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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 161 159 162
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 3 7 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.098% 0.205% 0.276%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.103% 0.216% 0.287%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 9
Average salary £26,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.71% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,400 £25,950 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £29,600 £44,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2905 3239 3482
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 94.97% 95.01% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2480 2893 2979
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Analyst
England

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Nottinghamshire -4 1 £30,500 -12.85%
Derbyshire - 1 - -
Leicestershire - 1 £21,500 -
QA Analyst
England

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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
2 4 (80.00%) ISEB
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
3 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Automation Testing
4 2 (40.00%) C#
4 2 (40.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
4 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (40.00%) Retail
4 2 (40.00%) Stress Testing
4 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (40.00%) .NET
4 2 (40.00%) MS Office
5 1 (20.00%) COM
5 1 (20.00%) SOAP
5 1 (20.00%) Web Services
5 1 (20.00%) XML
5 1 (20.00%) Windows
5 1 (20.00%) IIS
5 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
5 1 (20.00%) HTTP
5 1 (20.00%) HP
5 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Time Management
5 1 (20.00%) TestComplete
5 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 (40.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) COM
2 1 (20.00%) SOAP
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) JSON
2 1 (20.00%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Office
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (40.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) TestComplete
General
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Automation Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Stress Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) V-Model
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) ISEB
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) HP
Leicester, Leicestershire
To be considered for the Technical QA Analyst position, you must have the following: Technical skills Test Driven Development (desirable) SQL/Microsoft SQL Server (essential) Understanding of XML,...
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013