The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 23 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 Wiltshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 46 29 34
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Test Analyst 6 25 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.339% 4.045% 3.571%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.439% 4.409% 3.731%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 14
Average daily rate £303 £313 £327
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.20% -4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £193 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £395 £412
UK excluding London average daily rate £305 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -36.36%
All Job Titles
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
417 567 536
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 93.08% 91.75% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 340 282
Average daily rate £400 £355 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.67% -5.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 43 51
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -22.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.49 £14.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £41.50 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Analyst
South West

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Swindon -14 4 £324 -6.83%
Test Analyst
South West

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 (73.68%) Finance
2 13 (68.42%) ISEB
3 12 (63.16%) HP Quality Center
4 11 (57.89%) User Acceptance Testing
4 11 (57.89%) Banking
5 10 (52.63%) Retail
5 10 (52.63%) HP
6 6 (31.58%) Retail Banking
7 4 (21.05%) Test Scripting
8 3 (15.79%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (15.79%) TDD
9 2 (10.53%) Validation
9 2 (10.53%) Capita
9 2 (10.53%) EPoS
9 2 (10.53%) EMV
9 2 (10.53%) Chip and PIN
9 2 (10.53%) VeriFone
9 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
9 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
10 1 (5.263%) Integration Testing
10 1 (5.263%) WCF
10 1 (5.263%) ISTQB
10 1 (5.263%) AppFabric
10 1 (5.263%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (5.263%) SQL
10 1 (5.263%) .NET
10 1 (5.263%) Oracle
10 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
10 1 (5.263%) IIS
10 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 1 (5.263%) WCF
1 1 (5.263%) AppFabric
1 1 (5.263%) .NET
1 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.263%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (73.68%) Finance
2 11 (57.89%) Banking
3 10 (52.63%) Retail
4 6 (31.58%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) EPoS
1 2 (10.53%) EMV
1 2 (10.53%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (21.05%) Test Scripting
3 3 (15.79%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (15.79%) TDD
4 2 (10.53%) Validation
5 1 (5.263%) Integration Testing
5 1 (5.263%) ETL
5 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.263%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) ISEB
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.263%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 12 (63.16%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) HP
2 2 (10.53%) Capita
2 2 (10.53%) VeriFone
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle
3 1 (5.263%) Microsoft