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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 90 62 61
Rank change year-on-year
-28 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 28 53 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 1.624% 3.064% 2.976%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.670% 3.240% 3.200%
Number of salaries quoted 27 45 39
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,200 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £41,000 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1677 1636 1719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.27% 94.57% 93.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1454 1445 1402
Average salary £37,500 £36,122 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.81% +6.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
South West

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 32 (64.00%) ISEB
2 24 (48.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 23 (46.00%) SQL
3 23 (46.00%) Software Testing
3 23 (46.00%) Test Automation
3 23 (46.00%) Test Scripting
4 22 (44.00%) Agile Software Development
5 21 (42.00%) E-Commerce
6 20 (40.00%) Automated Testing
6 20 (40.00%) Finance
7 19 (38.00%) XML
8 18 (36.00%) ISTQB
8 18 (36.00%) Selenium
9 16 (32.00%) MS Excel
10 15 (30.00%) Internet
11 14 (28.00%) HP
12 13 (26.00%) Scrum
12 13 (26.00%) VBA
12 13 (26.00%) VBScript
13 9 (18.00%) HP Quality Center
14 7 (14.00%) QA
14 7 (14.00%) Oracle
15 6 (12.00%) Regression Testing
15 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
15 6 (12.00%) JIRA
16 5 (10.00%) ESB
16 5 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
16 5 (10.00%) Manual Testing
16 5 (10.00%) Integration Testing
16 5 (10.00%) SOA

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 (38.00%) XML
2 3 (6.000%) Middleware
3 2 (4.000%) .NET
4 1 (2.000%) Ajax
4 1 (2.000%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 5 (10.00%) ESB
2 1 (2.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (32.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.000%) MS Office
2 2 (4.000%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.000%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (30.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.000%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.000%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.000%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (2.000%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 24 (48.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 18 (36.00%) Selenium
3 6 (12.00%) JIRA
4 1 (2.000%) Subversion
4 1 (2.000%) Bugzilla
4 1 (2.000%) JUnit
4 1 (2.000%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.000%) MSTest
General
1 20 (40.00%) Finance
2 3 (6.000%) Legal
2 3 (6.000%) Games
3 1 (2.000%) Retail
3 1 (2.000%) Advertising
3 1 (2.000%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.000%) N-Tier
2 1 (2.000%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.000%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.000%) Digital Media
2 1 (2.000%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.000%) UNIX
1 1 (2.000%) Windows
1 1 (2.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.00%) Software Testing
1 23 (46.00%) Test Automation
1 23 (46.00%) Test Scripting
2 22 (44.00%) Agile Software Development
3 21 (42.00%) E-Commerce
4 20 (40.00%) Automated Testing
5 13 (26.00%) Scrum
6 6 (12.00%) Regression Testing
7 5 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (10.00%) Manual Testing
7 5 (10.00%) Integration Testing
7 5 (10.00%) SOA
7 5 (10.00%) E-business
7 5 (10.00%) BPEL
8 3 (6.000%) Programme Management
8 3 (6.000%) System Testing
9 2 (4.000%) Test Strategy
9 2 (4.000%) Asset Management
10 1 (2.000%) Data Analysis
10 1 (2.000%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (46.00%) SQL
2 13 (26.00%) VBA
2 13 (26.00%) VBScript
3 5 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.000%) Java
4 2 (4.000%) C#
5 1 (2.000%) COBOL
5 1 (2.000%) VB
5 1 (2.000%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.000%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (64.00%) ISEB
2 18 (36.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (4.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.00%) QA
2 3 (6.000%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 9 (18.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (28.00%) HP
2 7 (14.00%) Oracle
3 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.000%) Nokia
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Evolve the existing Test Strategy and Test elements of SDLC in collaboration with the team lead... - Use of test tools and test software as defined within the test...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Test, ISEB, Agile, Waterfall, SQL, SDLC Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, Weston, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Newport, Cardiff, Swindon A leading organisation in the Bristol area requires a number...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Evolve the existing Test Strategy and Test elements of SDLC in collaboration with the team lead. - Use of test tools and test software as defined within the test...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £26500 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Knowledge of other test automation tools (such as Selenium) would be advantageous * A knowledge of VBScript, SQL and MS Excel (including formulae and VBA macros), XML, DOS/Shell *...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 20 May 2013