QA Jobs in Nottinghamshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Nottinghamshire with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 3 months to 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Quality Assurance (QA) East Midlands > Nottinghamshire
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	26	22	25
Rank change year-on-year	-4	+3
Permanent jobs citing QA	76	110	111
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire	7.40%	10.40%	8.45%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	65.52%	50.46%	56.06%
Number of salaries quoted	64	98	121
Nottinghamshire median annual salary	£55,000	£50,000	£42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+10.00%	+17.64%
10th Percentile	£31,625	£31,179	£31,000
90th Percentile	£65,000	£60,000	£103,750
East Midlands median annual salary	£46,000	£45,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.22%	+12.50%

QA is in the quality assurance and compliance skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Nottinghamshire with a requirement for quality assurance and compliance skills.

Quality Assurance & Compliance Skills Nottinghamshire
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance and compliance skills	116	218	198
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Nottinghamshire	11.30%	20.60%	15.07%
Number of salaries quoted	112	203	215
Nottinghamshire median annual salary	£51,250	£50,000	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+2.50%	+11.11%
10th Percentile	£30,125	£26,350	£26,350
90th Percentile	£65,000	£99,750	£61,000
East Midlands median annual salary	£45,000	£42,962	£41,500
% change year-on-year	+4.74%	+3.52%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

Job postings citing QA as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Nottinghamshire

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Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA in Nottinghamshire.

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Salary Histogram in Nottinghamshire

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing QA in Nottinghamshire over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Salary histogram for QA in Nottinghamshire

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Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 29 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Nottingham	-4	75	£55,000	+10.00%	10
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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Nottinghamshire

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT jobs citing QA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Nottinghamshire region with a requirement for QA.

1	77 (54.61%)	Test Automation
2	64 (45.39%)	Selenium
3	62 (43.97%)	Agile Software Development
4	55 (39.01%)	Java
5	38 (26.95%)	Continuous Integration
6	36 (25.53%)	OO
7	34 (24.11%)	Manual Testing
8	33 (23.40%)	WebDriver
9	28 (19.86%)	Git (software)
9	28 (19.86%)	Software Engineering
9	28 (19.86%)	Defect Management
10	26 (18.44%)	Scrum
10	26 (18.44%)	OOP
10	26 (18.44%)	JIRA
10	26 (18.44%)	ISTQB

10	26 (18.44%)	RESTful
11	25 (17.73%)	Test Management
11	25 (17.73%)	TDD
12	22 (15.60%)	MVC
12	22 (15.60%)	SQL
13	21 (14.89%)	JDBC
13	21 (14.89%)	User Stories
14	20 (14.18%)	Cucumber
15	19 (13.48%)	C#
15	19 (13.48%)	Finance
15	19 (13.48%)	SDLC
16	18 (12.77%)	JavaScript
16	18 (12.77%)	Ant
16	18 (12.77%)	Test Scripting
16	18 (12.77%)	Maven

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Co-occurring IT Skills in Nottinghamshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	5 (3.55%)	BizTalk Server
1	5 (3.55%)	JBoss
1	5 (3.55%)	Tomcat
2	4 (2.84%)	CMS
3	1 (0.71%)	Confluence
3	1 (0.71%)	SAS

Applications
1	1 (0.71%)	Microsoft Excel
1	1 (0.71%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	1 (0.71%)	Dynamics CRM
1	1 (0.71%)	Northgate Housing

Cloud Services
1	6 (4.26%)	Amazon AWS
1	6 (4.26%)	Microsoft Azure
2	5 (3.55%)	SaaS
3	4 (2.84%)	Google Cloud Platform
3	4 (2.84%)	OpenShift

Communications & Networking
1	10 (7.09%)	TCP/IP
2	2 (1.42%)	HTTP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	3 (2.13%)	Big Data
1	3 (2.13%)	BusinessObjects
1	3 (2.13%)	Data Warehouse
1	3 (2.13%)	MySQL
1	3 (2.13%)	SQL Server
2	2 (1.42%)	SAP BW
3	1 (0.71%)	Power BI
3	1 (0.71%)	SAP Data Services
3	1 (0.71%)	SQL Server 2012
3	1 (0.71%)	SQL Server Integration Services

Development Applications
1	64 (45.39%)	Selenium
2	33 (23.40%)	WebDriver
3	28 (19.86%)	Git (software)
4	26 (18.44%)	JIRA
5	20 (14.18%)	Cucumber
6	18 (12.77%)	Ant
6	18 (12.77%)	Maven
7	16 (11.35%)	LoadRunner
8	9 (6.38%)	JMeter
9	8 (5.67%)	SoapUI
10	5 (3.55%)	JConsole
10	5 (3.55%)	Jenkins
10	5 (3.55%)	NeoLoad
10	5 (3.55%)	The Grinder
10	5 (3.55%)	VisualVM
11	4 (2.84%)	Appium
11	4 (2.84%)	Calabash
11	4 (2.84%)	MSTest
11	4 (2.84%)	NUnit
11	4 (2.84%)	SpecFlow

General
1	19 (13.48%)	Finance
2	7 (4.96%)	Legal
2	7 (4.96%)	Retail
2	7 (4.96%)	Telecoms
3	5 (3.55%)	Pharmaceutical
4	3 (2.13%)	Marketing
5	2 (1.42%)	Banking
5	2 (1.42%)	Games
6	1 (0.71%)	Advertising
6	1 (0.71%)	Multimedia

Job Titles
1	32 (22.70%)	Developer
2	27 (19.15%)	QA Engineer
3	25 (17.73%)	Analyst
4	20 (14.18%)	QA Leader
5	18 (12.77%)	Test Engineer
5	18 (12.77%)	Test Leader
6	15 (10.64%)	QA Analyst
7	13 (9.22%)	Java Developer
7	13 (9.22%)	QA Test Engineer
7	13 (9.22%)	Tester
8	12 (8.51%)	Developer in Test
9	11 (7.80%)	QA Automation Engineer
10	10 (7.09%)	QA Team Leader
10	10 (7.09%)	Software Developer
10	10 (7.09%)	Team Leader
11	9 (6.38%)	Java Engineer
12	8 (5.67%)	Automation Tester
12	8 (5.67%)	C# Developer
12	8 (5.67%)	Senior Developer
13	7 (4.96%)	Test Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	26 (18.44%)	RESTful
2	21 (14.89%)	JDBC
3	15 (10.64%)	.NET
4	14 (9.93%)	CSS
5	13 (9.22%)	XML
6	11 (7.80%)	HTML
7	7 (4.96%)	J2EE
7	7 (4.96%)	REST
8	5 (3.55%)	HTML5
8	5 (3.55%)	JSON
8	5 (3.55%)	LINQ
8	5 (3.55%)	WCF
8	5 (3.55%)	WF
8	5 (3.55%)	WPF
8	5 (3.55%)	WSDL
9	4 (2.84%)	Backbone.js
9	4 (2.84%)	CSS3
9	4 (2.84%)	jQuery
9	4 (2.84%)	SOAP
9	4 (2.84%)	XSLT

Miscellaneous
1	16 (11.35%)	Analytical Skills
2	9 (6.38%)	Greenfield Project
3	5 (3.55%)	Fintech
4	4 (2.84%)	Animation
4	4 (2.84%)	Client/Server
4	4 (2.84%)	Enterprise Software
4	4 (2.84%)	User Experience
5	3 (2.13%)	e-Learning
6	2 (1.42%)	Mainframe
6	2 (1.42%)	VLE
7	1 (0.71%)	Credit Risk
7	1 (0.71%)	Learning Management System
7	1 (0.71%)	Linux Command Line
7	1 (0.71%)	Management Information System
7	1 (0.71%)	Mobile App
7	1 (0.71%)	NHS
7	1 (0.71%)	PACS
7	1 (0.71%)	SCORM
7	1 (0.71%)	Social Media
7	1 (0.71%)	Virtual Team

Operating Systems
1	14 (9.93%)	Windows
2	7 (4.96%)	Unix
3	6 (4.26%)	Linux

Processes & Methodologies
1	77 (54.61%)	Test Automation
2	62 (43.97%)	Agile Software Development
3	38 (26.95%)	Continuous Integration
4	36 (25.53%)	OO
5	34 (24.11%)	Manual Testing
6	28 (19.86%)	Defect Management
6	28 (19.86%)	Software Engineering
7	26 (18.44%)	OOP
7	26 (18.44%)	Scrum
8	25 (17.73%)	TDD
8	25 (17.73%)	Test Management
9	22 (15.60%)	MVC
10	21 (14.89%)	User Stories
11	19 (13.48%)	SDLC
12	18 (12.77%)	Test Scripting
13	17 (12.06%)	Functional Testing
13	17 (12.06%)	Scenario Testing
13	17 (12.06%)	Software Testing
14	16 (11.35%)	Risk Management
14	16 (11.35%)	Test Strategy

Programming Languages
1	55 (39.01%)	Java
2	22 (15.60%)	SQL
3	19 (13.48%)	C#
4	18 (12.77%)	JavaScript
5	7 (4.96%)	Python
5	7 (4.96%)	T-SQL
6	5 (3.55%)	C++
6	5 (3.55%)	PL/SQL
6	5 (3.55%)	Ruby
7	3 (2.13%)	Go
7	3 (2.13%)	Perl
7	3 (2.13%)	PHP
7	3 (2.13%)	Scala
8	1 (0.71%)	C

Qualifications
1	26 (18.44%)	ISTQB
2	15 (10.64%)	Degree
3	8 (5.67%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
4	4 (2.84%)	ISEB

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	5 (3.55%)	PMO
2	4 (2.84%)	Section 508
2	4 (2.84%)	WCAG
3	1 (0.71%)	SLA

System Software
1	5 (3.55%)	Docker
2	1 (0.71%)	Active Directory

Systems Management
1	4 (2.84%)	Kubernetes
1	4 (2.84%)	Terraform
2	3 (2.13%)	HP Quality Center

Vendors
1	9 (6.38%)	Microsoft
2	7 (4.96%)	Oracle
3	5 (3.55%)	Cognizant
3	5 (3.55%)	Dynatrace
4	4 (2.84%)	Google
5	3 (2.13%)	SAP
6	2 (1.42%)	Remedy
7	1 (0.71%)	Atlassian
7	1 (0.71%)	Northgate