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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 115 119 113
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 5 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.281% 0.102% 0.123%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.293% 0.107% 0.130%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 2
Average salary £26,250 £29,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.01% -9.23%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1704 1866 1534
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.73% 95.59% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1350 1639 1307
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Analyst
North West

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Warrington +21 4 £25,000 -15.25%
QA Analyst
North West

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 9 (100.00%) QA
2 6 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 6 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 6 (66.67%) SQL
3 5 (55.56%) Automated Testing
4 4 (44.44%) Selenium
5 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
5 3 (33.33%) Oracle
5 3 (33.33%) NUnit
6 2 (22.22%) JIRA
6 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
6 2 (22.22%) ISEB
6 2 (22.22%) FTP
6 2 (22.22%) XML
6 2 (22.22%) Linux
6 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
6 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
7 1 (11.11%) Workflow
7 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
7 1 (11.11%) RDBMS
7 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
7 1 (11.11%) DB2
7 1 (11.11%) VB
7 1 (11.11%) C
7 1 (11.11%) C++
7 1 (11.11%) Perl
7 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
7 1 (11.11%) NHS
7 1 (11.11%) CCTV

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (22.22%) XML
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) DB2
1 1 (11.11%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Selenium
2 3 (33.33%) NUnit
3 2 (22.22%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
1 1 (11.11%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 6 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 5 (55.56%) Automated Testing
3 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
4 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
5 1 (11.11%) Automation Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) VB
2 1 (11.11%) C
2 1 (11.11%) C++
2 1 (11.11%) Perl
2 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ISEB
1 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle