The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Scotland 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Test Analyst
Rank 113 97 83
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Analyst 8 8 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.323% 0.299% 0.986%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.348% 0.319% 1.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 17
Average daily rate £328 £310 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.81% -11.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £265 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £344 £332 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £305 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.19% -6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2299 2509 2577
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.78% 93.76% 94.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1110 1218 1269
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 113 97
Average hourly rate £15.50 £22.50 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.11% +47.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £34.00 £38.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Test Analyst
UK

Senior Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Senior Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Test Analyst across the Scotland region.

Scotland Senior Test Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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
Edinburgh +7 6 £330 +10.00%
Glasgow -21 1 £300 -5.95%
West Lothian - 1 - -
Senior Test Analyst
UK

Senior Test Analyst
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst in their job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 3 (33.33%) ISEB
4 2 (22.22%) Banking
4 2 (22.22%) Retail
4 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Workflow
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Retail Banking
4 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) QA
5 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) VMware
5 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (11.11%) Fund Accounting
5 1 (11.11%) Project Governance
5 1 (11.11%) SQL
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
5 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (11.11%) ETL
5 1 (11.11%) HP
5 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
5 1 (11.11%) MultiFonds
5 1 (11.11%) Front Arena
5 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
5 1 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (11.11%) Migration

Senior Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MultiFonds
1 1 (11.11%) Front Arena
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 8 (88.89%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
2 2 (22.22%) Retail Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Workflow
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) Fund Accounting
3 1 (11.11%) Project Governance
3 1 (11.11%) ETL
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) VMware
1 1 (11.11%) HP