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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 171 129 143
Rank change year-on-year
-42 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 45 91 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.871% 1.483% 1.174%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.926% 1.570% 1.246%
Number of salaries quoted 21 73 48
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £43,250 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4862 5796 4977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.10% 94.44% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3861 4940 4138
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
South East

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire 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
Reading -10 15 £32,250 -11.64%
Bracknell -18 11 £35,000 +12.00%
Newbury -4 4 £35,000 +2.94%
Slough -9 2 £31,000 -1.58%
Hungerford - 1 £33,500 -
Test Analyst
South East

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 62 (64.58%) ISEB
2 49 (51.04%) Test Scripting
3 48 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
4 39 (40.63%) HP
5 34 (35.42%) Finance
6 33 (34.38%) ISTQB
6 33 (34.38%) Windows
7 32 (33.33%) Automated Testing
8 30 (31.25%) Regression Testing
9 27 (28.13%) Test Automation
10 26 (27.08%) Security Cleared
11 25 (26.04%) SC Cleared
12 24 (25.00%) Telecoms
13 23 (23.96%) SQL
14 21 (21.88%) Microsoft
15 20 (20.83%) Active Directory
15 20 (20.83%) Windows Server 2003
16 19 (19.79%) QuickTest Pro
16 19 (19.79%) Oracle
17 18 (18.75%) SQL Server
17 18 (18.75%) Retail
18 17 (17.71%) Windows XP
18 17 (17.71%) WAN
18 17 (17.71%) QA
19 16 (16.67%) Fujitsu
19 16 (16.67%) LAN
19 16 (16.67%) UNIX
20 15 (15.63%) C#
21 14 (14.58%) LoadRunner
21 14 (14.58%) VMware

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 13 (13.54%) .NET
2 7 (7.292%) XML
3 4 (4.167%) ASP.NET
4 3 (3.125%) REST
4 3 (3.125%) SOAP
4 3 (3.125%) Web Services
5 2 (2.083%) HTML
5 2 (2.083%) soapUI
5 2 (2.083%) Node.js
5 2 (2.083%) WebSphere
6 1 (1.042%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 10 (10.42%) IIS
1 10 (10.42%) Tomcat
2 7 (7.292%) Windows Azure
2 7 (7.292%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.208%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (2.083%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (1.042%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.042%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 12 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 6 (6.250%) MS Office
3 3 (3.125%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 17 (17.71%) WAN
2 16 (16.67%) LAN
3 7 (7.292%) SMS
4 6 (6.250%) 3G
5 5 (5.208%) Firewall
5 5 (5.208%) TCP/IP
6 4 (4.167%) LDAP
6 4 (4.167%) 2G
6 4 (4.167%) SS7
6 4 (4.167%) VLAN
6 4 (4.167%) SIGTRAN
7 3 (3.125%) GSM
7 3 (3.125%) VPN
8 2 (2.083%) ATM
8 2 (2.083%) UMTS
8 2 (2.083%) SDH
8 2 (2.083%) MPLS
8 2 (2.083%) Frame Relay
9 1 (1.042%) GGSN
9 1 (1.042%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 11 (11.46%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (3.125%) TOAD
4 2 (2.083%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.083%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 19 (19.79%) QuickTest Pro
2 14 (14.58%) LoadRunner
3 9 (9.375%) WinRunner
3 9 (9.375%) TestDirector
4 8 (8.333%) Selenium
5 5 (5.208%) SilkPerformer
5 5 (5.208%) Visual Studio
6 2 (2.083%) SpecFlow
6 2 (2.083%) Cucumber
6 2 (2.083%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (2.083%) QARun
6 2 (2.083%) FitNesse
7 1 (1.042%) QADirector
7 1 (1.042%) TestPartner
7 1 (1.042%) JMeter
General
1 34 (35.42%) Finance
2 24 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 18 (18.75%) Retail
4 5 (5.208%) Banking
5 2 (2.083%) Billing
6 1 (1.042%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.042%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.042%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.042%) Legal
6 1 (1.042%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.167%) EPoS
1 4 (4.167%) EMV
1 4 (4.167%) Chip and PIN
1 4 (4.167%) APACS
1 4 (4.167%) Mathematics
2 3 (3.125%) Computer Science
2 3 (3.125%) Handset
3 1 (1.042%) Mobile Payment
3 1 (1.042%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 33 (34.38%) Windows
2 20 (20.83%) Windows Server 2003
3 17 (17.71%) Windows XP
4 16 (16.67%) UNIX
5 14 (14.58%) Windows Server 2008
6 13 (13.54%) Windows 7
6 13 (13.54%) Linux
7 2 (2.083%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.042%) AIX
8 1 (1.042%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (51.04%) Test Scripting
2 32 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 30 (31.25%) Regression Testing
4 27 (28.13%) Test Automation
5 13 (13.54%) Manual Testing
5 13 (13.54%) Validation
5 13 (13.54%) Migration
6 12 (12.50%) Software Testing
7 11 (11.46%) Non-Functional Testing
8 8 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (8.333%) Integration Testing
9 6 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (6.250%) Web Testing
9 6 (6.250%) Test Management
10 5 (5.208%) Performance Testing
10 5 (5.208%) System Testing
11 4 (4.167%) Software Engineering
12 3 (3.125%) V-Model
12 3 (3.125%) Waterfall
12 3 (3.125%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.96%) SQL
2 15 (15.63%) C#
3 11 (11.46%) Java
4 10 (10.42%) VB
5 4 (4.167%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.125%) C++
7 2 (2.083%) PHP
7 2 (2.083%) C
7 2 (2.083%) Python
7 2 (2.083%) Ruby
7 2 (2.083%) Scala
8 1 (1.042%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 62 (64.58%) ISEB
2 33 (34.38%) ISTQB
3 26 (27.08%) Security Cleared
4 25 (26.04%) SC Cleared
5 8 (8.333%) Degree
6 1 (1.042%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (17.71%) QA
2 4 (4.167%) PCI DSS
3 3 (3.125%) ISO 8583
4 1 (1.042%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 20 (20.83%) Active Directory
2 14 (14.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (12.50%) VMware ESX
4 11 (11.46%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 48 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (5.208%) Netcool
2 5 (5.208%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 39 (40.63%) HP
2 21 (21.88%) Microsoft
3 19 (19.79%) Oracle
4 16 (16.67%) Fujitsu
5 14 (14.58%) VMware
6 8 (8.333%) Ericsson
7 6 (6.250%) Cisco
7 6 (6.250%) BT
8 5 (5.208%) Borland
9 1 (1.042%) Alcatel-Lucent
Maidenhead, Berkshire
An exciting opportunity has become available to work with a top FTSE 100 company based in Maidenhead. Revenue in excess of £3bn and employing over 52000 people... Requirments...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
You will be dealing with integration, systems and UAT... You need to have 2-3 years experience, strong manual testing skills, be ISEB qualified and have great SQL...
set2recruit
Salary: Up to £37,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
The position requires good HP Quality Centre/ QTP and reasonable Visual Basic experience... We are looking for knowledge of SQL, Toad (or any Oracle database query tool) and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 1 May 2013
Bracknell, Thames Valley
You will be testing in Virtual environments and also perform manual and automated testing... The Test Analyst should ideally have: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Valid security clearance to...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + 25 Days Holiday.
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
You will be testing in Virtual environments and also perform manual and automated testing... The Test Analyst should ideally have: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Valid security clearance to...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + 25 Days Holiday.
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
As a Test Analyst your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Proven track record of testing complex user interfaces Thorough experience and understanding of structured test methods and...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Experience of automated test tools such as QA Run or Winrunner. Experience of testing Windows Software Applications and Database Applications produced using VB, C#, Access and SQL Server.
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Berkshire
As part of the Product delivery team they are looking for a QA Analyst with experience of Quality Center (QTP) to introduce this product into the business... You...
F5 IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £37,000 per annum plus bonus & benefits incl. private
Posted: 20 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
To develop and maintain some Manual test scripts in HP QC to supplement the test AUTOMATION scripts. - Mentor other QA staff in the use of HP QTP, test...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: up to £37,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
You will have qualifications in: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Security cleared to at least SC level... Mercury TestDirector/HP Quality Center. Desirable skills include: Testing on MOSS (Sharepoint).....
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
You will have qualifications in: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Security cleared to at least SC level... Mercury TestDirector/HP Quality Center. Desirable skills include: Testing on MOSS (Sharepoint).....
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hungerford, Berkshire, South East
With through on-going training and career management, the Company offers opportunities for individual growth and development.Responsibilities: To develop and maintain automated test scripts in HP QTP...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £37,000 per year + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Skills: Current Security Clearance to SC level, proficient with Quality Centre/Test Director, LoadRunner, Winrunner or QTP, Knowledge of Windows server 2003, Lifecycle test management experience. Desirable: Defence /...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Negotiable on Application
Posted: 20 May 2013