The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry 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 Coventry 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 30 18 22
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 2 13 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 0.995% 5.019% 1.667%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.081% 5.439% 1.863%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 1
Average daily rate - £308 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +23.20%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £28.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -36.36%
All Job Titles
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
185 239 161
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 92.04% 92.28% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 95 73
Average daily rate £325 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 35 6
Average hourly rate £37.80 £19.00 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+98.94% +4.10%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Analyst
West Midlands

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Test Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Test Analyst
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 5 (100.00%) Migration
2 4 (80.00%) SAP
2 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Integration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) Automotive
3 2 (40.00%) ISEB
4 1 (20.00%) Informatica
4 1 (20.00%) DataStage
4 1 (20.00%) SAP BI
4 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (20.00%) ETL
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (20.00%) Business Objects
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (20.00%) Data Migration

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) DataStage
1 1 (20.00%) SAP BI
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Data Services
General
1 2 (40.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
2 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Integration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Informatica
2 1 (20.00%) Business Objects