Berkshire Software Test Analyst Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Software Test Analyst role in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Software Test Analyst
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Coventry East Midlands Edinburgh England Farnham Gloucester Gloucestershire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lightwater Liverpool London Lutterworth Merseyside Milton Keynes Newbury North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Runcorn Scotland South East South West Stirling Surrey Swindon UK West Midlands Weybridge Wiltshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	236	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching permanent IT job ads	4	0
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.053 %	0.000 %
Salaries quoted	4	0
Average minimum salary	£25,750	-
Average salary	£28,500	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£31,250	-
UK excluding London average salary	£28,347	£29,326
% change on same period last year	-3.33 %
Job Titles Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	7610	11412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	4.910 %	5.108 %
Salaries quoted	6369	9337
Average minimum salary	£38,871	£38,405
Average salary	£42,272	£42,054
% change on same period last year	+0.51 %
Average maximum salary	£45,673	£45,703
UK excluding London average salary	£38,468	£39,125
% change on same period last year	-1.68 %
Software Test Analyst South East

Software Test Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Test Analyst across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Software Test Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Software Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Test Analyst across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Software Test Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Test Analyst within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Newbury	-	4	£28,500	-

Software Test Analyst South East

Software Test Analyst
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Software 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 Software Test Analyst in their job title.

1 7 (87.50 %) QA 1 7 (87.50 %) Test Scripting 2 6 (75.00 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 6 (75.00 %) Degree 3 4 (50.00 %) Health 4 3 (37.50 %) Software Testing 4 3 (37.50 %) Physics 4 3 (37.50 %) Chemistry 4 3 (37.50 %) Biology 5 2 (25.00 %) Regression Testing 5 2 (25.00 %) C 5 2 (25.00 %) C++ 5 2 (25.00 %) Java 5 2 (25.00 %) .NET 6 1 (12.50 %) ISEB

6 1 (12.50 %) QuickTest Pro 6 1 (12.50 %) Rational Robot 6 1 (12.50 %) Pharmaceutical 6 1 (12.50 %) Banking 6 1 (12.50 %) QARun 6 1 (12.50 %) Manual Testing

Software Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Software 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 Software Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (25.00 %) .NET	Development Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) QuickTest Pro 1 1 (12.50 %) Rational Robot 1 1 (12.50 %) QARun
General 1 4 (50.00 %) Health 2 1 (12.50 %) Banking 2 1 (12.50 %) Pharmaceutical	Miscellaneous 1 3 (37.50 %) Physics 1 3 (37.50 %) Chemistry 1 3 (37.50 %) Biology
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (87.50 %) Test Scripting 2 6 (75.00 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 3 (37.50 %) Software Testing 4 2 (25.00 %) Regression Testing 5 1 (12.50 %) Manual Testing	Programming Languages 1 2 (25.00 %) C 1 2 (25.00 %) C++ 1 2 (25.00 %) Java
Qualifications 1 6 (75.00 %) Degree 2 1 (12.50 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (87.50 %) QA