The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Test 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Test Analyst
Rank 201 179 201
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Test Analyst 12 29 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.216% 0.555% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.227% 0.574% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 12 16 2
Average salary £40,000 £28,250 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.59% +20.21%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+17.64% +4.61%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5285 5056 4779
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 95.29% 96.82% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4191 4201 4021
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Test Analyst
England

QA Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire QA Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

QA Test Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA Test Analyst across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire QA Test Analyst Salary Trend

QA Test Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Test Analyst within the 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
West Yorkshire -10 12 £40,000 +37.93%
QA Test Analyst
England

QA Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited QA Test 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 Test Analyst in their job title.

1 35 (100.00%) QA
2 19 (54.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 18 (51.43%) Test Scripting
4 17 (48.57%) Automated Testing
5 13 (37.14%) .NET
5 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
6 11 (31.43%) Java
6 11 (31.43%) MS Office
7 8 (22.86%) Finance
7 8 (22.86%) Project Management
8 6 (17.14%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (17.14%) Compatibility Testing
8 6 (17.14%) Load Testing
8 6 (17.14%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (17.14%) Client/Server
9 5 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (14.29%) User Stories
10 4 (11.43%) ISEB
11 3 (8.571%) Regression Testing
11 3 (8.571%) SQL
11 3 (8.571%) Software Testing
11 3 (8.571%) ISTQB
11 3 (8.571%) Use Case
12 2 (5.714%) SpecFlow
12 2 (5.714%) ATDD
12 2 (5.714%) Selenium
12 2 (5.714%) FitNesse
12 2 (5.714%) Test Management
12 2 (5.714%) Usability Testing
12 2 (5.714%) Test Automation

QA Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited QA Test 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 Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (37.14%) .NET
2 2 (5.714%) WSDL
2 2 (5.714%) SOAP
2 2 (5.714%) Web Services
2 2 (5.714%) XML
2 2 (5.714%) XSD
Applications
1 11 (31.43%) MS Office
2 2 (5.714%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.857%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (5.714%) SpecFlow
2 2 (5.714%) Selenium
2 2 (5.714%) FitNesse
2 2 (5.714%) Cucumber
2 2 (5.714%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 8 (22.86%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Enterprise Software
1 6 (17.14%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.857%) AS400
2 1 (2.857%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (54.29%) User Acceptance Testing
2 18 (51.43%) Test Scripting
3 17 (48.57%) Automated Testing
4 8 (22.86%) Project Management
5 6 (17.14%) Compatibility Testing
5 6 (17.14%) Load Testing
5 6 (17.14%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (14.29%) User Stories
7 3 (8.571%) Regression Testing
7 3 (8.571%) Software Testing
7 3 (8.571%) Use Case
8 2 (5.714%) ATDD
8 2 (5.714%) Test Management
8 2 (5.714%) Usability Testing
8 2 (5.714%) Test Automation
8 2 (5.714%) BDD
8 2 (5.714%) DSDM
9 1 (2.857%) Quality Management
9 1 (2.857%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (2.857%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 11 (31.43%) Java
2 3 (8.571%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) ISEB
2 3 (8.571%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (5.714%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.714%) 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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Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013