Test Analyst Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram 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 West Midlands 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 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 74 50 85
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 21 57 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.286% 2.542% 0.899%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.393% 2.752% 0.973%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 37 9
Average daily rate £325 £275 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% +22.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 £28.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -36.36%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1508 2071 1748
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.35% 92.37% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 682 946 791
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £215 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 167 154
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.10 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.22% -11.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Test Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Warwickshire -2 5 £325 +8.33%
Shropshire +8 3 - -
Birmingham -2 3 £315 +22.92%
Worcestershire - 3 £325 -
Staffordshire +13 2 £239 -6.37%
Wolverhampton +1 2 - -
Coventry -12 2 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 - -
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 28 (47.46%) Test Scripting
2 24 (40.68%) ISEB
3 22 (37.29%) SQL
4 15 (25.42%) Finance
4 15 (25.42%) HP Quality Center
5 14 (23.73%) User Acceptance Testing
6 12 (20.34%) ISTQB
6 12 (20.34%) Migration
7 11 (18.64%) Oracle
7 11 (18.64%) Software Testing
8 10 (16.95%) Retail
9 9 (15.25%) Agile Software Development
9 9 (15.25%) Integration Testing
9 9 (15.25%) System Testing
9 9 (15.25%) Java
10 8 (13.56%) Windows
11 7 (11.86%) UNIX
11 7 (11.86%) QuickTest Pro
12 5 (8.475%) Scrum
12 5 (8.475%) Banking
12 5 (8.475%) Manual Testing
12 5 (8.475%) Selenium
12 5 (8.475%) SAP
13 4 (6.780%) SQL Server
13 4 (6.780%) .NET
13 4 (6.780%) E-Commerce
13 4 (6.780%) RUP
13 4 (6.780%) CRM
13 4 (6.780%) Security Cleared
13 4 (6.780%) Cash Management

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (6.780%) .NET
2 3 (5.085%) HTML
2 3 (5.085%) XML
3 1 (1.695%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.390%) CMS
2 1 (1.695%) Magento
2 1 (1.695%) Zimbra
2 1 (1.695%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.695%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (5.085%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.390%) Maximo
2 1 (1.695%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.695%) Servitor
2 1 (1.695%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.695%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (1.695%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.695%) LLU
1 1 (1.695%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (1.695%) 3G
1 1 (1.695%) Internet
1 1 (1.695%) Broadband
1 1 (1.695%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.780%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.390%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.695%) SAP BI
3 1 (1.695%) DataStage
3 1 (1.695%) TOAD
3 1 (1.695%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.695%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 7 (11.86%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (8.475%) Selenium
3 3 (5.085%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.695%) JIRA
4 1 (1.695%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.695%) TestDirector
General
1 15 (25.42%) Finance
2 10 (16.95%) Retail
3 5 (8.475%) Banking
4 4 (6.780%) Retail Banking
5 3 (5.085%) Financial Institution
5 3 (5.085%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.390%) Automotive
7 1 (1.695%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.695%) Billing
7 1 (1.695%) Military
7 1 (1.695%) Front Office
7 1 (1.695%) Back Office
7 1 (1.695%) Games
7 1 (1.695%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.695%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.085%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 3 (5.085%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.695%) Smart Meter
2 1 (1.695%) iPhone
2 1 (1.695%) Handset
2 1 (1.695%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.695%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.56%) Windows
2 7 (11.86%) UNIX
3 3 (5.085%) Android
4 2 (3.390%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.695%) Windows Vista
5 1 (1.695%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.695%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.695%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (47.46%) Test Scripting
2 14 (23.73%) User Acceptance Testing
3 12 (20.34%) Migration
4 11 (18.64%) Software Testing
5 9 (15.25%) Agile Software Development
5 9 (15.25%) Integration Testing
5 9 (15.25%) System Testing
6 5 (8.475%) Scrum
6 5 (8.475%) Manual Testing
7 4 (6.780%) E-Commerce
7 4 (6.780%) RUP
7 4 (6.780%) CRM
7 4 (6.780%) Cash Management
7 4 (6.780%) Unit Testing
7 4 (6.780%) Test Management
7 4 (6.780%) Automated Testing
8 3 (5.085%) Requirements Analysis
8 3 (5.085%) Time Management
8 3 (5.085%) Waterfall
8 3 (5.085%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (37.29%) SQL
2 9 (15.25%) Java
3 3 (5.085%) VB
3 3 (5.085%) COBOL
4 2 (3.390%) C#
4 2 (3.390%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.695%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (40.68%) ISEB
2 12 (20.34%) ISTQB
3 4 (6.780%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.085%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.695%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.695%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.390%) QA
2 1 (1.695%) WCAG
2 1 (1.695%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 15 (25.42%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (18.64%) Oracle
2 5 (8.475%) SAP
3 3 (5.085%) HP
4 2 (3.390%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.390%) webMethods
5 1 (1.695%) Google
5 1 (1.695%) Informatica
5 1 (1.695%) Symbian
5 1 (1.695%) IBM
5 1 (1.695%) Business Objects
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