The first table below looks at the demand for the Agile Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Agile 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 South East 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
Agile Test Analyst
Rank 226 229 236
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Agile Test Analyst 3 17 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.038% 0.164% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.178% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 3
Average daily rate £363 £239 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+51.83% -26.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £245 £305
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -19.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £12.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+60.00% -
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7340 9547 9507
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.65% 92.30% 92.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3646 4278 4096
Average daily rate £350 £350 £357
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 588 732 811
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Agile Test Analyst
England

Agile Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Agile Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Agile Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Agile Test Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Agile Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Agile Test Analyst across the South East region.

South East Agile Test Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Agile 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 Agile Test Analyst within the South East 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
Surrey +19 2 - -
East Sussex +6 1 £363 -
Agile Test Analyst
England

Agile Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (55.56%) Scrum
2 4 (44.44%) ISEB
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) C#
3 3 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 3 (33.33%) XML
3 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 3 (33.33%) WPF
3 3 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (33.33%) BDD
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (22.22%) QA
4 2 (22.22%) Windows
4 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
4 2 (22.22%) SOAP
4 2 (22.22%) Web Services
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
4 2 (22.22%) Java
5 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 1 (11.11%) .NET
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle
5 1 (11.11%) IIS
5 1 (11.11%) JMeter
5 1 (11.11%) Law
5 1 (11.11%) Legal
5 1 (11.11%) Publishing
5 1 (11.11%) DSDM
5 1 (11.11%) MS Excel

Agile Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) XML
1 3 (33.33%) WPF
2 2 (22.22%) SOAP
2 2 (22.22%) Web Services
3 1 (11.11%) .NET
3 1 (11.11%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) IIS
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Visual Studio
1 3 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (11.11%) JMeter
2 1 (11.11%) Selenium
2 1 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (11.11%) Law
1 1 (11.11%) Legal
1 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Scrum
2 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 3 (33.33%) BDD
3 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
4 1 (11.11%) DSDM
4 1 (11.11%) SOA
4 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Integration Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 1 (11.11%) System Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Agile Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) C#
3 2 (22.22%) Java
4 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (11.11%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) ISEB
2 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle