The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire 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 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 78 62 67
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 15 20 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.397% 2.099% 0.783%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.479% 2.188% 0.819%
Number of salaries quoted 15 15 6
Average salary £33,750 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.84% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,469 £30,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £34,000 £38,750
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1014 914 855
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.41% 95.91% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 901 777 805
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
East of England

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Test Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the Bedfordshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford -6 6 £30,000 -
Luton -2 2 £25,469 -
Test Analyst
East of England

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 22 (46.81%) ISEB
2 21 (44.68%) ISTQB
2 21 (44.68%) QA
3 19 (40.43%) Scrum
3 19 (40.43%) .NET
4 16 (34.04%) Java
4 16 (34.04%) ASP.NET
4 16 (34.04%) Windows
4 16 (34.04%) E-Commerce
4 16 (34.04%) MVC
4 16 (34.04%) TDD
4 16 (34.04%) Web Development
4 16 (34.04%) Selenium
4 16 (34.04%) ASP.NET MVC
4 16 (34.04%) BDD
4 16 (34.04%) Agile Testing
5 15 (31.91%) SQL
6 13 (27.66%) Software Testing
7 12 (25.53%) FogBugz
7 12 (25.53%) Test Scripting
7 12 (25.53%) Agile Software Development
7 12 (25.53%) Bugzilla
8 11 (23.40%) Web Services
9 10 (21.28%) Test Automation
10 9 (19.15%) Ruby
10 9 (19.15%) .NET Framework
10 9 (19.15%) Risk Analysis
10 9 (19.15%) ETL
10 9 (19.15%) Python
10 9 (19.15%) C#

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 19 (40.43%) .NET
2 16 (34.04%) ASP.NET
2 16 (34.04%) ASP.NET MVC
3 11 (23.40%) Web Services
4 9 (19.15%) .NET Framework
5 4 (8.511%) XML
Applications
1 7 (14.89%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.02%) SQL Server
2 5 (10.64%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (8.511%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 16 (34.04%) Selenium
2 12 (25.53%) FogBugz
2 12 (25.53%) Bugzilla
3 8 (17.02%) WebDriver
3 8 (17.02%) Cucumber
4 7 (14.89%) WATIR
5 4 (8.511%) JIRA
5 4 (8.511%) Visual Studio Team System
5 4 (8.511%) TestComplete
6 3 (6.383%) SpecFlow
6 3 (6.383%) Git (software)
6 3 (6.383%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (4.255%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (6.383%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Mobile App
2 7 (14.89%) Client/Server
3 4 (8.511%) Wiki
4 2 (4.255%) Data Integration
5 1 (2.128%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 16 (34.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (40.43%) Scrum
2 16 (34.04%) E-Commerce
2 16 (34.04%) MVC
2 16 (34.04%) TDD
2 16 (34.04%) Web Development
2 16 (34.04%) BDD
2 16 (34.04%) Agile Testing
3 13 (27.66%) Software Testing
4 12 (25.53%) Test Scripting
4 12 (25.53%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (21.28%) Test Automation
6 9 (19.15%) Risk Analysis
6 9 (19.15%) ETL
7 4 (8.511%) System Testing
7 4 (8.511%) Automation Testing
8 3 (6.383%) User Stories
8 3 (6.383%) Software Architecture
8 3 (6.383%) Test Management
8 3 (6.383%) Automated Testing
8 3 (6.383%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (34.04%) Java
2 15 (31.91%) SQL
3 9 (19.15%) Ruby
3 9 (19.15%) Python
3 9 (19.15%) C#
Qualifications
1 22 (46.81%) ISEB
2 21 (44.68%) ISTQB
3 6 (12.77%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (44.68%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (6.383%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft
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