The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Slough 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 20 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 Slough 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 35 20 40
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 4 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 1.646% 3.398% 0.327%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.754% 3.723% 0.346%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Average daily rate - £170 £185
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.10%
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -38.05%
All Job Titles
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
228 188 289
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 93.83% 91.26% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 95 142
Average daily rate £315 £420 £316
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +32.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £250 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 8 41
Average hourly rate £35.00 £14.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+141.37% -65.88%
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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Test Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Test Analyst
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) AS400
2 3 (75.00%) Lotus
2 3 (75.00%) RPG
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (75.00%) iSeries
3 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (50.00%) SAP
4 1 (25.00%) Empirix
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Data Migration

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 3 (75.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (75.00%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) AS400
1 3 (75.00%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) RPG
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Lotus
3 2 (50.00%) SAP
4 1 (25.00%) Empirix