The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry 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 18 June 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank - 43 47
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 0 6 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry - 1.765% 1.974%
As % of the Job Titles category - 1.863% 2.018%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 9
Average salary - £31,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.06%
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +1.56%
All Job Titles
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
611 322 446
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 94.14% 94.71% 97.81%
Number of salaries quoted 489 302 414
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £65,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
West Midlands

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 10 (100.00%) Selenium
2 9 (90.00%) QA
2 9 (90.00%) Manual Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 9 (90.00%) Automated Testing
2 9 (90.00%) SQL
3 6 (60.00%) VB
3 6 (60.00%) Oracle
3 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
3 6 (60.00%) UNIX
3 6 (60.00%) Windows
3 6 (60.00%) Windows 2000
3 6 (60.00%) HTML
4 4 (40.00%) ISEB
5 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
5 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 1 (10.00%) ISTQB

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 6 (60.00%) HTML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) UNIX
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
1 6 (60.00%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Automated Testing
1 9 (90.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) SQL
2 6 (60.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) ISEB
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (90.00%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Oracle
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Key Skills: System testing, test analyst, system tester, lead tester, test lead, software tester, test plans, test scripts, development projects, Microsoft Office, Team Foundation Server, web applications, windows...
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum (dep on exp), plus bonus & benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013