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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 146 153 150
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 11 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.351% 0.029% 0.175%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.372% 0.031% 0.184%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 3
Average salary £50,000 £32,500 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.84% -3.70%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2957 3263 3257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.47% 94.88% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1764 2393 2441
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Analyst
UK

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland QA Analyst Salary Trend

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Glasgow -10 10 £50,000 +53.84%
Edinburgh - 1 - -
QA Analyst
UK

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 11 (100.00%) QA
2 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 7 (63.64%) QuickTest Pro
2 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 7 (63.64%) .NET
2 7 (63.64%) UNIX
3 6 (54.55%) Linux
3 6 (54.55%) Derivative
3 6 (54.55%) Investment Banking
4 5 (45.45%) Selenium
4 5 (45.45%) Equity Derivative
4 5 (45.45%) Test Automation
5 4 (36.36%) ISTQB
5 4 (36.36%) Sybase
5 4 (36.36%) C#
6 3 (27.27%) C++
6 3 (27.27%) Java
6 3 (27.27%) Legal
6 3 (27.27%) Equities
6 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
6 3 (27.27%) Time Management
6 3 (27.27%) CSQA
6 3 (27.27%) Resource Management
6 3 (27.27%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (18.18%) JBehave
7 2 (18.18%) WebDriver
7 2 (18.18%) Cucumber
7 2 (18.18%) Gherkin
7 2 (18.18%) Jenkins

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 7 (63.64%) .NET
2 2 (18.18%) Gherkin
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (45.45%) Selenium
3 2 (18.18%) JBehave
3 2 (18.18%) WebDriver
3 2 (18.18%) Cucumber
3 2 (18.18%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
1 7 (63.64%) Banking
2 6 (54.55%) Investment Banking
3 3 (27.27%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Derivative
2 5 (45.45%) Equity Derivative
3 3 (27.27%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) UNIX
2 6 (54.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Test Automation
2 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
2 3 (27.27%) Resource Management
2 3 (27.27%) Time Management
3 1 (9.091%) System Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (9.091%) Product Management
3 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
3 1 (9.091%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) C#
3 3 (27.27%) C++
3 3 (27.27%) Java
4 2 (18.18%) VBA
4 2 (18.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) ISTQB
2 3 (27.27%) CSQA
3 1 (9.091%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Sybase
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
QA Test Analyst - Tier One Investment Bank * Leading global investment bank require a first rate Senior Test Analyst with automation experience to join their Risk and Structuring Quality...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
HPQC, QTP, Selenium) Has intermediate level of knowledge specific to a industry domain like securities/insurance/credit cards/banking... Educational Qualification: BE ( Masters in Computers or similar) Certification:...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits & bonus
Posted: 13 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Reporting to all stakeholders on QA status and progress... SQL, UNIX/Linux and message based testing... Testing tools - QC; QTP. Sybase/SQL, Java, C++, C#/.net skills are...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits & bonus
Posted: 13 May 2013