The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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 24 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 125 122 132
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 9 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.442% 0.209% 0.143%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.460% 0.220% 0.152%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 2
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £36,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £35,000 £36,550
10% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £35,000 £36,950
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £31,750
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +7.08%
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1955 1821 1978
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 96.12% 94.99% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1687 1539 1745
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,575 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Analyst
South East

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Analyst within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Milton Keynes -11 9 £32,500 -7.14%
QA Analyst
South East

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 11 (100.00%) QA
2 10 (90.91%) Test Scripting
2 10 (90.91%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (72.73%) Degree
4 7 (63.64%) Automated Testing
5 6 (54.55%) ISEB
5 6 (54.55%) C#
6 5 (45.45%) SQL
6 5 (45.45%) .NET
6 5 (45.45%) Computer Science
7 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
7 4 (36.36%) Scrum
7 4 (36.36%) UNIX
8 3 (27.27%) Delphi
8 3 (27.27%) Java
8 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET
8 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
8 3 (27.27%) BT
8 3 (27.27%) WebDriver
8 3 (27.27%) JIRA
8 3 (27.27%) Selenium
9 2 (18.18%) MSF
9 2 (18.18%) System Testing
9 2 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (18.18%) Windows
9 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
9 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
10 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
10 1 (9.091%) N-Tier
10 1 (9.091%) Change Management

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Application Development
1 5 (45.45%) .NET
2 3 (27.27%) ASP.NET
3 1 (9.091%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) WebDriver
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
1 3 (27.27%) Selenium
2 2 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
3 1 (9.091%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Computer Science
2 1 (9.091%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) UNIX
2 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Test Scripting
1 10 (90.91%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (63.64%) Automated Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Scrum
4 2 (18.18%) MSF
4 2 (18.18%) System Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Change Management
5 1 (9.091%) Regression Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Manual Testing
5 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Load Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) C#
2 5 (45.45%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) Delphi
3 3 (27.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Degree
2 6 (54.55%) ISEB
3 1 (9.091%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 3 (27.27%) BT