The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham 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 17 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 Cheltenham 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 16 27 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 1 18 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 1.351% 6.642% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.449% 7.287% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 0
Average daily rate £288 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.35% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -38.05%
All Job Titles
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
69 247 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 93.24% 91.14% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 132 38
Average daily rate £343 £425 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.41% +37.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £270 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £693 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 18 18
Average hourly rate £39.00 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.70% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.44 £21.64 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £38.00 £36.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Test Analyst
Gloucestershire

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Test Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) HP
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) XSD
3 1 (25.00%) XSLT
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) TOAD
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (25.00%) System Testing
3 1 (25.00%) V-Model
3 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 (25.00%) XML
1 1 (25.00%) XSD
1 1 (25.00%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Application Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) TOAD
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) V-Model
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Release Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft