Test Analyst Contracts in 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 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 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 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 31 49 44
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 13 5 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 3.052% 0.877% 2.576%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.266% 0.940% 2.796%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 7
Average daily rate £265 £280 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.35% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £269 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £382 £286
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £115.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -36.36%
Search 6 Test Analyst jobs in Wales
All Job Titles
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 398 532 608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 93.43% 93.33% 92.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 257 279
Average daily rate £350 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £175 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 27 31
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -34.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £10.75 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £59.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Analyst
UK

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Wales region.

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 Wales region.

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 Wales 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
South Wales +8 11 £265 -5.35%
West Wales - 2 - -
Test Analyst
UK

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 14 (41.18%) Test Scripting
2 11 (32.35%) SQL
3 10 (29.41%) Regression Testing
4 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
5 7 (20.59%) Rational Functional Tester
5 7 (20.59%) Test Automation
5 7 (20.59%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (17.65%) Finance
6 6 (17.65%) Windows
6 6 (17.65%) IBM
7 5 (14.71%) Java
7 5 (14.71%) ISEB
7 5 (14.71%) Degree
7 5 (14.71%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (14.71%) Manual Testing
7 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
7 5 (14.71%) Test Strategy
8 4 (11.76%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (11.76%) Migration
8 4 (11.76%) Software Testing
8 4 (11.76%) UNIX
9 3 (8.824%) NHS
9 3 (8.824%) PRINCE2
9 3 (8.824%) .NET
9 3 (8.824%) SQL Server
9 3 (8.824%) MS Project
9 3 (8.824%) Visual Studio
9 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
9 3 (8.824%) Linux
9 3 (8.824%) RUP

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 (8.824%) .NET
2 2 (5.882%) WebSphere
2 2 (5.882%) XML
3 1 (2.941%) Web Services
Applications
1 3 (8.824%) MS Project
2 1 (2.941%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.824%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.941%) TOAD
2 1 (2.941%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Rational Functional Tester
2 4 (11.76%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (8.824%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.941%) TestDirector
4 1 (2.941%) PVCS
4 1 (2.941%) Selenium
General
1 6 (17.65%) Finance
2 3 (8.824%) Banking
3 2 (5.882%) Retail
3 2 (5.882%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.824%) NHS
2 2 (5.882%) Credit Risk
2 2 (5.882%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.65%) Windows
2 4 (11.76%) UNIX
3 3 (8.824%) Linux
4 2 (5.882%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Test Scripting
2 10 (29.41%) Regression Testing
3 7 (20.59%) Test Automation
3 7 (20.59%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (14.71%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (14.71%) Manual Testing
4 5 (14.71%) Test Strategy
5 4 (11.76%) Migration
5 4 (11.76%) Software Testing
6 3 (8.824%) PRINCE2
6 3 (8.824%) RUP
6 3 (8.824%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (8.824%) System Testing
7 2 (5.882%) Data Migration
7 2 (5.882%) Automation Testing
7 2 (5.882%) Performance Testing
7 2 (5.882%) Integration Testing
7 2 (5.882%) Project Planning
7 2 (5.882%) E-Commerce
7 2 (5.882%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (32.35%) SQL
2 5 (14.71%) Java
3 1 (2.941%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.71%) ISEB
2 5 (14.71%) Degree
2 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.882%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.941%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.824%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.882%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (5.882%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.882%) SCCM
1 2 (5.882%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) IBM
2 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.941%) HP
3 1 (2.941%) TSYS
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