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

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 132 118 -
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 12 19 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.464% 0.885% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.487% 0.910% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 19 0
Average salary £31,500 £28,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.52% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £31,750
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +7.08%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2463 2088 1772
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 95.24% 97.21% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1976 1730 1502
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
QA Analyst
West Yorkshire

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Analyst across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Leeds QA Analyst Salary Histogram

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 39 (100.00%) QA
2 24 (61.54%) .NET
3 23 (58.97%) User Acceptance Testing
4 20 (51.28%) Java
4 20 (51.28%) Automated Testing
5 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
6 9 (23.08%) Test Scripting
7 8 (20.51%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (17.95%) Team Foundation Server
8 7 (17.95%) Selenium
8 7 (17.95%) Finance
8 7 (17.95%) User Stories
9 6 (15.38%) HP Quality Center
9 6 (15.38%) MS Office
9 6 (15.38%) FitNesse
9 6 (15.38%) Test Management
10 5 (12.82%) Test Automation
10 5 (12.82%) Business Analysis
10 5 (12.82%) SQL
10 5 (12.82%) ISEB
11 4 (10.26%) QuickTest Pro
11 4 (10.26%) HP
11 4 (10.26%) WSDL
11 4 (10.26%) SQL Server
11 4 (10.26%) SOAP
11 4 (10.26%) Web Services
11 4 (10.26%) XML
11 4 (10.26%) XSD
11 4 (10.26%) DSDM
11 4 (10.26%) Usability Testing

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 24 (61.54%) .NET
2 4 (10.26%) WSDL
2 4 (10.26%) SOAP
2 4 (10.26%) Web Services
2 4 (10.26%) XML
2 4 (10.26%) XSD
2 4 (10.26%) soapUI
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.564%) DB2
Development Applications
1 7 (17.95%) Team Foundation Server
1 7 (17.95%) Selenium
2 6 (15.38%) FitNesse
3 4 (10.26%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (10.26%) SpecFlow
3 4 (10.26%) Cucumber
4 2 (5.128%) JUnit
4 2 (5.128%) DbUnit
General
1 7 (17.95%) Finance
2 1 (2.564%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.564%) iSeries
1 1 (2.564%) Computer Science
1 1 (2.564%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (58.97%) User Acceptance Testing
2 20 (51.28%) Automated Testing
3 9 (23.08%) Test Scripting
4 8 (20.51%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (17.95%) User Stories
6 6 (15.38%) Test Management
7 5 (12.82%) Test Automation
7 5 (12.82%) Business Analysis
8 4 (10.26%) DSDM
8 4 (10.26%) Usability Testing
8 4 (10.26%) ATDD
8 4 (10.26%) BDD
9 3 (7.692%) Change Control
9 3 (7.692%) Test Strategy
9 3 (7.692%) Use Case
9 3 (7.692%) Software Testing
9 3 (7.692%) Regression Testing
9 3 (7.692%) Project Management
10 2 (5.128%) E-Commerce
11 1 (2.564%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (51.28%) Java
2 5 (12.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) ISEB
2 3 (7.692%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.564%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (15.38%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) HP
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...
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Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013