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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 525 458 599
Rank change year-on-year
-67 +141
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 334 479 280
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.332% 0.422% 0.235%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.351% 0.446% 0.249%
Number of salaries quoted 313 436 247
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £29,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £31,750
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +7.08%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95030 107492 112528
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.41% 94.80% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 79926 92829 95737
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Analyst
UK

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

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 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
London -58 187 £45,000 +5.88%
South East +20 73 £35,000 +1.44%
Yorkshire -24 26 £37,500 +7.14%
North West -18 16 £30,000 -4.76%
East of England -10 13 £30,000 -17.80%
South West +10 10 £36,250 +42.15%
West Midlands -18 5 £35,000 +16.66%
East Midlands -6 2 £26,000 -30.66%
Midlands - 1 £25,000 -
North East - 1 £30,000 -
QA Analyst
UK

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 640 (100.00%) QA
2 280 (43.75%) Selenium
3 229 (35.78%) SQL
4 217 (33.91%) Agile Software Development
5 175 (27.34%) Finance
6 170 (26.56%) Java
7 168 (26.25%) ISEB
8 161 (25.16%) .NET
9 156 (24.38%) Test Scripting
10 155 (24.22%) Software Testing
11 153 (23.91%) Automated Testing
12 140 (21.88%) C#
13 130 (20.31%) Degree
14 123 (19.22%) Manual Testing
15 116 (18.13%) Test Automation
15 116 (18.13%) QuickTest Pro
16 108 (16.88%) Automation Testing
17 103 (16.09%) Microsoft
18 99 (15.47%) SQL Server
19 94 (14.69%) E-Commerce
19 94 (14.69%) BDD
20 87 (13.59%) Banking
21 81 (12.66%) TDD
22 80 (12.50%) Cucumber
23 78 (12.19%) FitNesse
24 75 (11.72%) Windows
24 75 (11.72%) User Acceptance Testing
25 72 (11.25%) ISTQB
26 69 (10.78%) JIRA
27 63 (9.844%) Scrum

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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
1 161 (25.16%) .NET
2 49 (7.656%) Web Services
3 47 (7.344%) XML
4 39 (6.094%) ASP.NET
5 26 (4.063%) HTML
6 22 (3.438%) COM
7 20 (3.125%) soapUI
7 20 (3.125%) Silverlight
8 13 (2.031%) SOAP
8 13 (2.031%) Gherkin
9 8 (1.250%) REST
9 8 (1.250%) .NET Framework
9 8 (1.250%) J2EE
10 7 (1.094%) ASP
10 7 (1.094%) CSS
11 6 (0.938%) ASP.NET MVC
12 5 (0.781%) WPF
13 4 (0.625%) FIX Protocol
13 4 (0.625%) Ajax
13 4 (0.625%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 5 (0.781%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.625%) CMS
2 4 (0.625%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.313%) Confluence
3 2 (0.313%) ColdFusion
3 2 (0.313%) IIS
3 2 (0.313%) Apache
Applications
1 57 (8.906%) MS Excel
2 32 (5.000%) MS Office
3 10 (1.563%) MS Project
4 8 (1.250%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.094%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.313%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.156%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.156%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 41 (6.406%) HTTP
2 11 (1.719%) Internet
3 3 (0.469%) Broadband
3 3 (0.469%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.313%) FTP
5 1 (0.156%) SMTP
5 1 (0.156%) LDAP
5 1 (0.156%) Intranet
5 1 (0.156%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (15.47%) SQL Server
2 32 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
3 28 (4.375%) SQL Server 2005
4 13 (2.031%) MySQL
5 9 (1.406%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.250%) Big Data
7 5 (0.781%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.625%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.625%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.625%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.625%) DB2
9 2 (0.313%) QlikView
9 2 (0.313%) TOAD
9 2 (0.313%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.156%) Oracle 9i
10 1 (0.156%) SQL Server 2000
10 1 (0.156%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 280 (43.75%) Selenium
2 116 (18.13%) QuickTest Pro
3 80 (12.50%) Cucumber
4 78 (12.19%) FitNesse
5 69 (10.78%) JIRA
6 62 (9.688%) WebDriver
7 45 (7.031%) LoadRunner
8 33 (5.156%) WinRunner
9 26 (4.063%) TestComplete
10 19 (2.969%) Team Foundation Server
11 18 (2.813%) SpecFlow
11 18 (2.813%) WATIR
11 18 (2.813%) JMeter
12 16 (2.500%) JUnit
13 10 (1.563%) Subversion
13 10 (1.563%) Visual Studio
14 7 (1.094%) Rational Robot
15 6 (0.938%) Jenkins
15 6 (0.938%) Bugzilla
15 6 (0.938%) Eclipse
General
1 175 (27.34%) Finance
2 87 (13.59%) Banking
3 44 (6.875%) Investment Banking
4 24 (3.750%) Front Office
5 14 (2.188%) Law
6 11 (1.719%) Retail
6 11 (1.719%) Telecoms
6 11 (1.719%) Marketing
7 7 (1.094%) Publishing
8 5 (0.781%) Back Office
8 5 (0.781%) Financial Institution
9 4 (0.625%) Arabic Language
10 3 (0.469%) Games
10 3 (0.469%) Advertising
11 2 (0.313%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.313%) Billing
11 2 (0.313%) Russian Language
12 1 (0.156%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.125%) Derivative
2 45 (7.031%) Open Source
3 44 (6.875%) Enterprise Software
4 40 (6.250%) Computer Science
5 35 (5.469%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 34 (5.313%) Client/Server
7 31 (4.844%) Equities
8 30 (4.688%) Mobile App
9 23 (3.594%) EPoS
10 20 (3.125%) Mathematics
11 17 (2.656%) Digital Media
12 12 (1.875%) Hedge funds
13 9 (1.406%) SaaS
14 8 (1.250%) iPhone
15 7 (1.094%) Management Information System
15 7 (1.094%) Blog
15 7 (1.094%) iPad
16 6 (0.938%) Fixed Income
16 6 (0.938%) Credit Derivative
16 6 (0.938%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 75 (11.72%) Windows
2 53 (8.281%) UNIX
3 23 (3.594%) Linux
4 19 (2.969%) Windows Vista
4 19 (2.969%) Windows Server 2008
4 19 (2.969%) Windows 7
5 7 (1.094%) Mac OS X
6 6 (0.938%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.938%) Android
7 3 (0.469%) Solaris
8 1 (0.156%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.156%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.156%) Windows Phone 7
8 1 (0.156%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (33.91%) Agile Software Development
2 156 (24.38%) Test Scripting
3 155 (24.22%) Software Testing
4 153 (23.91%) Automated Testing
5 123 (19.22%) Manual Testing
6 116 (18.13%) Test Automation
7 108 (16.88%) Automation Testing
8 94 (14.69%) E-Commerce
8 94 (14.69%) BDD
9 81 (12.66%) TDD
10 75 (11.72%) User Acceptance Testing
11 63 (9.844%) Scrum
12 48 (7.500%) Regression Testing
13 45 (7.031%) Integration Testing
14 44 (6.875%) Scalability Testing
15 43 (6.719%) Agile Testing
16 40 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
17 33 (5.156%) Project Management
18 32 (5.000%) OO
18 32 (5.000%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 229 (35.78%) SQL
2 170 (26.56%) Java
3 140 (21.88%) C#
4 48 (7.500%) VB
5 41 (6.406%) VBScript
6 40 (6.250%) Python
7 39 (6.094%) Ruby
8 33 (5.156%) JavaScript
9 31 (4.844%) Perl
10 27 (4.219%) C++
11 20 (3.125%) VBA
12 16 (2.500%) C
13 11 (1.719%) PHP
14 9 (1.406%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.094%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.781%) Bash shell
17 4 (0.625%) Scala
17 4 (0.625%) Delphi
18 3 (0.469%) T-SQL
18 3 (0.469%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 168 (26.25%) ISEB
2 130 (20.31%) Degree
3 72 (11.25%) ISTQB
4 6 (0.938%) Postgraduate
5 1 (0.156%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 640 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (0.469%) ISO 9001
2 3 (0.469%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.156%) WAI
3 1 (0.156%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 3 (0.469%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 54 (8.438%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.156%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 103 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.781%) Oracle
3 22 (3.438%) HP
4 5 (0.781%) BT
5 3 (0.469%) VMware
5 3 (0.469%) ATG
5 3 (0.469%) Seapine
6 2 (0.313%) Cadis
6 2 (0.313%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.313%) Citrix
6 2 (0.313%) Hyperion
6 2 (0.313%) JBoss
7 1 (0.156%) Symbian
7 1 (0.156%) Informatica
7 1 (0.156%) Google
7 1 (0.156%) TOWER Software
7 1 (0.156%) Red Gate
7 1 (0.156%) Acunetix
7 1 (0.156%) Atlassian
London, Central London, South East England
Job Title: QA Test AnalystLocation: LondonSalary: Up to £50,000 per yearLeading Financial Service organisation are looking for a proactive, self-starting and experienced Test Analyst (Manual, QC)...
ITS Ingenium
Salary: £0 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
My client is a major global Investment Bank, with a rare opportunity for a dynamic Test or QA Analyst with a strong background testing as well as in...
Aston Carter
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Central London / West End
Skills required for the QA Analyst: Ability to create and execute manual test scripts, preferably for web-based applications. Experience implementing automated frameworks and using automation test tools (...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £42000 - £47000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
City of London
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
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
QA Engineer - Luton - £25,000-£27,500 Main Purpose of the Role A QA Engineer will fulfil both a roll as a QA test analyst supporting our test...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £25000 - £27500 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
QA Analyst (Java / J2EE / WebSphere / Selenium) responsibilities: Ensuring QA standards are met... Creating and maintaining automated test frameworks (using Java) Preparing and maintaining test plans for use on...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum plus package
Posted: 21 May 2013
York, North Yorkshire
Experience with any BDD tools such as Selinium, Cucumber or FitNesse... Functional, regression, ad-hoc and compatibility testing... Create test plans and manual test scripts. Perform automated testing.
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Unspecified Please get in touch to discuss salary information
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newbury, Thames Valley
Strong understanding of technical documentation review and requirements analysis. Understanding of quality process models and methodologies such as ISO, IEEE and ISEB Key responsibilities: Creating detailed Test Plans...
Satigo
Salary: £3000 - £3500 per annum + Benefit
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Skills & Responsibilities of the QA Test Analyst: - Experience with test automation tools (like Fitnesse, Selenium, QTP, Watir and others) and frameworks (like Capybara or Cucumber). - Notions of configuration...
NBS Recruitment
Salary: £35,000 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
QA Test Engineer / Analyst I am looking for a QA Test Engineer / Analyst with FIX protocol experience to join a Global Financial Organisation on a permanent basis.
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 22 May 2013
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,...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) Use of automated test tools (e.g... SpecFlow, Fitnesse, Cucumber) Knowledge of Web Service APIs (XML /XSD/WSDL/SOAP) Knowledge of Web...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Senior QA Analyst Essential Experience: - Strong software testing experience working within an Agile software development environment - Strong automation experience using Selenium Webdriver in Java - Strong experience in Open...
TRG
Salary: 45000-55000 Per Annum Bonus, benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
London
As a QA Test Analyst / Technical Tester you will test newly developed software, existing software upgrades and deployments to ensure quality is maintained; including manual testing (exploratory, negative...
Client Server
Salary: £35k to £40k + bonus (c15%) + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Understanding of networking TCP/IP and SQL Server. Experience with a scripting or programming language (C#, C++, Java, Python, Ruby) This is an excellent opportunity to establish your...
Client Server
Salary: £35k to £40k + bonus (c15%) + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013