The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 24 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 97 86 87
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 9 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.695% 0.391% 0.104%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.719% 0.417% 0.111%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 0
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £31,750
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +7.08%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1251 959 902
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 96.60% 93.74% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1051 779 778
Average salary £40,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,500
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
Buckinghamshire

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 10 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 10 (100.00%) QA
1 10 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 7 (70.00%) Degree
3 6 (60.00%) Automated Testing
4 5 (50.00%) ISEB
4 5 (50.00%) C#
4 5 (50.00%) SQL
4 5 (50.00%) .NET
5 4 (40.00%) UNIX
5 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (30.00%) WebDriver
6 3 (30.00%) JIRA
6 3 (30.00%) Delphi
6 3 (30.00%) Java
6 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
6 3 (30.00%) Scrum
6 3 (30.00%) BT
6 3 (30.00%) Selenium
6 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
7 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 2 (20.00%) Windows
7 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
7 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
7 2 (20.00%) MSF
8 1 (10.00%) System Testing
8 1 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
8 1 (10.00%) N-Tier
8 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) WebDriver
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
1 3 (30.00%) Selenium
2 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (10.00%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) UNIX
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 10 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 6 (60.00%) Automated Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Scrum
3 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (20.00%) MSF
5 1 (10.00%) System Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Load Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C#
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) Delphi
2 3 (30.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) BT
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
QA/Test/Quality Assurance/Test Analyst/ TestEngineer/Agile/Selenium/Webdriver/Java/JIRA/UNIX/SQL) (QA/Test/Quality Assurance/Test Analyst/ TestEngineer/Agile/Selenium/Webdriver/Java/JIRA/UNIX/SQL)...
Burns Sheehan
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013