The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Bournemouth 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 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 Bournemouth 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 19 15 15
Rank change year-on-year
-4 0
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 4 10 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 3.478% 6.849% 8.537%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.636% 7.463% 8.861%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 12
Average daily rate £407 £320 £341
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.18% -6.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £381 £273 £303
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £403 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -36.36%
All Job Titles
Bournemouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
110 134 158
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bournemouth 95.65% 91.78% 96.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 100 97
Average daily rate £350 £390 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.14% +11.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £158 £313 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 3
Average hourly rate £21.75 £13.00 £11.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+67.30% +14.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Analyst
Dorset

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth Test Analyst Daily Rate Trend

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 Bournemouth region.

Bournemouth Test Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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 3 (60.00%) LoadRunner
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) UNIX
2 2 (40.00%) ISEB
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) HTTP
2 2 (40.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (20.00%) SWIFT
3 1 (20.00%) HP SiteScope
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) System Testing
3 1 (20.00%) TOAD
3 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) VBScript
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
3 1 (20.00%) JDBC
3 1 (20.00%) ODBC

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bournemouth 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 1 (20.00%) JDBC
1 1 (20.00%) ODBC
1 1 (20.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) HTTP
2 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (20.00%) TestDirector
2 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (20.00%) Introscope
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Test Management
1 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (20.00%) System Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) VBScript
2 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (20.00%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) HP
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
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