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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 114 97 113
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 24 34 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.186% 1.774% 1.172%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.233% 1.869% 1.244%
Number of salaries quoted 21 29 22
Average salary £31,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £44,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1947 1819 2009
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 96.20% 94.89% 94.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1677 1541 1775
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire 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
Milton Keynes -24 22 £31,000 -11.42%
Test Analyst
South East

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 23 (48.94%) SQL
2 21 (44.68%) ISEB
3 16 (34.04%) Software Testing
4 15 (31.91%) QA
5 14 (29.79%) Microsoft
5 14 (29.79%) Test Scripting
6 13 (27.66%) XML
6 13 (27.66%) Finance
7 12 (25.53%) HP Quality Center
8 10 (21.28%) Regression Testing
9 9 (19.15%) Retail
9 9 (19.15%) Automated Testing
9 9 (19.15%) Test Management
10 8 (17.02%) Agile Software Development
10 8 (17.02%) .NET
10 8 (17.02%) QuickTest Pro
11 7 (14.89%) Windows
11 7 (14.89%) TestDirector
11 7 (14.89%) Degree
12 6 (12.77%) JIRA
12 6 (12.77%) User Acceptance Testing
12 6 (12.77%) V-Model
12 6 (12.77%) Oracle
12 6 (12.77%) Visual Studio
12 6 (12.77%) C#
13 5 (10.64%) ASP.NET
13 5 (10.64%) SQL Server
13 5 (10.64%) MS Office
13 5 (10.64%) Client/Server
14 4 (8.511%) .NET Framework

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 (27.66%) XML
2 8 (17.02%) .NET
3 5 (10.64%) ASP.NET
4 4 (8.511%) .NET Framework
5 3 (6.383%) Web Services
6 2 (4.255%) XHTML
6 2 (4.255%) CSS
7 1 (2.128%) HTML
7 1 (2.128%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.128%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) MS Office
2 2 (4.255%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.255%) ZigBee
1 2 (4.255%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.128%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.255%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (4.255%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (4.255%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (2.128%) MySQL
3 1 (2.128%) TOAD
3 1 (2.128%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) QuickTest Pro
2 7 (14.89%) TestDirector
3 6 (12.77%) JIRA
3 6 (12.77%) Visual Studio
4 4 (8.511%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (6.383%) Selenium
6 2 (4.255%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 13 (27.66%) Finance
2 9 (19.15%) Retail
3 3 (6.383%) Military
3 3 (6.383%) Automotive
4 2 (4.255%) Electronics
5 1 (2.128%) Banking
5 1 (2.128%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.128%) Retail Banking
5 1 (2.128%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Client/Server
2 4 (8.511%) EPoS
3 3 (6.383%) N-Tier
3 3 (6.383%) Computer Science
4 2 (4.255%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (4.255%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.128%) iPhone
5 1 (2.128%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.89%) Windows
2 1 (2.128%) Linux
2 1 (2.128%) UNIX
2 1 (2.128%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.04%) Software Testing
2 14 (29.79%) Test Scripting
3 10 (21.28%) Regression Testing
4 9 (19.15%) Automated Testing
4 9 (19.15%) Test Management
5 8 (17.02%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (12.77%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (12.77%) V-Model
7 4 (8.511%) System Testing
7 4 (8.511%) Automation Testing
8 3 (6.383%) Migration
8 3 (6.383%) Scrum
8 3 (6.383%) Change Control
8 3 (6.383%) Data Migration
8 3 (6.383%) Manual Testing
9 2 (4.255%) Stress Testing
9 2 (4.255%) Unit Testing
9 2 (4.255%) Integration Testing
9 2 (4.255%) MSF
9 2 (4.255%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 23 (48.94%) SQL
2 6 (12.77%) C#
3 4 (8.511%) Java
3 4 (8.511%) VB
4 2 (4.255%) Embedded C
4 2 (4.255%) Assembly Language
4 2 (4.255%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (44.68%) ISEB
2 7 (14.89%) Degree
3 2 (4.255%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.128%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (2.128%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (31.91%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.255%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (25.53%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (29.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.77%) Oracle
3 2 (4.255%) VMware
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Posted: 20 May 2013