The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. 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 20 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 120 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.173% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.178% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £40,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1685 1671 1658
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.23% 94.84% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1467 1473 1351
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Analyst
South West

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol QA Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

QA Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Bristol QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Analyst across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Bristol QA Analyst Salary Histogram

QA Analyst
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 5 (100.00%) QA
1 5 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) ISEB
3 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (40.00%) C#
3 2 (40.00%) Java
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (40.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (40.00%) UML
3 2 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) ERD
3 2 (40.00%) Cucumber
3 2 (40.00%) Automation Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Selenium
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Scalability Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
1 2 (40.00%) Cucumber
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Scalability Testing
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (40.00%) ERD
2 2 (40.00%) Automation Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle