The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Manchester 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Test Analyst
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Analyst 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £319 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.44% -1.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
860 1198 955
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.58% 91.80% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 592 420
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 74 75
Average hourly rate £16.20 £18.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.43% +12.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.50 £33.32 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Test Analyst
North West

Senior Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Senior Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Senior Test Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior Test Analyst
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence

Senior Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian