The first table below looks at the demand for the Functional Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Functional 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 England 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
Functional Test Analyst
Rank 501 536 561
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Test Analyst 12 23 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.029% 0.043% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.047% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 5
Average daily rate £283 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.28% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £266 £283
10% offered a daily rate of more than £362 £375 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £241 £325 £280
% change year-on-year
-25.65% +15.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Functional Test Analyst
UK

Functional Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Functional Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Functional Test Analyst across the England region.

England Functional Test Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Functional Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Functional Test Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Functional Test Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Functional Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Functional Test Analyst across the England region.

England Functional Test Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Functional 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 Functional Test Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
London +28 7 £283 -19.28%
South East +17 3 £350 -5.14%
East of England - 1 £230 -
East Midlands - 1 £225 -
Functional Test Analyst
UK

Functional Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Functional 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 Functional Test Analyst in their job title.

1 9 (37.50%) Siebel
1 9 (37.50%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 7 (29.17%) Functional Testing
4 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 5 (20.83%) JIRA
5 5 (20.83%) ISTQB
5 5 (20.83%) SQL
5 5 (20.83%) ISEB
6 4 (16.67%) .NET
6 4 (16.67%) Marketing
6 4 (16.67%) Integration Testing
6 4 (16.67%) Use Case
6 4 (16.67%) HP
6 4 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (16.67%) Validation
6 4 (16.67%) CTI
6 4 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (16.67%) Analytics
7 3 (12.50%) Data Migration
7 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 3 (12.50%) FMCG
7 3 (12.50%) Migration
7 3 (12.50%) XML Messaging
7 3 (12.50%) Software Testing
7 3 (12.50%) Manual Testing
7 3 (12.50%) Oracle
7 3 (12.50%) Java
7 3 (12.50%) XML

Functional Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Functional 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 Functional Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (16.67%) .NET
2 3 (12.50%) XML Messaging
2 3 (12.50%) XML
3 2 (8.333%) ASP.NET
3 2 (8.333%) HTML
4 1 (4.167%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) CTI
2 1 (4.167%) Wireshark
2 1 (4.167%) HTTP
2 1 (4.167%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.167%) HTTPS
2 1 (4.167%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (8.333%) MySQL
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) JIRA
2 2 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (4.167%) ClearQuest
3 1 (4.167%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (4.167%) Selenium
General
1 4 (16.67%) Marketing
2 2 (8.333%) Banking
3 1 (4.167%) Finance
3 1 (4.167%) Legal
3 1 (4.167%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) FMCG
1 3 (12.50%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.167%) Reference Data
2 1 (4.167%) Derivative
2 1 (4.167%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) UNIX
2 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (4.167%) Windows
2 1 (4.167%) Linux
2 1 (4.167%) Windows 2000
2 1 (4.167%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 8 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 7 (29.17%) Functional Testing
3 4 (16.67%) Integration Testing
3 4 (16.67%) Use Case
3 4 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (16.67%) Validation
3 4 (16.67%) Analytics
4 3 (12.50%) Data Migration
4 3 (12.50%) Migration
4 3 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 3 (12.50%) Manual Testing
4 3 (12.50%) CRM
4 3 (12.50%) Regression Testing
5 2 (8.333%) Test Management
6 1 (4.167%) Test Strategy
6 1 (4.167%) V-Model
6 1 (4.167%) Data Management
6 1 (4.167%) System Testing
6 1 (4.167%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) Java
3 2 (8.333%) JavaScript
3 2 (8.333%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.83%) ISTQB
2 5 (20.83%) ISEB
3 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.333%) Degree
4 2 (8.333%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.333%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.167%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 9 (37.50%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (4.167%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Siebel
2 4 (16.67%) HP
3 3 (12.50%) Oracle
4 2 (8.333%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.167%) ArcSight
5 1 (4.167%) SAP