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The table below looks at the demand for the QA Analyst role in IT jobs within the Bedford region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Quality Assurance Analyst
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank44-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.284 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£30,000-
Average salary£30,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£30,000-
UK excluding London average salary£30,015£27,649
% change on same period last year+8.55 %
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads352237
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.195 %0.099 %
Salaries quoted331216
Average minimum salary£32,019£31,752
Average salary£34,708£33,934
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Average maximum salary£37,397£36,116
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
QA Analyst BedfordshireQA Analyst
Bedfordshire

QA Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA Analyst across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bedford QA Analyst Demand Trend

QA Analyst
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA Analyst across the Bedford region.

Bedford QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford region that cited QA Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title.

14 (100.00 %)QA
23 (75.00 %)SQL
32 (50.00 %)Oracle
32 (50.00 %)Java
32 (50.00 %)UNIX
32 (50.00 %)TOAD
32 (50.00 %)Degree
32 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
41 (25.00 %)Release Management
41 (25.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (25.00 %)ISEB
41 (25.00 %)Empirix
41 (25.00 %)TestDirector
41 (25.00 %)SQLPlus
41 (25.00 %)Rational Robot
41 (25.00 %)Finance
41 (25.00 %)Education
41 (25.00 %)Apache
41 (25.00 %)CRM
41 (25.00 %)C#
41 (25.00 %)IIS
41 (25.00 %)XML
41 (25.00 %)HNC

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford region that cited QA Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)XML
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)IIS
11 (25.00 %)Apache
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)TOAD
21 (25.00 %)SQLPlus
Bedford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)TestDirector
11 (25.00 %)Rational Robot
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Finance
11 (25.00 %)Education
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)UNIX
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Automated Testing
21 (25.00 %)Release Management
21 (25.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
21 (25.00 %)CRM
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)SQL
22 (50.00 %)Java
31 (25.00 %)C#
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (50.00 %)Degree
21 (25.00 %)HNC
21 (25.00 %)ISEB
Bedford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (100.00 %)QA
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (25.00 %)Empirix