Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts within the North East region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Test Analyst
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4633
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching contract IT job ads229
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.031 %
As % of the category below0.412 %3.473 %
Daily rates quoted216
Average minimum daily rate£265£249
Average daily rate£288£255
% change on same period last year+12.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£260
UK excluding London average daily rate£299£288
% change on same period last year+3.97 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£35.00
Average hourly rate-£38.75
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.42£31.43
% change on same period last year-15.94 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North East
Matching contract IT job ads486835
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.781 %0.897 %
Daily rates quoted98231
Average minimum daily rate£293£327
Average daily rate£318£338
% change on same period last year-5.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted83119
Average minimum hourly rate£16.93£24.76
Average hourly rate£18.25£26.65
% change on same period last year-31.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.57£28.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Test Analyst EnglandTest Analyst
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Test Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and WearDown-61£235-5.99 %
Test Analyst EnglandTest Analyst
England

Test Analyst
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

13 (37.50 %)ISEB
13 (37.50 %)UNIX
22 (25.00 %)SQL
22 (25.00 %)TestDirector
22 (25.00 %)Finance
22 (25.00 %)Pensions
31 (12.50 %)Test Scripting
31 (12.50 %)System Testing
31 (12.50 %)V-Model
31 (12.50 %)Insurance
31 (12.50 %)Software Testing
31 (12.50 %)BASE24
31 (12.50 %)Tandem
31 (12.50 %)Mainframe
31 (12.50 %)Sybase
31 (12.50 %)Windows
31 (12.50 %)Microsoft

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (12.50 %)BASE24
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (25.00 %)TestDirector
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Finance
12 (25.00 %)Pensions
21 (12.50 %)Insurance
North East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Mainframe
11 (12.50 %)Tandem
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (37.50 %)UNIX
21 (12.50 %)Windows
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (12.50 %)Software Testing
11 (12.50 %)Test Scripting
11 (12.50 %)System Testing
11 (12.50 %)V-Model
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (25.00 %)SQL
North East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (37.50 %)ISEB
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Sybase
11 (12.50 %)Microsoft