The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the City of London 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 17 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 254 293 284
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 63 33 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.540% 0.251% 0.340%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.582% 0.270% 0.363%
Number of salaries quoted 56 32 50
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £46,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% -8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10833 12236 14328
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.81% 93.06% 93.56%
Number of salaries quoted 9362 11128 12878
Average salary £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.94% -3.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Analyst
London

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Analyst across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London QA Analyst Salary Histogram

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 88 (100.00%) QA
2 51 (57.95%) Finance
3 43 (48.86%) SQL
4 39 (44.32%) Selenium
5 30 (34.09%) QuickTest Pro
6 24 (27.27%) Automated Testing
7 23 (26.14%) Java
8 21 (23.86%) Banking
9 20 (22.73%) Agile Software Development
10 19 (21.59%) ISEB
11 18 (20.45%) Manual Testing
12 17 (19.32%) HTTP
13 16 (18.18%) Regression Testing
13 16 (18.18%) Degree
14 15 (17.05%) Software Testing
15 13 (14.77%) Derivative
15 13 (14.77%) Investment Banking
15 13 (14.77%) Test Scripting
16 12 (13.64%) FitNesse
16 12 (13.64%) C#
17 11 (12.50%) .NET
17 11 (12.50%) JIRA
18 10 (11.36%) XML
19 9 (10.23%) Test Automation
19 9 (10.23%) Automation Testing
20 8 (9.091%) HP Quality Center
20 8 (9.091%) V-Model
20 8 (9.091%) TDD
20 8 (9.091%) VBA
21 7 (7.955%) Oracle

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 11 (12.50%) .NET
2 10 (11.36%) XML
3 5 (5.682%) Web Services
4 3 (3.409%) WCF
5 2 (2.273%) Spring
5 2 (2.273%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (2.273%) HTML
5 2 (2.273%) ASP
5 2 (2.273%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.136%) COM
6 1 (1.136%) LAMP
6 1 (1.136%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.273%) SharePoint
1 2 (2.273%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.273%) MS Excel
1 2 (2.273%) S-PLUS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (19.32%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.818%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.409%) MySQL
3 2 (2.273%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (2.273%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.273%) QlikView
3 2 (2.273%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 39 (44.32%) Selenium
2 30 (34.09%) QuickTest Pro
3 12 (13.64%) FitNesse
4 11 (12.50%) JIRA
5 7 (7.955%) Cucumber
6 6 (6.818%) JUnit
6 6 (6.818%) WebDriver
7 3 (3.409%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (2.273%) Visual Studio
8 2 (2.273%) ClearQuest
8 2 (2.273%) Mockito
9 1 (1.136%) Rational Robot
9 1 (1.136%) TestDirector
9 1 (1.136%) TestComplete
9 1 (1.136%) TestNG
9 1 (1.136%) Sahi
9 1 (1.136%) WATIR
9 1 (1.136%) SpecFlow
9 1 (1.136%) MonkeyTalk
9 1 (1.136%) Robotium
General
1 51 (57.95%) Finance
2 21 (23.86%) Banking
3 13 (14.77%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.136%) Advertising
4 1 (1.136%) Games
4 1 (1.136%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.136%) Front Office
4 1 (1.136%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.77%) Derivative
2 5 (5.682%) Mathematics
3 4 (4.545%) Open Source
3 4 (4.545%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.409%) Computer Science
5 2 (2.273%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.273%) Replication
5 2 (2.273%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.136%) Equities
6 1 (1.136%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.136%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.136%) Statistics
6 1 (1.136%) Spread Betting
6 1 (1.136%) iPhone
6 1 (1.136%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.136%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.409%) UNIX
2 2 (2.273%) Android
3 1 (1.136%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.136%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (27.27%) Automated Testing
2 20 (22.73%) Agile Software Development
3 18 (20.45%) Manual Testing
4 16 (18.18%) Regression Testing
5 15 (17.05%) Software Testing
6 13 (14.77%) Test Scripting
7 9 (10.23%) Test Automation
7 9 (10.23%) Automation Testing
8 8 (9.091%) V-Model
8 8 (9.091%) TDD
9 7 (7.955%) RAD
9 7 (7.955%) User Acceptance Testing
9 7 (7.955%) Test Management
10 6 (6.818%) Performance Testing
10 6 (6.818%) Scrum
11 5 (5.682%) E-Commerce
12 4 (4.545%) OOP
12 4 (4.545%) OO
12 4 (4.545%) Continuous Integration
12 4 (4.545%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 43 (48.86%) SQL
2 23 (26.14%) Java
3 12 (13.64%) C#
4 8 (9.091%) VBA
5 7 (7.955%) Shell Script
6 6 (6.818%) VBScript
7 5 (5.682%) VB
8 3 (3.409%) C++
8 3 (3.409%) Python
9 2 (2.273%) MATLAB
9 2 (2.273%) Ruby
9 2 (2.273%) R
9 2 (2.273%) C
9 2 (2.273%) Perl
10 1 (1.136%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.136%) JavaScript
10 1 (1.136%) Objective-C
10 1 (1.136%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 19 (21.59%) ISEB
2 16 (18.18%) Degree
3 4 (4.545%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 8 (9.091%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (7.955%) Oracle
2 4 (4.545%) HP
3 3 (3.409%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.273%) Cadis
4 2 (2.273%) Hyperion
5 1 (1.136%) TOWER Software
5 1 (1.136%) Google
5 1 (1.136%) Symbian
London, City of
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Salary: Up to UKP 50000 per year
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iKas International
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Huxley Associates is seeking a senior Test analyst position to join a Top Financial Derivatives House to work within their Derivatives Valuations department. The candidate will be working...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Key words: QTP, HP Quality Centre, System/ Regression Testing, SQL, VB Script, Shell Spripting... You will have a solid degree in a computing, mathematics or finance and between...
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Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
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