The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 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 North East 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 30 26 35
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 4 23 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 1.347% 4.283% 2.252%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.439% 4.694% 2.392%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 2
Average daily rate £275 £250 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +42.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £288 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.08% -4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £19.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -34.48%
All Job Titles
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
278 490 418
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 93.60% 91.25% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 249 176
Average daily rate £325 £360 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.72% +15.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £152
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 41 34
Average hourly rate £12.56 £19.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.92% +11.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.20 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £35.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 17 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
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Job
Vacancies
Tyne and Wear 0 3 - - 2
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) ISEB
2 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Retail Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Wealth Management
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Web Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Manual Testing
3 2 (28.57%) System Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
3 2 (28.57%) RDF
4 1 (14.29%) Automation Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Investment Management
4 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Bugzilla
4 1 (14.29%) QA
4 1 (14.29%) Selenium
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) .NET

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Bugzilla
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Retail Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Wealth Management
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
2 2 (28.57%) RDF
2 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Web Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Manual Testing
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
2 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Investment Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
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