The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge 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 17 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 122 96 98
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 5 29 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.266% 1.465% 1.192%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.278% 1.522% 1.263%
Number of salaries quoted 5 28 22
Average salary £34,000 £36,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.84% +10.60%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1796 1905 2058
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.43% 96.26% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1589 1612 1879
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
Cambridgeshire

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 22 (78.57%) Finance
1 22 (78.57%) Selenium
2 20 (71.43%) QuickTest Pro
3 19 (67.86%) Software Testing
4 18 (64.29%) SQL
4 18 (64.29%) HP Quality Center
5 17 (60.71%) UNIX
5 17 (60.71%) HP
6 15 (53.57%) Java
6 15 (53.57%) JIRA
7 14 (50.00%) QA
7 14 (50.00%) ISEB
7 14 (50.00%) HTML
7 14 (50.00%) XML
8 11 (39.29%) Agile Software Development
9 10 (35.71%) Test Scripting
10 6 (21.43%) Manual Testing
10 6 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (21.43%) Test Management
10 6 (21.43%) Internet
11 4 (14.29%) Windows
11 4 (14.29%) Automated Testing
12 3 (10.71%) Performance Testing
12 3 (10.71%) WebDriver
12 3 (10.71%) Linux
12 3 (10.71%) Law
13 2 (7.143%) ISTQB
13 2 (7.143%) Degree
13 2 (7.143%) RDBMS
13 2 (7.143%) .NET

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 14 (50.00%) HTML
1 14 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (7.143%) .NET
3 1 (3.571%) J2EE
3 1 (3.571%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.143%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (78.57%) Selenium
2 20 (71.43%) QuickTest Pro
3 15 (53.57%) JIRA
4 3 (10.71%) WebDriver
5 1 (3.571%) LoadRunner
General
1 22 (78.57%) Finance
2 3 (10.71%) Law
Operating Systems
1 17 (60.71%) UNIX
2 4 (14.29%) Windows
3 3 (10.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (67.86%) Software Testing
2 11 (39.29%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (35.71%) Test Scripting
4 6 (21.43%) Manual Testing
4 6 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (21.43%) Test Management
5 4 (14.29%) Automated Testing
6 3 (10.71%) Performance Testing
7 1 (3.571%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.571%) DSDM
7 1 (3.571%) SOA
7 1 (3.571%) System Testing
7 1 (3.571%) Time Management
7 1 (3.571%) V-Model
7 1 (3.571%) Waterfall
7 1 (3.571%) Test Strategy
7 1 (3.571%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (64.29%) SQL
2 15 (53.57%) Java
3 1 (3.571%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (50.00%) ISEB
2 2 (7.143%) ISTQB
2 2 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 18 (64.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (60.71%) HP
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