The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior 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 West Midlands 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
Senior Test Analyst
Rank 96 92 97
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Analyst 1 11 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.484% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.525% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1536 2095 1783
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 91.54% 92.25% 92.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 711 993 756
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 157 148
Average hourly rate £18.25 £16.48 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.77% -8.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Senior Test Analyst
England

Senior Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Senior Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Test Analyst across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Senior Test Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Senior Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Test Analyst across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Senior Test Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Shropshire - 1 - -
Warwickshire - - - -
Birmingham - - - -
Senior Test Analyst
England

Senior Test Analyst
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst in their job title.

1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
1 3 (60.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) Test Management
2 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) Time Management
2 2 (40.00%) V-Model
2 2 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (20.00%) Content Management
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) VBScript
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) CMS

Senior Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) CMS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Management
2 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) Time Management
2 2 (40.00%) V-Model
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Content Management
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
1 3 (60.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
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