The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the South East 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 22 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 364 388 402
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 71 56 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.320% 0.232% 0.102%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.337% 0.244% 0.108%
Number of salaries quoted 70 54 19
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £31,500 £24,950
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £41,750 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £31,750
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +7.08%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
21074 22975 21253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.88% 95.23% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17479 19844 18264
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Analyst across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Oxfordshire +1 17 £35,000 +7.69%
Hampshire +18 16 £45,000 +74.75%
Berkshire -13 15 £35,000 +2.94%
Buckinghamshire -3 9 £32,500 -7.14%
East Sussex - 6 £27,750 -
Kent - 6 £35,000 -
Surrey +13 2 £36,250 -9.37%
QA Analyst
England

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 117 (100.00%) QA
2 60 (51.28%) ISEB
3 51 (43.59%) Agile Software Development
4 47 (40.17%) Microsoft
4 47 (40.17%) .NET
5 45 (38.46%) Selenium
6 44 (37.61%) C#
7 41 (35.04%) SQL Server
8 35 (29.91%) SQL
9 34 (29.06%) Software Testing
10 33 (28.21%) Java
11 31 (26.50%) Windows
12 28 (23.93%) Degree
12 28 (23.93%) Test Scripting
13 27 (23.08%) MS Excel
14 24 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (19.66%) VB
16 22 (18.80%) Open Source
16 22 (18.80%) Integration Testing
17 21 (17.95%) Automated Testing
17 21 (17.95%) ASP.NET
18 19 (16.24%) Manual Testing
19 18 (15.38%) HP Quality Center
20 17 (14.53%) Scrum
20 17 (14.53%) SQL Server 2005
20 17 (14.53%) Windows Vista
20 17 (14.53%) EPoS
20 17 (14.53%) Windows 7
20 17 (14.53%) Windows Server 2008
20 17 (14.53%) SQL Server 2008

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 47 (40.17%) .NET
2 21 (17.95%) ASP.NET
3 17 (14.53%) Silverlight
4 16 (13.68%) XML
5 15 (12.82%) HTML
6 14 (11.97%) Web Services
6 14 (11.97%) COM
7 6 (5.128%) soapUI
8 4 (3.419%) Middleware
9 2 (1.709%) Node.js
9 2 (1.709%) ASP
10 1 (0.855%) WinForms
10 1 (0.855%) Ajax
10 1 (0.855%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.855%) CSS
10 1 (0.855%) J2EE
10 1 (0.855%) WPF
10 1 (0.855%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.855%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (23.08%) MS Excel
2 13 (11.11%) MS Office
3 10 (8.547%) MS Project
4 7 (5.983%) MS PowerPoint
4 7 (5.983%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.855%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.564%) Internet
2 1 (0.855%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (35.04%) SQL Server
2 17 (14.53%) SQL Server 2005
2 17 (14.53%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.709%) Big Data
3 2 (1.709%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.855%) TOAD
4 1 (0.855%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.855%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 45 (38.46%) Selenium
2 13 (11.11%) FitNesse
3 12 (10.26%) QuickTest Pro
4 9 (7.692%) JIRA
4 9 (7.692%) WATIR
5 8 (6.838%) WebDriver
6 7 (5.983%) Cucumber
7 6 (5.128%) TestComplete
7 6 (5.128%) Rational Robot
8 5 (4.274%) Subversion
9 4 (3.419%) Concordion
9 4 (3.419%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (2.564%) Visual Studio
10 3 (2.564%) SpecFlow
11 2 (1.709%) Hudson
11 2 (1.709%) LoadRunner
11 2 (1.709%) TestPartner
12 1 (0.855%) JMeter
12 1 (0.855%) QARun
12 1 (0.855%) QADirector
General
1 10 (8.547%) Finance
2 6 (5.128%) Investment Banking
2 6 (5.128%) Banking
3 3 (2.564%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.709%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.80%) Open Source
2 17 (14.53%) EPoS
2 17 (14.53%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (11.11%) Mobile App
3 13 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 5 (4.274%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.564%) Replication
5 3 (2.564%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.855%) Wiki
6 1 (0.855%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.855%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.855%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 31 (26.50%) Windows
2 17 (14.53%) Windows Vista
2 17 (14.53%) Windows 7
2 17 (14.53%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (11.97%) UNIX
4 5 (4.274%) Linux
5 2 (1.709%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (43.59%) Agile Software Development
2 34 (29.06%) Software Testing
3 28 (23.93%) Test Scripting
4 24 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (18.80%) Integration Testing
6 21 (17.95%) Automated Testing
7 19 (16.24%) Manual Testing
8 17 (14.53%) Scrum
8 17 (14.53%) Scalability Testing
9 16 (13.68%) BDD
10 14 (11.97%) E-Commerce
11 13 (11.11%) Test Automation
12 12 (10.26%) TDD
12 12 (10.26%) Regression Testing
13 11 (9.402%) Project Management
14 10 (8.547%) Quality Management
15 9 (7.692%) SOA
16 8 (6.838%) V-Model
16 8 (6.838%) Change Management
17 7 (5.983%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 44 (37.61%) C#
2 35 (29.91%) SQL
3 33 (28.21%) Java
4 23 (19.66%) VB
5 13 (11.11%) JavaScript
6 11 (9.402%) C++
7 10 (8.547%) Python
8 8 (6.838%) C
8 8 (6.838%) Perl
9 3 (2.564%) Delphi
9 3 (2.564%) Scala
10 2 (1.709%) PHP
10 2 (1.709%) Ruby
11 1 (0.855%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 60 (51.28%) ISEB
2 28 (23.93%) Degree
3 15 (12.82%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.855%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (0.855%) ISO 8583
Systems Management
1 18 (15.38%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.855%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 47 (40.17%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.983%) Oracle
2 7 (5.983%) HP
3 3 (2.564%) BT
3 3 (2.564%) Seapine
4 1 (0.855%) Red Gate
Newbury, Thames Valley
Strong understanding of technical documentation review and requirements analysis. Understanding of quality process models and methodologies such as ISO, IEEE and ISEB Key responsibilities: Creating detailed Test Plans...
Satigo
Salary: £3000 - £3500 per annum + Benefit
Posted: 17 May 2013