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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank - 45 35
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 0 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton - 1.020% 0.433%
As % of the Job Titles category - 1.055% 0.452%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
Average salary - £37,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Job Titles
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
363 379 221
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 95.78% 96.68% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 304 296 198
Average salary £45,000 £42,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,750 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Analyst
Bedfordshire

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 9 (100.00%) QA
2 8 (88.89%) ISTQB
3 6 (66.67%) Web Services
3 6 (66.67%) Bugzilla
3 6 (66.67%) SQL
3 6 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (66.67%) Client/Server
3 6 (66.67%) ETL
3 6 (66.67%) ISEB
3 6 (66.67%) Risk Analysis
3 6 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 6 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 6 (66.67%) FogBugz
4 2 (22.22%) Manual Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Data Integration
4 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) Use Case
4 2 (22.22%) Web Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Web Development
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (11.11%) BDD
5 1 (11.11%) .NET
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
5 1 (11.11%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) MVC

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 6 (66.67%) Web Services
2 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (11.11%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Bugzilla
1 6 (66.67%) FogBugz
General
1 1 (11.11%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Client/Server
2 2 (22.22%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) ETL
1 6 (66.67%) Risk Analysis
1 6 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 6 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (22.22%) Manual Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Use Case
2 2 (22.22%) Web Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
3 1 (11.11%) MVC
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) Web Development
3 1 (11.11%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) ISTQB
2 6 (66.67%) ISEB
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) QA