The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire 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 17 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 Warwickshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 25 24 27
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 5 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 2.427% 1.600% 0.935%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.660% 1.667% 1.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
Average daily rate £325 £300 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +33.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £28.25
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -38.05%
All Job Titles
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
188 240 197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 91.26% 96.00% 92.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 106 74
Average daily rate £325 £320 £334
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -4.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 22 24
Average hourly rate £13.00 £16.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.21% -34.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.70 £12.25 £13.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Test Analyst
West Midlands

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Warwick -1 4 £325 -
Kenilworth - 3 £325 -
Leamington Spa - 3 £325 -
Stratford-upon-Avon - 3 £325 -
Test Analyst
West Midlands

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) ISEB
2 3 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (50.00%) COBOL
2 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) VB
2 3 (50.00%) System Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 2 (33.33%) QA
3 2 (33.33%) Selenium
4 1 (16.67%) Use Case
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Magento
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories
4 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (16.67%) Retail

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire 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 (50.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Magento
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) System Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Use Case
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
4 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) COBOL
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
1 3 (50.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
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