Test Analyst Contracts in South Wales
 
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 South Wales 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 South Wales 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 26 36 37
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 11 6 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 3.503% 1.511% 2.757%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.729% 1.626% 2.941%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 5
Average daily rate £265 £278 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.50% +5.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £115.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -38.05%
All Job Titles
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 295 369 374
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 93.95% 92.95% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 195 203
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £169 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 25
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -27.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £10.85 £9.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Analyst
Wales

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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
Newport +5 4 £240 +6.19%
Cardiff +4 4 £284 +1.33%
Test Analyst
Wales

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 10 (35.71%) Regression Testing
1 10 (35.71%) Test Scripting
2 9 (32.14%) SQL
3 7 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (21.43%) Rational Functional Tester
4 6 (21.43%) Test Automation
4 6 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (17.86%) Manual Testing
5 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
5 5 (17.86%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (17.86%) Finance
5 5 (17.86%) Degree
5 5 (17.86%) IBM
5 5 (17.86%) ISEB
5 5 (17.86%) Test Strategy
6 4 (14.29%) Migration
6 4 (14.29%) Java
6 4 (14.29%) Windows
6 4 (14.29%) Software Testing
7 3 (10.71%) Banking
7 3 (10.71%) QA
7 3 (10.71%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (10.71%) System Testing
7 3 (10.71%) Linux
7 3 (10.71%) RUP
7 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
7 3 (10.71%) UNIX
7 3 (10.71%) .NET
7 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
7 3 (10.71%) MS Project

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 (10.71%) .NET
2 2 (7.143%) WebSphere
3 1 (3.571%) Web Services
3 1 (3.571%) XML
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) MS Project
2 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.571%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.571%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Rational Functional Tester
2 3 (10.71%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (10.71%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.571%) PVCS
3 1 (3.571%) TestDirector
3 1 (3.571%) Selenium
General
1 5 (17.86%) Finance
2 3 (10.71%) Banking
3 2 (7.143%) Retail
3 2 (7.143%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) NHS
2 2 (7.143%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.571%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.571%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
2 3 (10.71%) Linux
2 3 (10.71%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Regression Testing
1 10 (35.71%) Test Scripting
2 6 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (21.43%) Test Automation
3 5 (17.86%) Test Strategy
3 5 (17.86%) Manual Testing
3 5 (17.86%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (14.29%) Migration
4 4 (14.29%) Software Testing
5 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
5 3 (10.71%) RUP
5 3 (10.71%) System Testing
6 2 (7.143%) Data Migration
6 2 (7.143%) Performance Testing
6 2 (7.143%) Integration Testing
6 2 (7.143%) E-Commerce
6 2 (7.143%) Project Planning
6 2 (7.143%) Automation Testing
6 2 (7.143%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (32.14%) SQL
2 4 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (3.571%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) ISEB
2 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.143%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) IBM
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.571%) HP
3 1 (3.571%) TSYS
Test Analyst - Financial Services - Cardiff
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The suitable test analyst must have covered one of the following areas: Credit Risk UAT. Digital web based UAT. Insurance UAT... Suitable candidates must be fully competent on...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £330.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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