The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Stirling 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 18 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 Stirling 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 8 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 8.247% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 9.091% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £288 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.08% -4.16%
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
Stirling
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
88 50 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 90.72% 90.91% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 27 61
Average daily rate £350 £350 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £138 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
Average hourly rate £14.00 £24.00 £7.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.66% +220.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Analyst
Scotland

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling 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 Stirling region.

Stirling 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 Stirling region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Stirling Test Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 12 (85.71%) Test Scripting
2 8 (57.14%) Finance
3 7 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 7 (50.00%) WebSphere MQ
3 7 (50.00%) Control-M
3 7 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 7 (50.00%) Cadis
3 7 (50.00%) WebSphere
4 6 (42.86%) Banking
5 5 (35.71%) ISEB
5 5 (35.71%) SQL
5 5 (35.71%) Selenium
5 5 (35.71%) Automated Testing
6 4 (28.57%) Capita
6 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (28.57%) Test Management
6 4 (28.57%) IBM
6 4 (28.57%) HP
7 3 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (21.43%) Data Management
7 3 (21.43%) Investment Banking
8 1 (7.143%) Manual Testing
8 1 (7.143%) Test Automation
8 1 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
8 1 (7.143%) QA
8 1 (7.143%) ISTQB
8 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (7.143%) C#
8 1 (7.143%) ETL

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 (50.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 7 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (7.143%) .NET Framework
2 1 (7.143%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) WebSphere Application Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (21.43%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (35.71%) Selenium
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Banking
3 3 (21.43%) Investment Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Test Scripting
2 5 (35.71%) Automated Testing
3 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Test Management
4 3 (21.43%) Data Management
5 1 (7.143%) Manual Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Test Automation
5 1 (7.143%) ETL
5 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) SQL
2 1 (7.143%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) ISEB
2 1 (7.143%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) Control-M
2 1 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Cadis
2 4 (28.57%) IBM
2 4 (28.57%) HP
2 4 (28.57%) Capita