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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 228 226 223
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 15 21 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.209% 0.296% 0.160%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.219% 0.309% 0.168%
Number of salaries quoted 14 17 9
Average salary £29,500 £31,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.34% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,150 £28,400 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £31,750
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +7.08%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6864 6805 6559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.53% 95.87% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5816 6001 5810
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,807 £22,500
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 Analyst
England

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Analyst across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Manchester -25 9 £33,000 +4.76%
Cheshire +5 5 £26,250 -25.00%
Merseyside +21 1 £25,500 -7.27%
QA Analyst
England

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 25 (100.00%) QA
2 16 (64.00%) Software Testing
2 16 (64.00%) SQL Server
3 14 (56.00%) .NET
4 12 (48.00%) Test Scripting
5 11 (44.00%) Manual Testing
5 11 (44.00%) ISEB
6 10 (40.00%) Selenium
7 9 (36.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 9 (36.00%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (36.00%) TestComplete
7 9 (36.00%) SQL Server 2008
7 9 (36.00%) Degree
7 9 (36.00%) SQL Server 2005
7 9 (36.00%) Automated Testing
8 7 (28.00%) Client/Server
8 7 (28.00%) Regression Testing
8 7 (28.00%) SQL
9 6 (24.00%) C#
9 6 (24.00%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (20.00%) ASP.NET
11 4 (16.00%) Oracle
12 3 (12.00%) E-Commerce
12 3 (12.00%) NUnit
13 2 (8.000%) JIRA
13 2 (8.000%) Automation Testing
13 2 (8.000%) ISTQB
13 2 (8.000%) Waterfall
13 2 (8.000%) FTP
13 2 (8.000%) DB2

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 14 (56.00%) .NET
2 5 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (8.000%) XML
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
1 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (64.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (36.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 9 (36.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (8.000%) DB2
4 1 (4.000%) RDBMS
4 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 10 (40.00%) Selenium
2 9 (36.00%) TestComplete
3 3 (12.00%) NUnit
4 2 (8.000%) JIRA
General
1 1 (4.000%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (28.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.000%) CCTV
3 1 (4.000%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (64.00%) Software Testing
2 12 (48.00%) Test Scripting
3 11 (44.00%) Manual Testing
4 9 (36.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (36.00%) Automated Testing
5 7 (28.00%) Regression Testing
6 6 (24.00%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (12.00%) E-Commerce
8 2 (8.000%) Automation Testing
8 2 (8.000%) Waterfall
9 1 (4.000%) Workflow
9 1 (4.000%) Load Testing
9 1 (4.000%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) SQL
2 6 (24.00%) C#
3 2 (8.000%) C++
3 2 (8.000%) Perl
3 2 (8.000%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.000%) VB
4 1 (4.000%) Python
4 1 (4.000%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) ISEB
2 9 (36.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.000%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Oracle
Cheshire
We are seeking an experienced QA Software Test Analyst to primarily carry out testing on their datalog management graphics based software, integrated with third party systems... You will...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013