The first table below looks at the demand for the Manual 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 Manual Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Manual Test Analyst
Rank 520 551 580
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Manual Test Analyst 10 10 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.023% 0.019% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.021% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 4
Average daily rate £280 £213 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.76% -46.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £176 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £365 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £265 £290
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -8.62%
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
40666 48260 52962
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.45% 92.52% 92.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 24069 27435 29642
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £243 £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 1999 2368 2784
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 £11.36 £11.13 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Manual Test Analyst
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Manual Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Manual Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Manual Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Manual Test Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Manual Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Manual Test Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England Manual Test Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Manual Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Manual Test Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Manual 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 Manual Test Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 20 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
South East - 3 £275 -
West Midlands - - - - 1
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Manual Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Manual 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 Manual Test Analyst in their job title.

1 10 (62.50%) Manual Testing
2 7 (43.75%) QA
3 6 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (37.50%) SQL
4 5 (31.25%) HP Quality Center
4 5 (31.25%) Waterfall
5 4 (25.00%) Web Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Test Scripting
6 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
6 3 (18.75%) .NET
6 3 (18.75%) ISEB
6 3 (18.75%) Regression Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Banking
7 2 (12.50%) ISTQB
7 2 (12.50%) Finance
7 2 (12.50%) Automotive
7 2 (12.50%) Salesforce.com
7 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
7 2 (12.50%) HP
7 2 (12.50%) C#
7 2 (12.50%) Java
7 2 (12.50%) CRM
7 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
7 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (6.250%) Test Strategy
8 1 (6.250%) Agile Testing
8 1 (6.250%) Ruby on Rails
8 1 (6.250%) System Testing
8 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared

Manual Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (18.75%) .NET
2 1 (6.250%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (6.250%) ASP.NET
2 1 (6.250%) COM
2 1 (6.250%) XML
2 1 (6.250%) XML Messaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (6.250%) JIRA
General
1 3 (18.75%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Automotive
3 1 (6.250%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Manual Testing
2 6 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (31.25%) Waterfall
4 4 (25.00%) Web Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Test Scripting
5 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Regression Testing
6 2 (12.50%) CRM
6 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (6.250%) Test Strategy
7 1 (6.250%) Agile Testing
7 1 (6.250%) System Testing
7 1 (6.250%) V-Model
7 1 (6.250%) ITIL
7 1 (6.250%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) C#
2 2 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (6.250%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) ISEB
2 2 (12.50%) ISTQB
3 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Salesforce.com
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 2 (12.50%) HP
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