The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England 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 23 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 of England region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 249 239 249
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 13 33 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.159% 0.378% 0.351%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.166% 0.391% 0.370%
Number of salaries quoted 13 29 21
Average salary £30,000 £36,500 £31,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.80% +14.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,200 £26,900 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,600 £51,000 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £31,750
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +7.08%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7811 8433 9185
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.35% 96.65% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6806 7055 7869
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Analyst across the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England QA Analyst Salary Histogram

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 of England region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cambridgeshire +3 5 £30,000 -25.00%
Norfolk +3 3 £34,000 +58.13%
Hertfordshire -1 3 £33,000 -34.00%
Bedfordshire -16 2 £33,750 +3.84%
QA Analyst
England

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 48 (100.00%) QA
2 18 (37.50%) ISEB
3 17 (35.42%) Software Testing
4 15 (31.25%) SQL
5 13 (27.08%) Windows
6 12 (25.00%) ISTQB
6 12 (25.00%) Test Scripting
6 12 (25.00%) Test Automation
7 10 (20.83%) Degree
7 10 (20.83%) C#
8 9 (18.75%) .NET
8 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
8 9 (18.75%) Selenium
9 8 (16.67%) Web Testing
9 8 (16.67%) Client/Server
10 7 (14.58%) Linux
10 7 (14.58%) Java
10 7 (14.58%) Finance
11 6 (12.50%) Postgraduate
11 6 (12.50%) E-Commerce
12 5 (10.42%) MS Excel
12 5 (10.42%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (10.42%) ETL
12 5 (10.42%) UNIX
12 5 (10.42%) Web Services
12 5 (10.42%) Bugzilla
12 5 (10.42%) Scrum
12 5 (10.42%) Regression Testing
12 5 (10.42%) FogBugz
12 5 (10.42%) BDD

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 9 (18.75%) .NET
2 5 (10.42%) Web Services
3 4 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC
3 4 (8.333%) ASP.NET
4 3 (6.250%) COM
4 3 (6.250%) RESTful
5 2 (4.167%) .NET Framework
5 2 (4.167%) XML
5 2 (4.167%) HTML
6 1 (2.083%) WSH
Applications
1 5 (10.42%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.083%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.42%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.083%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.083%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 9 (18.75%) Selenium
2 5 (10.42%) Bugzilla
2 5 (10.42%) FogBugz
3 3 (6.250%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (6.250%) SpecFlow
4 1 (2.083%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.083%) WebDriver
General
1 7 (14.58%) Finance
2 1 (2.083%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (2.083%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.67%) Client/Server
2 2 (4.167%) Data Integration
2 2 (4.167%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.083%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.083%) Open Source
3 1 (2.083%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (27.08%) Windows
2 7 (14.58%) Linux
3 5 (10.42%) UNIX
4 3 (6.250%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (35.42%) Software Testing
2 12 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 12 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 8 (16.67%) Web Testing
4 6 (12.50%) E-Commerce
5 5 (10.42%) ETL
5 5 (10.42%) Scrum
5 5 (10.42%) Regression Testing
5 5 (10.42%) BDD
5 5 (10.42%) Risk Analysis
6 4 (8.333%) Web Development
6 4 (8.333%) Test Strategy
6 4 (8.333%) MVC
6 4 (8.333%) Automated Testing
6 4 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (8.333%) TDD
7 3 (6.250%) OO
7 3 (6.250%) Data Analysis
7 3 (6.250%) Project Management
7 3 (6.250%) Agile Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (31.25%) SQL
2 10 (20.83%) C#
3 7 (14.58%) Java
4 3 (6.250%) PL/SQL
4 3 (6.250%) PowerShell
5 2 (4.167%) Ruby
5 2 (4.167%) Python
5 2 (4.167%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.083%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (37.50%) ISEB
2 12 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 10 (20.83%) Degree
4 6 (12.50%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (6.250%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.333%) Oracle
3 1 (2.083%) HP
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