Test Analyst Contracts in Buckinghamshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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 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 Buckinghamshire 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 41 60 57
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 32 14 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 3.951% 1.394% 1.804%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.244% 1.485% 1.900%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 6 5
Average daily rate £250 £293 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.52% +46.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £323 £340
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.50% -
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
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 754 943 1000
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 93.09% 93.92% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 410 385
Average daily rate £313 £315 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.79% -7.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £165 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 74 99
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.43 £11.89 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £35.00 £25.00
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +21 24 £250 -16.66%
Beaconsfield - 2 £160 -
Iver - 1 £300 -
Test Analyst
South East

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 18 (39.13%) Finance
2 14 (30.43%) User Acceptance Testing
3 13 (28.26%) HP Quality Center
3 13 (28.26%) QuickTest Pro
4 11 (23.91%) Test Scripting
5 10 (21.74%) Banking
6 9 (19.57%) Retail
6 9 (19.57%) Automation Testing
7 8 (17.39%) SQL
8 7 (15.22%) Retail Banking
9 6 (13.04%) Software Testing
9 6 (13.04%) HP
9 6 (13.04%) ISEB
10 5 (10.87%) SOAP
11 4 (8.696%) XML
11 4 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
11 4 (8.696%) Web Testing
11 4 (8.696%) Performance Testing
11 4 (8.696%) WebSphere
11 4 (8.696%) Selenium
11 4 (8.696%) Security Cleared
12 3 (6.522%) System Testing
12 3 (6.522%) soapUI
12 3 (6.522%) Test Strategy
12 3 (6.522%) ISTQB
12 3 (6.522%) ATM
12 3 (6.522%) Java
12 3 (6.522%) Regression Testing
13 2 (4.348%) LoadRunner
13 2 (4.348%) NHS

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 5 (10.87%) SOAP
2 4 (8.696%) XML
2 4 (8.696%) WebSphere
3 3 (6.522%) soapUI
4 2 (4.348%) HTML
4 2 (4.348%) WSDL
4 2 (4.348%) BPEL4WS
4 2 (4.348%) WCF
5 1 (2.174%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.174%) ESB
1 1 (2.174%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 1 (2.174%) Servitor
1 1 (2.174%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.522%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.174%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (2.174%) BODI
1 1 (2.174%) TOAD
1 1 (2.174%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.174%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.174%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 13 (28.26%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (8.696%) Selenium
3 2 (4.348%) LoadRunner
3 2 (4.348%) WebDriver
4 1 (2.174%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 18 (39.13%) Finance
2 10 (21.74%) Banking
3 9 (19.57%) Retail
4 7 (15.22%) Retail Banking
5 2 (4.348%) Spanish Language
6 1 (2.174%) Welsh Language
6 1 (2.174%) Automotive
6 1 (2.174%) Billing
6 1 (2.174%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.348%) NHS
2 1 (2.174%) Open Source
2 1 (2.174%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (30.43%) User Acceptance Testing
2 11 (23.91%) Test Scripting
3 9 (19.57%) Automation Testing
4 6 (13.04%) Software Testing
5 4 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (8.696%) Web Testing
5 4 (8.696%) Performance Testing
6 3 (6.522%) System Testing
6 3 (6.522%) Test Strategy
6 3 (6.522%) Regression Testing
7 2 (4.348%) SOA
7 2 (4.348%) Wealth Management
7 2 (4.348%) Fault Management
7 2 (4.348%) Integration Testing
7 2 (4.348%) Manual Testing
7 2 (4.348%) Functional Testing
8 1 (2.174%) Business Transformation
8 1 (2.174%) Performance Management
8 1 (2.174%) V-Model
8 1 (2.174%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) SQL
2 3 (6.522%) Java
3 1 (2.174%) C#
3 1 (2.174%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) ISEB
2 4 (8.696%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.522%) ISTQB
4 2 (4.348%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (4.348%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.174%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.348%) QA
2 1 (2.174%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.174%) ISO 8583
Systems Management
1 13 (28.26%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (13.04%) HP
2 2 (4.348%) Oracle
3 1 (2.174%) Capita
3 1 (2.174%) Business Objects
3 1 (2.174%) SAP
3 1 (2.174%) BancTec
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