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Test Analyst Contracts in Edinburgh
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh 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 19 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 Edinburgh 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 27 28 23
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 39 38 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 4.295% 3.565% 4.279%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.556% 3.759% 4.578%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 20 27
Average daily rate £315 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £240 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £289 £300
% change year-on-year
+7.35% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £19.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -34.48%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 856 1011 1245
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.27% 94.84% 93.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 475 609
Average daily rate £391 £365 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.19% -2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 30
Average hourly rate £13.93 £20.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.35% +30.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £9.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £32.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Test Analyst
Scotland

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Test Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 38 (69.09%) Finance
2 24 (43.64%) User Acceptance Testing
3 17 (30.91%) Test Scripting
3 17 (30.91%) HP Quality Center
4 15 (27.27%) Banking
4 15 (27.27%) ISEB
5 7 (12.73%) Retail
6 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (10.91%) Workflow
6 6 (10.91%) ETL
7 5 (9.091%) System Testing
7 5 (9.091%) Credit Risk
7 5 (9.091%) ISTQB
7 5 (9.091%) Retail Banking
7 5 (9.091%) SQL
7 5 (9.091%) Regression Testing
8 4 (7.273%) SAS
8 4 (7.273%) Hyperion
8 4 (7.273%) QA
8 4 (7.273%) Performance Testing
9 3 (5.455%) SC Cleared
9 3 (5.455%) Security Cleared
9 3 (5.455%) Software Testing
9 3 (5.455%) WebSphere
9 3 (5.455%) Java
9 3 (5.455%) SOA
9 3 (5.455%) LoadRunner
9 3 (5.455%) HP
9 3 (5.455%) Test Strategy
10 2 (3.636%) Asset Management

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 3 (5.455%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.273%) SAS
2 1 (1.818%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.818%) MS Office
1 1 (1.818%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.818%) Front Arena
1 1 (1.818%) MultiFonds
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.636%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.818%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (5.455%) LoadRunner
2 1 (1.818%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 38 (69.09%) Finance
2 15 (27.27%) Banking
3 7 (12.73%) Retail
4 5 (9.091%) Retail Banking
5 2 (3.636%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.818%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.818%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.818%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.091%) Credit Risk
2 1 (1.818%) Online Banking
2 1 (1.818%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (43.64%) User Acceptance Testing
2 17 (30.91%) Test Scripting
3 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (10.91%) Workflow
3 6 (10.91%) ETL
4 5 (9.091%) System Testing
4 5 (9.091%) Regression Testing
5 4 (7.273%) Performance Testing
6 3 (5.455%) Software Testing
6 3 (5.455%) SOA
6 3 (5.455%) Test Strategy
7 2 (3.636%) Asset Management
7 2 (3.636%) Migration
7 2 (3.636%) Use Case
8 1 (1.818%) Manual Testing
8 1 (1.818%) Unit Testing
8 1 (1.818%) Integration Testing
8 1 (1.818%) Fund Accounting
8 1 (1.818%) Project Governance
8 1 (1.818%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.091%) SQL
2 3 (5.455%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (27.27%) ISEB
2 5 (9.091%) ISTQB
3 3 (5.455%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.455%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.273%) QA
Systems Management
1 17 (30.91%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (7.273%) Hyperion
2 3 (5.455%) HP
3 2 (3.636%) Pega
4 1 (1.818%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.818%) Oracle
4 1 (1.818%) Business Objects
4 1 (1.818%) Informatica
Test Analyst - Financial Services / Banking
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Will possess a minimum of 5 years testing experience, quality center and knowledge of the full testing lifecycle. Will have previously worked on a large business change programme...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £330 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
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