The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 85 65 65
Rank change year-on-year
-20 0
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 36 70 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.513% 2.250% 2.236%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.659% 2.471% 2.491%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 30 34
Average daily rate £363 £288 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.08% +4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £170 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £352 £336
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £290 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.89% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £19.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -34.48%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2170 2833 2690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.18% 91.06% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 931 1048 1028
Average daily rate £368 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 109 173
Average hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.42% -13.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.25 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Analyst
South East

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Analyst across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Test Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Berkshire Test Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Analyst across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Test Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Test Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading -8 17 £425 +38.77% 2
Bracknell -12 10 £313 -10.71%
Maidenhead - 2 £375 -
Newbury +2 1 £288 +3.60% 2
Hungerford - - - - 2
Slough - - - - 1
Test Analyst
South East

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited 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 contract IT job ads sampled with Test Analyst in their job title.

1 26 (37.14%) HP Quality Center
2 24 (34.29%) Security Cleared
2 24 (34.29%) Windows
3 23 (32.86%) SC Cleared
4 21 (30.00%) Test Scripting
5 15 (21.43%) .NET
6 14 (20.00%) SQL
6 14 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 13 (18.57%) Migration
8 12 (17.14%) VMware
8 12 (17.14%) Oracle
8 12 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
9 11 (15.71%) Test Automation
10 10 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
10 10 (14.29%) SQL Server
10 10 (14.29%) C#
11 9 (12.86%) HP
11 9 (12.86%) Manual Testing
12 8 (11.43%) QA
12 8 (11.43%) ISEB
12 8 (11.43%) Automated Testing
13 7 (10.00%) Regression Testing
13 7 (10.00%) Active Directory
13 7 (10.00%) Web Testing
13 7 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
14 6 (8.571%) Team Foundation Server
14 6 (8.571%) System Testing
14 6 (8.571%) ISTQB
14 6 (8.571%) Automation Testing
14 6 (8.571%) LAN

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited 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 contract IT job ads sampled with Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (21.43%) .NET
2 3 (4.286%) WebSphere
3 2 (2.857%) soapUI
3 2 (2.857%) REST
3 2 (2.857%) SOAP
3 2 (2.857%) Web Services
3 2 (2.857%) XML
3 2 (2.857%) HTML
4 1 (1.429%) MHP
4 1 (1.429%) OLE
4 1 (1.429%) ADO.NET
4 1 (1.429%) CSS
4 1 (1.429%) MFC
4 1 (1.429%) Middleware
4 1 (1.429%) WCF
4 1 (1.429%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.429%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.143%) IBM Notes
1 5 (7.143%) Windows Azure
2 3 (4.286%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (4.286%) IIS
2 3 (4.286%) Tomcat
3 2 (2.857%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.429%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (8.571%) MS Excel
2 5 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (5.714%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.286%) Prophet
2 1 (1.429%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.571%) LAN
2 3 (4.286%) WAN
3 1 (1.429%) Firewall
3 1 (1.429%) Cisco ICM
3 1 (1.429%) Internet
3 1 (1.429%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.429%) ATM
3 1 (1.429%) VoIP
3 1 (1.429%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (2.857%) DbVisualizer
3 2 (2.857%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.429%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (8.571%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (7.143%) Selenium
3 4 (5.714%) Visual Studio Team System
3 4 (5.714%) LoadRunner
3 4 (5.714%) Visual Studio
3 4 (5.714%) SilkTest
4 3 (4.286%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 3 (4.286%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (2.857%) QADirector
5 2 (2.857%) Cucumber
5 2 (2.857%) TestDirector
5 2 (2.857%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (1.429%) JMeter
6 1 (1.429%) Bugzilla
6 1 (1.429%) JUnit
6 1 (1.429%) WinRunner
6 1 (1.429%) WebDriver
6 1 (1.429%) JIRA
General
1 6 (8.571%) Finance
2 2 (2.857%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.429%) Games
3 1 (1.429%) Back Office
3 1 (1.429%) Automotive
3 1 (1.429%) Banking
3 1 (1.429%) Retail
3 1 (1.429%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.714%) Open Source
1 4 (5.714%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (5.714%) AS400
2 3 (4.286%) Client/Server
2 3 (4.286%) iSeries
3 2 (2.857%) IBM Mainframe
3 2 (2.857%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.857%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.857%) STB
3 2 (2.857%) Handset
3 2 (2.857%) Mainframe
3 2 (2.857%) DTV
4 1 (1.429%) MediaHighway
4 1 (1.429%) e-Health
4 1 (1.429%) EPoS
4 1 (1.429%) Chip and PIN
4 1 (1.429%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 24 (34.29%) Windows
2 7 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (5.714%) Apple iOS
3 4 (5.714%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (5.714%) Windows XP
3 4 (5.714%) UNIX
3 4 (5.714%) Linux
4 3 (4.286%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.857%) Android
5 2 (2.857%) VMS
6 1 (1.429%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (1.429%) Windows Phone
6 1 (1.429%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (30.00%) Test Scripting
2 13 (18.57%) Migration
3 11 (15.71%) Test Automation
4 10 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (12.86%) Manual Testing
6 8 (11.43%) Automated Testing
7 7 (10.00%) Regression Testing
7 7 (10.00%) Web Testing
8 6 (8.571%) System Testing
8 6 (8.571%) Automation Testing
9 5 (7.143%) Validation
9 5 (7.143%) Integration Testing
10 4 (5.714%) Release Management
10 4 (5.714%) Business Continuity
10 4 (5.714%) Software Testing
11 3 (4.286%) Project Management
11 3 (4.286%) Agile Software Development
11 3 (4.286%) TDD
11 3 (4.286%) Test Strategy
11 3 (4.286%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.00%) SQL
2 10 (14.29%) C#
3 4 (5.714%) Shell Script
4 3 (4.286%) C++
4 3 (4.286%) Java
4 3 (4.286%) VB
4 3 (4.286%) RPG
5 2 (2.857%) Groovy
5 2 (2.857%) Python
5 2 (2.857%) C
5 2 (2.857%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.429%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 24 (34.29%) Security Cleared
2 23 (32.86%) SC Cleared
3 8 (11.43%) ISEB
4 6 (8.571%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.43%) QA
2 2 (2.857%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 12 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.286%) VMware ESX
3 3 (4.286%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (2.857%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 26 (37.14%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.429%) Netcool
2 1 (1.429%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 14 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.14%) VMware
2 12 (17.14%) Oracle
3 9 (12.86%) HP
4 5 (7.143%) Lotus
5 4 (5.714%) Citrix
5 4 (5.714%) Cisco
6 3 (4.286%) SAP
7 2 (2.857%) IBM
7 2 (2.857%) Empirix
8 1 (1.429%) OpenTV
8 1 (1.429%) CA