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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 129 131 113
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 3 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.142% 0.089% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.150% 0.093% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Average salary £35,000 £47,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.31% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1998 2150 1741
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.87% 95.17% 93.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1633 1856 1398
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% -3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Analyst
Berkshire

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 8 (100.00%) QA
2 5 (62.50%) ISEB
2 5 (62.50%) C#
3 4 (50.00%) .NET
3 4 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (37.50%) Selenium
4 3 (37.50%) Automated Testing
4 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
4 3 (37.50%) XML
4 3 (37.50%) Python
4 3 (37.50%) C++
4 3 (37.50%) Java
4 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 3 (37.50%) SQL
4 3 (37.50%) BDD
5 2 (25.00%) Node.js
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) SpecFlow
5 2 (25.00%) Big Data
5 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
5 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (25.00%) VB
5 2 (25.00%) PHP
5 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
5 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 2 (25.00%) COM
5 2 (25.00%) Web Services

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 4 (50.00%) .NET
2 3 (37.50%) XML
3 2 (25.00%) Silverlight
3 2 (25.00%) Node.js
3 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (25.00%) COM
3 2 (25.00%) Web Services
4 1 (12.50%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (25.00%) Data Mining
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (25.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Selenium
2 2 (25.00%) Rational Robot
2 2 (25.00%) TestComplete
2 2 (25.00%) Cucumber
2 2 (25.00%) SpecFlow
3 1 (12.50%) WATIR
3 1 (12.50%) FitNesse
General
1 2 (25.00%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) EPoS
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (25.00%) Open Source
1 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Vista
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (37.50%) BDD
2 3 (37.50%) Automated Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Scalability Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Scrum
3 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (12.50%) SOA
4 1 (12.50%) Automation Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
4 1 (12.50%) System Testing
4 1 (12.50%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C#
2 3 (37.50%) C++
2 3 (37.50%) Java
2 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) Ruby
3 2 (25.00%) Scala
3 2 (25.00%) VB
3 2 (25.00%) PHP
4 1 (12.50%) C
4 1 (12.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) ISEB
2 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft