 (0.577%) RIP
3 3 (0.433%) Intranet
3 3 (0.433%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.289%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.289%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (21.07%) SQL Server
2 75 (10.82%) SQL Server 2005
3 74 (10.68%) SQL Server 2008
4 32 (4.618%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 27 (3.896%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 22 (3.175%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 20 (2.886%) Oracle 10g
8 19 (2.742%) Oracle 9i
8 19 (2.742%) Oracle 11g
9 16 (2.309%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (2.309%) RDBMS
10 8 (1.154%) Data Mining
11 7 (1.010%) GIS
12 6 (0.866%) MySQL
13 4 (0.577%) Pentaho
13 4 (0.577%) DTS
14 2 (0.289%) Oracle Reports
14 2 (0.289%) DB2
15 1 (0.144%) MS Access
15 1 (0.144%) SQL Server 7
Development Applications
1 115 (16.59%) Selenium
2 73 (10.53%) QuickTest Pro
3 64 (9.235%) Visual Studio
4 55 (7.937%) Cucumber
5 47 (6.782%) JIRA
6 42 (6.061%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (4.040%) JUnit
7 28 (4.040%) LoadRunner
8 27 (3.896%) Subversion
9 22 (3.175%) FitNesse
10 19 (2.742%) Bugzilla
11 18 (2.597%) Eclipse RCP
11 18 (2.597%) JProfiler
11 18 (2.597%) Eclipse
12 13 (1.876%) TestDirector
13 9 (1.299%) SpecFlow
14 7 (1.010%) WebSpeed
14 7 (1.010%) JMeter
14 7 (1.010%) WebDriver
15 5 (0.722%) Hudson
General
1 176 (25.40%) Finance
2 18 (2.597%) Retail
3 12 (1.732%) Games
4 11 (1.587%) Legal
5 10 (1.443%) Law
6 7 (1.010%) Banking
7 4 (0.577%) French Language
7 4 (0.577%) German Language
7 4 (0.577%) Portuguese Language
7 4 (0.577%) Spanish Language
7 4 (0.577%) Swedish Language
7 4 (0.577%) Marketing
7 4 (0.577%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (0.433%) Back Office
9 1 (0.144%) Electronics
9 1 (0.144%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.144%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.144%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 201 (29.00%) Analyst
2 171 (24.68%) Developer
3 137 (19.77%) Test Analyst
4 121 (17.46%) Tester
5 60 (8.658%) QA Analyst
6 47 (6.782%) QA Tester
6 47 (6.782%) Senior Developer
7 41 (5.916%) Test Manager
7 41 (5.916%) Automated Tester
8 35 (5.051%) QA Test Analyst
9 33 (4.762%) Web Tester
10 30 (4.329%) Java Developer
10 30 (4.329%) Automation Tester
11 28 (4.040%) Test Leader
11 28 (4.040%) QA Engineer
12 27 (3.896%) Team Leader
12 27 (3.896%) Business Analyst
13 26 (3.752%) Architect
13 26 (3.752%) SQL Developer
13 26 (3.752%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.483%) Computer Science
2 32 (4.618%) Enterprise Software
3 30 (4.329%) Data Integration
4 22 (3.175%) Open Source
5 17 (2.453%) Client/Server
6 15 (2.165%) Replication
6 15 (2.165%) SaaS
7 7 (1.010%) Mainframe
7 7 (1.010%) Management Information System
8 5 (0.722%) N-Tier
9 4 (0.577%) Biotechnology
9 4 (0.577%) W3C
10 3 (0.433%) IVR
10 3 (0.433%) E-Learning
10 3 (0.433%) AS400
10 3 (0.433%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.433%) Social Media
10 3 (0.433%) Online Banking
10 3 (0.433%) Mathematics
11 2 (0.289%) Speech Recognition
Operating Systems
1 49 (7.071%) Windows
2 24 (3.463%) Linux
3 22 (3.175%) UNIX
4 10 (1.443%) Ubuntu
4 10 (1.443%) Mac OS X
5 4 (0.577%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.577%) Solaris
6 3 (0.433%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.433%) Android
7 2 (0.289%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.289%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (24.53%) Agile Software Development
2 139 (20.06%) Test Scripting
3 125 (18.04%) Project Management
4 109 (15.73%) User Acceptance Testing
5 103 (14.86%) OO
6 93 (13.42%) Automated Testing
7 91 (13.13%) Test Management
8 85 (12.27%) Test Automation
9 70 (10.10%) TDD
10 65 (9.380%) Unit Testing
11 64 (9.235%) Software Testing
12 61 (8.802%) E-Commerce
12 61 (8.802%) MVC
13 60 (8.658%) Scrum
14 56 (8.081%) Business Analysis
15 47 (6.782%) Continuous Integration
16 45 (6.494%) Pair Programming
17 42 (6.061%) DSDM
18 41 (5.916%) ITIL
18 41 (5.916%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 216 (31.17%) SQL
2 154 (22.22%) Java
3 100 (14.43%) C#
4 66 (9.524%) JavaScript
5 63 (9.091%) T-SQL
6 29 (4.185%) VB.NET
7 28 (4.040%) PL/SQL
8 26 (3.752%) XAML
9 19 (2.742%) Shell Script
10 16 (2.309%) PHP
11 15 (2.165%) C++
11 15 (2.165%) Delphi
12 14 (2.020%) Perl
13 12 (1.732%) VB
14 8 (1.154%) Progress 4GL
14 8 (1.154%) VBScript
15 7 (1.010%) VC++
16 6 (0.866%) PowerShell
16 6 (0.866%) C
17 4 (0.577%) Python
Qualifications
1 119 (17.17%) ISEB
2 78 (11.26%) Degree
3 48 (6.926%) ISTQB
4 4 (0.577%) Security Cleared
4 4 (0.577%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (0.433%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (0.433%) MBA
6 1 (0.144%) CISSP
6 1 (0.144%) ACCA
6 1 (0.144%) GIAC
6 1 (0.144%) CIMA
6 1 (0.144%) CISA
6 1 (0.144%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.144%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.876%) SLA
2 6 (0.866%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (0.577%) GCP
4 1 (0.144%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.144%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.144%) BS25999
4 1 (0.144%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (0.289%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 43 (6.205%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (0.722%) Tivoli
2 5 (0.722%) Control-M
Vendors
1 110 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 58 (8.369%) Oracle
3 20 (2.886%) HP
4 19 (2.742%) IBM
5 15 (2.165%) Borland
6 14 (2.020%) hybris
6 14 (2.020%) ATG
7 11 (1.587%) Lotus
8 8 (1.154%) Progress
9 6 (0.866%) Omniture
9 6 (0.866%) SAP
10 5 (0.722%) Adobe
10 5 (0.722%) BEA
11 4 (0.577%) Google
11 4 (0.577%) TIBCO
11 4 (0.577%) Sun
12 3 (0.433%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.433%) LANDesk
13 2 (0.289%) Zend
13 2 (0.289%) VMware
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