The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 18 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 East Midlands 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 54 61 59
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 28 15 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 2.166% 1.113% 1.817%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.345% 1.198% 1.959%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 9 11
Average daily rate £300 £278 £284
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% -2.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £216 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £365 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £288 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.08% -4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -13.46%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £19.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -34.48%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1194 1252 1378
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 92.34% 92.88% 92.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 614 618
Average daily rate £338 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.46% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £175 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £484
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 90 119
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.50 £19.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -30.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £32.60 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 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
Northamptonshire +11 7 £288 - 1
Nottinghamshire +2 6 £300 +3.44%
Leicestershire -2 5 £338 +28.57%
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 (46.15%) User Acceptance Testing
2 17 (43.59%) Test Scripting
3 12 (30.77%) HP Quality Center
4 11 (28.21%) Retail
5 10 (25.64%) SQL
6 9 (23.08%) SAP
7 8 (20.51%) Banking
8 6 (15.38%) Finance
8 6 (15.38%) HP
8 6 (15.38%) Manual Testing
9 5 (12.82%) ISEB
9 5 (12.82%) Oracle
9 5 (12.82%) UNIX
9 5 (12.82%) Integration Testing
10 4 (10.26%) Retail Banking
10 4 (10.26%) Migration
11 3 (7.692%) SAP BW
11 3 (7.692%) Windows
11 3 (7.692%) Web Testing
11 3 (7.692%) SAP ECC
12 2 (5.128%) Smart Meter
12 2 (5.128%) Windows 7
12 2 (5.128%) Continuous Integration
12 2 (5.128%) LANDesk
12 2 (5.128%) QA
12 2 (5.128%) SAP XI
12 2 (5.128%) TDD
12 2 (5.128%) Mainframe
12 2 (5.128%) Software Testing
12 2 (5.128%) Billing

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 2 (5.128%) SAP XI
2 1 (2.564%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.564%) .NET
2 1 (2.564%) XML
Business Applications
1 3 (7.692%) SAP ECC
2 1 (2.564%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.564%) BASE24
2 1 (2.564%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (2.564%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.564%) SAP Retail
2 1 (2.564%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.564%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.692%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.564%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.564%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.564%) DTS
Development Applications
1 2 (5.128%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (2.564%) Selenium
2 1 (2.564%) TestComplete
2 1 (2.564%) WebDriver
2 1 (2.564%) Cucumber
General
1 11 (28.21%) Retail
2 8 (20.51%) Banking
3 6 (15.38%) Finance
4 4 (10.26%) Retail Banking
5 2 (5.128%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.128%) Mainframe
1 2 (5.128%) Smart Meter
2 1 (2.564%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.82%) UNIX
2 3 (7.692%) Windows
3 2 (5.128%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.564%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (46.15%) User Acceptance Testing
2 17 (43.59%) Test Scripting
3 6 (15.38%) Manual Testing
4 5 (12.82%) Integration Testing
5 4 (10.26%) Migration
6 3 (7.692%) Web Testing
7 2 (5.128%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (5.128%) Software Testing
7 2 (5.128%) TDD
8 1 (2.564%) Automated Testing
8 1 (2.564%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (2.564%) OO
8 1 (2.564%) E-Commerce
8 1 (2.564%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (2.564%) Project Management
8 1 (2.564%) Regression Testing
8 1 (2.564%) Fault Management
8 1 (2.564%) Security Testing
8 1 (2.564%) System Testing
8 1 (2.564%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.64%) SQL
2 1 (2.564%) ABAP
2 1 (2.564%) Java
2 1 (2.564%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) ISEB
2 1 (2.564%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.128%) QA
Systems Management
1 12 (30.77%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.564%) Control-M
Vendors
1 9 (23.08%) SAP
2 6 (15.38%) HP
3 5 (12.82%) Oracle
4 2 (5.128%) LANDesk
5 1 (2.564%) Citrix
5 1 (2.564%) BancTec
5 1 (2.564%) ICL
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