The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 88 70 115
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 163 230 146
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 2.091% 2.267% 1.407%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.260% 2.455% 1.519%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 116 68
Average daily rate £300 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £222 £187
10% offered a daily rate of more than £402 £363 £362
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £20.00 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -36.36%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7211 9367 9611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.52% 92.32% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4207 4140
Average daily rate £350 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £215
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 577 716 825
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 £11.38 £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%
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hampshire -14 40 £325 -
Berkshire -5 37 £313 +8.69%
Buckinghamshire +24 32 £250 -12.28%
East Sussex +20 21 £300 -5.51%
West Sussex +14 14 £309 -3.13%
Surrey -28 10 £300 -3.22%
Kent -4 3 £275 -28.57%
Sussex - 3 - -
Oxfordshire +6 2 £328 -
Middlesex +7 1 £350 +2.94%
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 89 (31.67%) Test Scripting
2 79 (28.11%) HP Quality Center
3 68 (24.20%) SQL
4 66 (23.49%) ISEB
5 61 (21.71%) User Acceptance Testing
6 51 (18.15%) Finance
7 44 (15.66%) Security Cleared
8 42 (14.95%) Oracle
9 41 (14.59%) HP
10 37 (13.17%) QA
10 37 (13.17%) Selenium
11 35 (12.46%) Performance Testing
12 34 (12.10%) .NET
13 33 (11.74%) Software Testing
13 33 (11.74%) SC Cleared
14 32 (11.39%) Regression Testing
15 31 (11.03%) Agile Software Development
16 29 (10.32%) Windows
16 29 (10.32%) Integration Testing
17 28 (9.964%) QuickTest Pro
18 26 (9.253%) C#
18 26 (9.253%) ISTQB
19 25 (8.897%) SQL Server
19 25 (8.897%) Test Automation
20 24 (8.541%) XML
20 24 (8.541%) Scrum
21 23 (8.185%) SAP
22 21 (7.473%) Microsoft
23 20 (7.117%) Java
23 20 (7.117%) Manual Testing

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 34 (12.10%) .NET
2 24 (8.541%) XML
3 17 (6.050%) HTML
4 16 (5.694%) SOAP
4 16 (5.694%) Web Services
4 16 (5.694%) soapUI
5 9 (3.203%) WCF
5 9 (3.203%) Gherkin
6 8 (2.847%) WebSphere
7 7 (2.491%) ASP.NET
7 7 (2.491%) CSS
8 5 (1.779%) WPF
9 4 (1.423%) Ajax
10 3 (1.068%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (1.068%) REST
10 3 (1.068%) JSP
10 3 (1.068%) XSLT
10 3 (1.068%) JSON
11 2 (0.712%) BPEL4WS
11 2 (0.712%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 10 (3.559%) IIS
2 7 (2.491%) BizTalk Server
3 5 (1.779%) Windows Azure
3 5 (1.779%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.779%) Lotus Notes
4 4 (1.423%) CMS
4 4 (1.423%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (1.068%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.712%) TeamSite
7 1 (0.356%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.356%) Drupal
7 1 (0.356%) MS Exchange
7 1 (0.356%) ESB
7 1 (0.356%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (4.270%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.779%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (1.423%) MS Office
4 3 (1.068%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (3.203%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.423%) Prophet
3 3 (1.068%) SAP IS-U
3 3 (1.068%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.068%) SAP FI
3 3 (1.068%) HiPortfolio
3 3 (1.068%) SAP CRM
4 2 (0.712%) Oracle HRMS
4 2 (0.712%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (0.356%) Servitor
5 1 (0.356%) MoSes
5 1 (0.356%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (0.356%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.356%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.356%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.356%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.356%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.356%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.356%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.356%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.779%) LAN
2 4 (1.423%) ATM
2 4 (1.423%) HTTP
2 4 (1.423%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.423%) Internet
3 3 (1.068%) WAN
4 2 (0.712%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.712%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.712%) SSL
4 2 (0.712%) Firewall
5 1 (0.356%) Cisco ICM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.897%) SQL Server
2 19 (6.762%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.915%) Oracle 8/8i
4 10 (3.559%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (2.491%) Oracle BI EE
6 5 (1.779%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.423%) Oracle OWB
7 4 (1.423%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (1.423%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.423%) Oracle 10g
7 4 (1.423%) Oracle 11g
8 3 (1.068%) SQL Server 2012
8 3 (1.068%) SAP BW
8 3 (1.068%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.712%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 2 (0.712%) Oracle Discoverer
9 2 (0.712%) DbVisualizer
10 1 (0.356%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 1 (0.356%) SQL Server 2000
10 1 (0.356%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 37 (13.17%) Selenium
2 28 (9.964%) QuickTest Pro
3 16 (5.694%) LoadRunner
3 16 (5.694%) Team Foundation Server
4 10 (3.559%) WebDriver
5 9 (3.203%) JIRA
6 8 (2.847%) Visual Studio
6 8 (2.847%) SpecFlow
6 8 (2.847%) Cucumber
6 8 (2.847%) Rational Performance Tester
7 7 (2.491%) FitNesse
7 7 (2.491%) JMeter
8 5 (1.779%) WATIR
8 5 (1.779%) Firebug
8 5 (1.779%) Fiddler
9 4 (1.423%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (1.423%) Rational Functional Tester
9 4 (1.423%) MSTest
10 3 (1.068%) Visual Studio Team System
11 2 (0.712%) Bugzilla
General
1 51 (18.15%) Finance
2 13 (4.626%) Banking
3 11 (3.915%) Retail
4 7 (2.491%) Retail Banking
4 7 (2.491%) Telecoms
5 5 (1.779%) Billing
6 4 (1.423%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.423%) Spanish Language
7 3 (1.068%) Military
7 3 (1.068%) Automotive
8 2 (0.712%) Games
8 2 (0.712%) General Ledger
8 2 (0.712%) Back Office
9 1 (0.356%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.356%) Welsh Language
9 1 (0.356%) French Language
9 1 (0.356%) German Language
9 1 (0.356%) Publishing
9 1 (0.356%) Law
9 1 (0.356%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.135%) Open Source
2 4 (1.423%) AS400
2 4 (1.423%) Smart Meter
2 4 (1.423%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (1.068%) iSeries
3 3 (1.068%) NHS
3 3 (1.068%) Client/Server
4 2 (0.712%) Handset
4 2 (0.712%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (0.712%) STB
4 2 (0.712%) Blackberry
4 2 (0.712%) DTV
4 2 (0.712%) Mainframe
4 2 (0.712%) IBM Mainframe
4 2 (0.712%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.356%) SaaS
5 1 (0.356%) Social Gaming
5 1 (0.356%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.356%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.356%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.32%) Windows
2 13 (4.626%) UNIX
3 11 (3.915%) Linux
4 9 (3.203%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (2.847%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (2.491%) Windows XP
7 5 (1.779%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.068%) Windows 7
8 3 (1.068%) Windows 2000
9 2 (0.712%) VMS
9 2 (0.712%) Android
10 1 (0.356%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.356%) Windows Phone 8
10 1 (0.356%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.356%) AIX
10 1 (0.356%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.356%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (31.67%) Test Scripting
2 61 (21.71%) User Acceptance Testing
3 35 (12.46%) Performance Testing
4 33 (11.74%) Software Testing
5 32 (11.39%) Regression Testing
6 31 (11.03%) Agile Software Development
7 29 (10.32%) Integration Testing
8 25 (8.897%) Test Automation
9 24 (8.541%) Scrum
10 20 (7.117%) Manual Testing
10 20 (7.117%) System Testing
11 19 (6.762%) Web Testing
11 19 (6.762%) Migration
11 19 (6.762%) Automated Testing
12 18 (6.406%) Test Strategy
13 17 (6.050%) TDD
14 14 (4.982%) Validation
14 14 (4.982%) Automation Testing
15 11 (3.915%) BDD
16 10 (3.559%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 68 (24.20%) SQL
2 26 (9.253%) C#
3 20 (7.117%) Java
4 16 (5.694%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.203%) C++
6 8 (2.847%) C
7 7 (2.491%) Python
8 5 (1.779%) Groovy
8 5 (1.779%) Perl
9 3 (1.068%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.068%) RPG
10 2 (0.712%) VB
11 1 (0.356%) R
11 1 (0.356%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.356%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 66 (23.49%) ISEB
2 44 (15.66%) Security Cleared
3 33 (11.74%) SC Cleared
4 26 (9.253%) ISTQB
5 6 (2.135%) ISEB Practitioner
6 4 (1.423%) Degree
7 3 (1.068%) CCA
8 2 (0.712%) HP AIS
9 1 (0.356%) CCIE
9 1 (0.356%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.356%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.356%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (13.17%) QA
2 2 (0.712%) ISO 8583
3 1 (0.356%) Solvency II
3 1 (0.356%) Data Quality
System Software
1 13 (4.626%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (3.915%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.423%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (1.423%) Terminal Services
4 3 (1.068%) VMware ESX
5 2 (0.712%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (0.712%) Nmap
6 1 (0.356%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 79 (28.11%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.356%) Tivoli
2 1 (0.356%) Netcool
2 1 (0.356%) Netcool/OMNIbus
2 1 (0.356%) Nessus
Vendors
1 42 (14.95%) Oracle
2 41 (14.59%) HP
3 23 (8.185%) SAP
4 21 (7.473%) Microsoft
5 15 (5.338%) VMware
6 13 (4.626%) IBM
7 5 (1.779%) Lotus
8 4 (1.423%) Siebel
8 4 (1.423%) Siemens
8 4 (1.423%) CA
9 3 (1.068%) Cisco
9 3 (1.068%) Capita
10 2 (0.712%) Empirix
10 2 (0.712%) Citrix
11 1 (0.356%) RedPrairie
11 1 (0.356%) ArcSight
11 1 (0.356%) webMethods
11 1 (0.356%) Intel
11 1 (0.356%) Hyperion
11 1 (0.356%) Apple
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