Test Analyst Contracts in Somerset
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 23 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 Somerset 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 29 28 32
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 2 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 1.149% 4.142% 1.724%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.258% 4.294% 1.807%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
Average daily rate £275 £230 £180
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.56% +27.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -36.36%
All Job Titles
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 159 163 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 91.38% 96.45% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 91 75
Average daily rate £301 £320 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.93% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £230 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £433 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 13 22
Average hourly rate £10.00 £13.25 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.52% -11.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Analyst
South West

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 23 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
Taunton 0 2 £275 +19.56%
Test Analyst
South West

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 16 (84.21%) Test Scripting
2 13 (68.42%) ISEB
3 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
3 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
3 10 (52.63%) ISTQB
4 9 (47.37%) Software Testing
5 7 (36.84%) Release Management
5 7 (36.84%) Test Strategy
5 7 (36.84%) .NET
5 7 (36.84%) SAP
5 7 (36.84%) ASP.NET
5 7 (36.84%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (31.58%) Visual Studio
6 6 (31.58%) Mobile App
7 5 (26.32%) Automated Testing
7 5 (26.32%) ITIL
7 5 (26.32%) HP
7 5 (26.32%) QuickTest Pro
8 4 (21.05%) ISEB Practitioner
8 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
8 4 (21.05%) Project Planning
8 4 (21.05%) HP Quality Center
9 3 (15.79%) Manual Testing
9 3 (15.79%) QA
9 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (15.79%) LAMP
9 3 (15.79%) Scrum
9 3 (15.79%) C
9 3 (15.79%) ABAP
9 3 (15.79%) E-Commerce

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 7 (36.84%) .NET
1 7 (36.84%) ASP.NET
2 3 (15.79%) LAMP
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) assyst
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SAP BW
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Visual Studio
2 5 (26.32%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (10.53%) Selenium
3 2 (10.53%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (5.263%) WebDriver
4 1 (5.263%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (15.79%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.263%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 1 (5.263%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Test Scripting
2 9 (47.37%) Software Testing
3 7 (36.84%) Release Management
3 7 (36.84%) Test Strategy
3 7 (36.84%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (26.32%) Automated Testing
4 5 (26.32%) ITIL
5 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
5 4 (21.05%) Project Planning
6 3 (15.79%) Manual Testing
6 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Scrum
6 3 (15.79%) E-Commerce
7 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (10.53%) Web Testing
8 1 (5.263%) Test Automation
8 1 (5.263%) Process Improvement
8 1 (5.263%) Automation Testing
8 1 (5.263%) Test Management
8 1 (5.263%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) C
1 3 (15.79%) ABAP
2 1 (5.263%) C#
2 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) ISEB
2 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
2 10 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 10 (52.63%) ISTQB
3 4 (21.05%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (5.263%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) SAP
2 5 (26.32%) HP
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle
3 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.263%) Cerner
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