The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire 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 36 32 33
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 5 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 1.524% 2.128% 1.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.608% 2.281% 1.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
Average daily rate £300 £290 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% +5.45%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -36.36%
All Job Titles
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
311 263 280
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 94.82% 93.26% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 136 102
Average daily rate £338 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.87% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 14 23
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Analyst
East Midlands

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire 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
Nottingham -7 2 £253 -
Test Analyst
East Midlands

Test Analyst
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 5 (55.56%) User Acceptance Testing
1 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
2 4 (44.44%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (44.44%) SAP
2 4 (44.44%) Retail
3 3 (33.33%) SAP ECC
3 3 (33.33%) Manual Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Smart Meter
4 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
4 2 (22.22%) SQL
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
5 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
5 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) HP
5 1 (11.11%) SAP BW
5 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
5 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 1 (11.11%) ABAP
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle
5 1 (11.11%) Billing
5 1 (11.11%) SAP Retail
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (11.11%) TestComplete
5 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) Automation Testing
5 1 (11.11%) System Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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.

Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) SAP ECC
2 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
2 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Retail
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SAP BW
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) TestComplete
General
1 4 (44.44%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) User Acceptance Testing
1 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
2 3 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Automation Testing
4 1 (11.11%) System Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) ABAP
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) HP
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle