The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Test 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 Test 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 Test Analyst
Rank 238 235 224
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Test Analyst 5 12 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.070% 0.169% 0.146%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.176% 0.152%
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 9
Average salary £35,000 £31,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +5.00%
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £33,250 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+18.79% +2.30%
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 Test Analyst
England

QA Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West QA Test Analyst Salary Trend

QA Test Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Test 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 -26 3 £35,000 +11.11%
Cheshire +4 1 £27,500 -6.77%
Merseyside - 1 £25,500 -
QA Test Analyst
England

QA Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 11 (100.00%) QA
2 9 (81.82%) Test Scripting
3 7 (63.64%) Selenium
3 7 (63.64%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (54.55%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (54.55%) C#
4 6 (54.55%) SQL Server
5 5 (45.45%) .NET
5 5 (45.45%) Regression Testing
5 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET
6 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
7 3 (27.27%) Automated Testing
8 2 (18.18%) SQL
8 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
8 2 (18.18%) Automation Testing
9 1 (9.091%) Test Automation
9 1 (9.091%) Load Testing
9 1 (9.091%) CCTV
9 1 (9.091%) NUnit
9 1 (9.091%) Python
9 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
9 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
9 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
9 1 (9.091%) Workflow
9 1 (9.091%) Games
9 1 (9.091%) Oracle
9 1 (9.091%) DB2
9 1 (9.091%) MS Office
9 1 (9.091%) C++
9 1 (9.091%) Perl

QA Test 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 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 (45.45%) .NET
1 5 (45.45%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
1 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (9.091%) DB2
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Selenium
2 1 (9.091%) NUnit
General
1 1 (9.091%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Test Scripting
2 7 (63.64%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (54.55%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (45.45%) Regression Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
6 3 (27.27%) Automated Testing
7 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
7 2 (18.18%) Automation Testing
8 1 (9.091%) Test Automation
8 1 (9.091%) Load Testing
8 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
8 1 (9.091%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 1 (9.091%) Python
3 1 (9.091%) C++
3 1 (9.091%) Perl
3 1 (9.091%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) 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