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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 206 212 215
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 10 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.191% 0.054% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.197% 0.057% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 1
Average salary £36,250 £24,750 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+46.46% -21.42%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £31,750
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +7.08%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5064 5285 5727
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.53% 95.48% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4455 4564 4906
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South 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 South West region.

South West QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

South 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 South 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
Somerset - 4 £35,000 -
Dorset -6 3 £55,000 +129.16%
Bristol - 3 £40,000 -
QA Analyst
England

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 18 (100.00%) QA
2 9 (50.00%) Java
2 9 (50.00%) .NET
2 9 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 9 (50.00%) Automated Testing
3 8 (44.44%) Test Scripting
3 8 (44.44%) SQL
4 7 (38.89%) ISEB
5 5 (27.78%) Project Management
6 4 (22.22%) Finance
6 4 (22.22%) QuickTest Pro
7 3 (16.67%) EPoS
7 3 (16.67%) C#
7 3 (16.67%) HTTP
7 3 (16.67%) ISTQB
7 3 (16.67%) Selenium
7 3 (16.67%) Degree
7 3 (16.67%) Cucumber
8 2 (11.11%) ERD
8 2 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (11.11%) Automation Testing
8 2 (11.11%) SWIFT
8 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (11.11%) Scalability Testing
8 2 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (11.11%) Oracle
8 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
8 2 (11.11%) Configuration Management
8 2 (11.11%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 9 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET
3 1 (5.556%) XML
3 1 (5.556%) WinForms
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (16.67%) Selenium
2 3 (16.67%) Cucumber
3 2 (11.11%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (5.556%) SpecFlow
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) EPoS
2 2 (11.11%) SWIFT
3 1 (5.556%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 9 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 8 (44.44%) Test Scripting
3 5 (27.78%) Project Management
4 2 (11.11%) ERD
4 2 (11.11%) Automation Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (11.11%) Scalability Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (11.11%) Configuration Management
4 2 (11.11%) UML
5 1 (5.556%) Scrum
5 1 (5.556%) Regression Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Software Testing
5 1 (5.556%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (5.556%) BDD
5 1 (5.556%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) Java
2 8 (44.44%) SQL
3 3 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (5.556%) Delphi
4 1 (5.556%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) ISEB
2 3 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
Bournemouth, Dorset
YOU WILL BE Experience of testing middleware systems... Knowledge of what agile methodologies are and ability to explain the differences between them and waterfall... SVN, Git, Clearcase... Ability...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + benefits & bonus
Posted: 23 May 2013