Test Analyst Contracts in Halifax
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax 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 17 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 Halifax 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 12 14 19
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 8 21 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 6.897% 8.642% 2.521%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.547% 8.974% 2.830%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 1
Average daily rate £280 £265 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.66% -24.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -38.05%
All Job Titles
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 106 234 106
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 91.38% 96.30% 89.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 200 65
Average daily rate £363 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.47% +1.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £260 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £459 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £7.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +114.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Test Analyst
West Yorkshire

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Test Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 14 (73.68%) Finance
1 14 (73.68%) Banking
2 12 (63.16%) Retail
3 10 (52.63%) Retail Banking
4 8 (42.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (42.11%) ISEB
5 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (36.84%) Test Scripting
5 7 (36.84%) HP Quality Center
5 7 (36.84%) ISTQB
6 6 (31.58%) Software Testing
7 4 (21.05%) FATCA
8 3 (15.79%) Business Transformation
8 3 (15.79%) Test Strategy
9 2 (10.53%) MS Office
9 2 (10.53%) HTML
9 2 (10.53%) Java
9 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
9 2 (10.53%) Project Management
9 2 (10.53%) ISEB Practitioner
9 2 (10.53%) Use Case
9 2 (10.53%) NFC
10 1 (5.263%) Performance Testing
10 1 (5.263%) Data Migration
10 1 (5.263%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 1 (5.263%) Data Mart
10 1 (5.263%) MS Project
10 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
10 1 (5.263%) LoadRunner
10 1 (5.263%) Change Management

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 (10.53%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Office
2 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) LoadRunner
General
1 14 (73.68%) Finance
1 14 (73.68%) Banking
2 12 (63.16%) Retail
3 10 (52.63%) Retail Banking
4 1 (5.263%) Law
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (36.84%) Test Scripting
2 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (31.58%) Software Testing
4 3 (15.79%) Test Strategy
4 3 (15.79%) Business Transformation
5 2 (10.53%) Use Case
5 2 (10.53%) Project Management
6 1 (5.263%) Change Management
6 1 (5.263%) Regression Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Migration
6 1 (5.263%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (5.263%) Data Migration
6 1 (5.263%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) Java
1 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) ISEB
2 7 (36.84%) ISTQB
3 2 (10.53%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) FATCA
Systems Management
1 7 (36.84%) HP Quality Center
Test Analyst/Banking/UAT
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Must have Extensive testing experience (3 years +) with a few years in Banking / Financial organisations Rich Test experience with knowledge of test phases, activites and delieverables Ability to...
Sanderson
Rate: £280 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Test Analyst
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Test Analyst - Financial Services - Halifax Requirement for a Test Analyst to join a Financial Services client on a complex project. The Test Analyst must have a strong track...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £330.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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