The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Basingstoke region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 63 59 51
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 18 10 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 2.590% 1.610% 1.152%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.773% 1.695% 1.263%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 1
Average salary £45,000 £44,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.69% +36.15%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Basingstoke
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
649 590 475
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 93.38% 95.01% 91.17%
Number of salaries quoted 515 457 353
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £27,500 £26,600
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
Hampshire

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Basingstoke region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Basingstoke Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke 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 IT job ads sampled with Test Analyst in their job title.

1 29 (70.73%) QA
2 19 (46.34%) Degree
3 18 (43.90%) Java
3 18 (43.90%) Test Scripting
4 16 (39.02%) Selenium
4 16 (39.02%) C#
5 15 (36.59%) SQL
5 15 (36.59%) Manual Testing
6 14 (34.15%) Web Testing
7 13 (31.71%) Software Testing
8 10 (24.39%) IIS
9 9 (21.95%) Computer Science
9 9 (21.95%) TDD
9 9 (21.95%) BDD
10 8 (19.51%) Software Engineering
10 8 (19.51%) IVR
10 8 (19.51%) HTML
11 7 (17.07%) C
11 7 (17.07%) C++
11 7 (17.07%) JavaScript
11 7 (17.07%) Perl
11 7 (17.07%) XML
11 7 (17.07%) ITIL
11 7 (17.07%) Python
11 7 (17.07%) SOA
11 7 (17.07%) ISTQB
11 7 (17.07%) WATIR
11 7 (17.07%) Agile Software Development
11 7 (17.07%) Project Management
11 7 (17.07%) Service Delivery

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke 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 IT job ads sampled with Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (19.51%) HTML
2 7 (17.07%) XML
3 6 (14.63%) Web Services
4 4 (9.756%) SOAP
5 2 (4.878%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 10 (24.39%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (9.756%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.756%) Internet
2 3 (7.317%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.756%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (39.02%) Selenium
2 7 (17.07%) WATIR
2 7 (17.07%) FitNesse
3 6 (14.63%) Firebug
3 6 (14.63%) Fiddler
4 2 (4.878%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (7.317%) Marketing
2 1 (2.439%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.439%) Finance
2 1 (2.439%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.439%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Computer Science
2 8 (19.51%) IVR
3 4 (9.756%) Mobile Payment
3 4 (9.756%) Replication
4 1 (2.439%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Linux
2 5 (12.20%) Windows
3 4 (9.756%) AIX
3 4 (9.756%) Solaris
3 4 (9.756%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) Test Scripting
2 15 (36.59%) Manual Testing
3 14 (34.15%) Web Testing
4 13 (31.71%) Software Testing
5 9 (21.95%) TDD
5 9 (21.95%) BDD
6 8 (19.51%) Software Engineering
7 7 (17.07%) ITIL
7 7 (17.07%) SOA
7 7 (17.07%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (17.07%) Project Management
7 7 (17.07%) Service Delivery
7 7 (17.07%) Change Management
7 7 (17.07%) Automation Testing
7 7 (17.07%) V-Model
8 5 (12.20%) Automated Testing
8 5 (12.20%) Waterfall
9 4 (9.756%) Test Automation
9 4 (9.756%) Load Balancing
10 3 (7.317%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 18 (43.90%) Java
2 16 (39.02%) C#
3 15 (36.59%) SQL
4 7 (17.07%) C
4 7 (17.07%) C++
4 7 (17.07%) JavaScript
4 7 (17.07%) Perl
4 7 (17.07%) Python
5 1 (2.439%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (46.34%) Degree
2 7 (17.07%) ISTQB
3 4 (9.756%) ISEB
4 1 (2.439%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (70.73%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (17.07%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (9.756%) Control-M
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle