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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Analyst
Rank 153 149 143
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 22 19 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.596% 0.588% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.626% 0.604% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 17 19 2
Average salary £40,000 £29,000 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.93% +23.40%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £31,750
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +7.08%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3516 3145 2836
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 95.23% 97.34% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2812 2625 2364
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Analyst
Yorkshire

QA Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire QA Analyst Salary Trend

QA Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Analyst across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Leeds -8 22 £40,000 +25.00%
QA Analyst
Yorkshire

QA Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 47 (100.00%) QA
2 31 (65.96%) User Acceptance Testing
3 24 (51.06%) .NET
4 21 (44.68%) Automated Testing
4 21 (44.68%) Java
5 14 (29.79%) Microsoft
5 14 (29.79%) Test Scripting
6 11 (23.40%) MS Office
7 10 (21.28%) Finance
8 8 (17.02%) Agile Software Development
8 8 (17.02%) Project Management
9 7 (14.89%) Selenium
10 6 (12.77%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (12.77%) HP Quality Center
10 6 (12.77%) User Stories
10 6 (12.77%) FitNesse
10 6 (12.77%) SQL
11 5 (10.64%) ISEB
11 5 (10.64%) Test Management
12 4 (8.511%) Test Automation
13 3 (6.383%) Use Case
13 3 (6.383%) Usability Testing
13 3 (6.383%) ISTQB
13 3 (6.383%) Software Testing
13 3 (6.383%) WSDL
13 3 (6.383%) QuickTest Pro
13 3 (6.383%) Regression Testing
13 3 (6.383%) HP
13 3 (6.383%) SOAP
13 3 (6.383%) Web Services

QA Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 24 (51.06%) .NET
2 3 (6.383%) WSDL
2 3 (6.383%) SOAP
2 3 (6.383%) Web Services
2 3 (6.383%) XML
2 3 (6.383%) XSD
3 1 (2.128%) soapUI
Applications
1 11 (23.40%) MS Office
2 2 (4.255%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.128%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.128%) DB2
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Selenium
2 6 (12.77%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (12.77%) FitNesse
3 3 (6.383%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (6.383%) Cucumber
3 3 (6.383%) DbUnit
3 3 (6.383%) SpecFlow
4 2 (4.255%) JUnit
5 1 (2.128%) TestDirector
General
1 10 (21.28%) Finance
2 2 (4.255%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.128%) Computer Science
1 1 (2.128%) AS400
1 1 (2.128%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (65.96%) User Acceptance Testing
2 21 (44.68%) Automated Testing
3 14 (29.79%) Test Scripting
4 8 (17.02%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (17.02%) Project Management
5 6 (12.77%) User Stories
6 5 (10.64%) Test Management
7 4 (8.511%) Test Automation
8 3 (6.383%) Use Case
8 3 (6.383%) Usability Testing
8 3 (6.383%) Software Testing
8 3 (6.383%) Regression Testing
8 3 (6.383%) DSDM
8 3 (6.383%) BDD
8 3 (6.383%) Change Control
8 3 (6.383%) Test Strategy
8 3 (6.383%) ATDD
9 2 (4.255%) Waterfall
9 2 (4.255%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (4.255%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 21 (44.68%) Java
2 6 (12.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (10.64%) ISEB
2 3 (6.383%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.128%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (29.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.383%) HP
Leeds, West Yorkshire
HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) Use of automated test tools (e.g... SpecFlow, Fitnesse, Cucumber) Knowledge of Web Service APIs (XML /XSD/WSDL/SOAP) Knowledge of Web...
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Posted: 15 May 2013