The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 22 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 137 106 122
Rank change year-on-year
-31 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 6 47 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.230% 1.612% 0.847%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.242% 1.678% 0.888%
Number of salaries quoted 6 45 21
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,937 £27,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,400 £38,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2483 2801 2815
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 95.28% 96.06% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2219 2367 2507
Average salary £38,500 £39,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.28% +11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £48,900 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
East of England

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cambridge -17 4 £33,250 -8.90%
Peterborough -11 2 £39,469 +46.17%
Test Analyst
East of England

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 27 (62.79%) Software Testing
2 26 (60.47%) HP Quality Center
3 25 (58.14%) Finance
4 23 (53.49%) Selenium
5 20 (46.51%) QuickTest Pro
6 19 (44.19%) ISEB
7 18 (41.86%) Java
7 18 (41.86%) UNIX
7 18 (41.86%) QA
8 17 (39.53%) SQL
8 17 (39.53%) HP
9 16 (37.21%) Test Scripting
9 16 (37.21%) Agile Software Development
10 14 (32.56%) JIRA
11 13 (30.23%) HTML
11 13 (30.23%) XML
12 9 (20.93%) Degree
12 9 (20.93%) Test Management
13 6 (13.95%) Manual Testing
14 5 (11.63%) User Acceptance Testing
14 5 (11.63%) Regression Testing
14 5 (11.63%) Internet
15 4 (9.302%) Windows
15 4 (9.302%) Linux
15 4 (9.302%) Retail
15 4 (9.302%) Automated Testing
16 3 (6.977%) Law
16 3 (6.977%) Performance Testing
16 3 (6.977%) WebDriver
17 2 (4.651%) Web Testing

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (30.23%) HTML
1 13 (30.23%) XML
2 2 (4.651%) .NET
3 1 (2.326%) Web Services
3 1 (2.326%) J2EE
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.63%) Internet
2 1 (2.326%) LAN
2 1 (2.326%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.651%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 23 (53.49%) Selenium
2 20 (46.51%) QuickTest Pro
3 14 (32.56%) JIRA
4 3 (6.977%) WebDriver
5 1 (2.326%) LoadRunner
5 1 (2.326%) Bugzilla
5 1 (2.326%) FitNesse
General
1 25 (58.14%) Finance
2 4 (9.302%) Retail
3 3 (6.977%) Law
4 1 (2.326%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.326%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.326%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 18 (41.86%) UNIX
2 4 (9.302%) Windows
2 4 (9.302%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (62.79%) Software Testing
2 16 (37.21%) Test Scripting
2 16 (37.21%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (20.93%) Test Management
4 6 (13.95%) Manual Testing
5 5 (11.63%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (11.63%) Regression Testing
6 4 (9.302%) Automated Testing
7 3 (6.977%) Performance Testing
8 2 (4.651%) Web Testing
8 2 (4.651%) Test Automation
8 2 (4.651%) Automation Testing
9 1 (2.326%) PRINCE2
9 1 (2.326%) DSDM
9 1 (2.326%) SOA
9 1 (2.326%) Validation
9 1 (2.326%) Integration Testing
9 1 (2.326%) System Testing
9 1 (2.326%) Time Management
9 1 (2.326%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 18 (41.86%) Java
2 17 (39.53%) SQL
3 1 (2.326%) VBScript
3 1 (2.326%) VB
3 1 (2.326%) Perl
3 1 (2.326%) C
3 1 (2.326%) C#
3 1 (2.326%) C++
3 1 (2.326%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (44.19%) ISEB
2 9 (20.93%) Degree
3 2 (4.651%) ISTQB
3 2 (4.651%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (41.86%) QA
Systems Management
1 26 (60.47%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (39.53%) HP
2 2 (4.651%) Oracle
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