The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Bradford 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 24 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 Bradford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 43 34 39
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 4 17 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 1.205% 4.187% 0.888%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.286% 4.359% 0.926%
Number of salaries quoted 4 16 1
Average salary £31,000 £23,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.91% -32.85%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Bradford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
311 390 324
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 93.67% 96.06% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 217 252 202
Average salary £33,500 £33,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,000 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
West Yorkshire

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 14 (82.35%) QA
2 12 (70.59%) SQL
3 11 (64.71%) Test Scripting
4 10 (58.82%) Finance
5 9 (52.94%) XML
6 8 (47.06%) ISTQB
6 8 (47.06%) Test Automation
7 7 (41.18%) HP Quality Center
7 7 (41.18%) Test Management
7 7 (41.18%) Test Strategy
7 7 (41.18%) Degree
7 7 (41.18%) JIRA
7 7 (41.18%) VBScript
7 7 (41.18%) VB
8 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
8 5 (29.41%) ISEB
9 4 (23.53%) Regression Testing
10 3 (17.65%) .NET
10 3 (17.65%) MS Office
11 2 (11.76%) Oracle
11 2 (11.76%) Automation Testing
11 2 (11.76%) soapUI
11 2 (11.76%) System Testing
11 2 (11.76%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (5.882%) Java
12 1 (5.882%) Waterfall
12 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
12 1 (5.882%) VB.NET
12 1 (5.882%) QuickTest Pro
12 1 (5.882%) UNIX

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 9 (52.94%) XML
2 3 (17.65%) .NET
3 2 (11.76%) soapUI
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) MS Office
2 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) JIRA
2 2 (11.76%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
3 1 (5.882%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (5.882%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (5.882%) TestPartner
3 1 (5.882%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (5.882%) Selenium
General
1 10 (58.82%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.882%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Test Scripting
2 8 (47.06%) Test Automation
3 7 (41.18%) Test Management
3 7 (41.18%) Test Strategy
4 4 (23.53%) Regression Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Automation Testing
5 2 (11.76%) System Testing
6 1 (5.882%) Waterfall
6 1 (5.882%) TDD
6 1 (5.882%) Automated Testing
6 1 (5.882%) Performance Testing
6 1 (5.882%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) SQL
2 7 (41.18%) VBScript
2 7 (41.18%) VB
3 1 (5.882%) Java
3 1 (5.882%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) ISTQB
2 7 (41.18%) Degree
3 5 (29.41%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (82.35%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (41.18%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle