The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 21 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 Reading 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 61 66 63
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 12 15 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.402% 1.357% 1.553%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.533% 1.478% 1.762%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 8
Average daily rate £350 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £269 £156 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £340 £315
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -36.36%
All Job Titles
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
783 1015 908
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.47% 91.86% 88.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 342 407
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £218 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 57 38
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.12% +24.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £11.25 £10.09
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £24.00 £34.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Analyst
Berkshire

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Test Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Reading region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Reading Test Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

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 Reading region.

Reading Test Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 8 (38.10%) Test Scripting
2 5 (23.81%) HP
2 5 (23.81%) SQL
2 5 (23.81%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) .NET
3 4 (19.05%) Windows
3 4 (19.05%) Performance Testing
4 3 (14.29%) System Testing
4 3 (14.29%) WebSphere
4 3 (14.29%) ISTQB
4 3 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Finance
4 3 (14.29%) Linux
4 3 (14.29%) C#
4 3 (14.29%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (14.29%) ISEB
4 3 (14.29%) Client/Server
4 3 (14.29%) Shell Script
5 2 (9.524%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (9.524%) VMS
5 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
5 2 (9.524%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (9.524%) LoadRunner
5 2 (9.524%) SOAP
5 2 (9.524%) Web Services
5 2 (9.524%) XML
5 2 (9.524%) UNIX

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 4 (19.05%) .NET
2 3 (14.29%) WebSphere
3 2 (9.524%) SOAP
3 2 (9.524%) Web Services
3 2 (9.524%) XML
3 2 (9.524%) soapUI
3 2 (9.524%) REST
4 1 (4.762%) WCF
4 1 (4.762%) ADO.NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
1 1 (4.762%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (9.524%) Prophet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (9.524%) DbVisualizer
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (9.524%) LoadRunner
1 2 (9.524%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (4.762%) Cucumber
2 1 (4.762%) QADirector
2 1 (4.762%) Selenium
General
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Client/Server
2 2 (9.524%) Handset
3 1 (4.762%) STB
3 1 (4.762%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (4.762%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 3 (14.29%) Linux
3 2 (9.524%) VMS
3 2 (9.524%) UNIX
3 2 (9.524%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (4.762%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Test Scripting
2 4 (19.05%) Performance Testing
3 3 (14.29%) System Testing
3 3 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (9.524%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (9.524%) Software Testing
4 2 (9.524%) Web Testing
4 2 (9.524%) Test Management
4 2 (9.524%) Manual Testing
4 2 (9.524%) Test Strategy
4 2 (9.524%) Analytics
4 2 (9.524%) Automation Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Test Automation
5 1 (4.762%) Waterfall
5 1 (4.762%) BDD
5 1 (4.762%) Time Management
5 1 (4.762%) Kanban
5 1 (4.762%) Usability Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) C#
2 3 (14.29%) Shell Script
3 2 (9.524%) C
3 2 (9.524%) Python
3 2 (9.524%) Groovy
4 1 (4.762%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 3 (14.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.524%) QA
2 1 (4.762%) ISO 8583
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) HP
2 2 (9.524%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.762%) Citrix