The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside 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 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 Merseyside 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
Test Analyst
Rank 28 34 27
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 3 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.485% 0.383% 1.613%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.538% 0.405% 1.739%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
Average daily rate £280 - £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -36.36%
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
195 247 230
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 96.53% 94.64% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 113 111
Average daily rate £330 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £188 £134
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £430 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 44 35
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.76 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.22% +18.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.16 £11.71 £11.07
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £83.70 £25.00 £22.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Analyst
North West

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Test Analyst Daily Rate Trend

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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Test Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

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 Test Analyst within the Merseyside 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
Liverpool +9 2 £271 -
Test Analyst
North West

Test Analyst
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 3 (60.00%) Oracle
1 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (40.00%) Middleware
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Azure
3 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (20.00%) soapUI
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (20.00%) Groovy
3 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) B2C
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) ISEB
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) ESB
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 (40.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (40.00%) Middleware
2 1 (20.00%) soapUI
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Azure
1 1 (20.00%) ESB
General
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) User Stories
2 1 (20.00%) OO
2 1 (20.00%) B2C
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Groovy
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft