The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton 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 19 June 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 Southampton 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 32 25 27
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 5 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 1.493% 3.113% 0.535%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.558% 3.306% 0.562%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Average daily rate £300 £365 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.80% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £289 £300
% change year-on-year
+7.35% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £19.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -34.48%
All Job Titles
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
321 242 178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 95.82% 94.16% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 123 75
Average daily rate £325 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £250 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £475 £521
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 58 24
Average hourly rate £14.00 £20.00 £12.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +61.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.07 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.65 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Test Analyst
Hampshire

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Test Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 3 (37.50%) HP
1 3 (37.50%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Load Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (25.00%) Rational Performance Tester
2 2 (25.00%) WebInspect
2 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (25.00%) LoadRunner
2 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (25.00%) IBM
3 1 (12.50%) RedPrairie
3 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
3 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) CMS
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) TeamSite
3 1 (12.50%) HTML
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) SOAP
3 1 (12.50%) Web Services

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) SOAP
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) CMS
1 1 (12.50%) TeamSite
1 1 (12.50%) Magento
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (25.00%) Rational Performance Tester
2 2 (25.00%) LoadRunner
3 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
3 1 (12.50%) Selenium
General
1 1 (12.50%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Load Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) TDD
3 1 (12.50%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) WebInspect
1 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) HP
2 2 (25.00%) IBM
3 1 (12.50%) RedPrairie
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) SAP