The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk 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 21 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank - 53 -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 0 10 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk - 1.783% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 1.802% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 10 0
Average salary - £27,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £31,750
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +7.08%
All Job Titles
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
675 555 599
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 97.40% 98.93% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 616 487 526
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Analyst
East of England

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 9 (100.00%) QA
2 4 (44.44%) ISEB
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 3 (33.33%) Client/Server
3 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 3 (33.33%) Selenium
3 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Web Testing
3 3 (33.33%) PCI DSS
3 3 (33.33%) V-Model
3 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
4 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) WSH
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 1 (11.11%) HP
5 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) C#
5 1 (11.11%) SQL
5 1 (11.11%) VB
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Degree
5 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 1 (11.11%) WSH
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
1 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Web Testing
1 3 (33.33%) V-Model
1 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
1 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
2 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C#
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
1 1 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) ISEB
2 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) HP