The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Test 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Test Analyst
Rank 190 166 167
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Test Analyst 4 9 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.099% 0.248% 0.152%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.103% 0.257% 0.158%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 6
Average salary £35,000 £31,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +5.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+17.64% +4.61%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3875 3500 3791
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.49% 96.53% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3350 3122 3469
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Test Analyst
North West

QA Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester QA Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

QA Test Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA Test Analyst across the Manchester region.

Manchester QA Test Analyst Salary Trend

QA Test Analyst
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited QA Test 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 Test Analyst in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) C#
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 5 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (100.00%) QA
1 5 (100.00%) Selenium
1 5 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Test Scripting

QA Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited QA Test 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 Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) ASP.NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Selenium
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA