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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 168 134 148
Rank change year-on-year
-34 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 97 144 137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 1.174% 1.655% 1.436%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.231% 1.712% 1.517%
Number of salaries quoted 80 125 118
Average salary £29,500 £32,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.23% -1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,200 £40,000 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7877 8413 9032
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.31% 96.70% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6859 7048 7738
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hertfordshire +11 30 £38,750 -3.12%
Norfolk -6 20 £31,000 +12.72%
Essex +28 18 £28,000 +1.81%
Bedfordshire -19 15 £33,750 +3.84%
Suffolk -24 9 £22,750 -17.27%
Cambridgeshire -26 7 £32,000 -8.57%
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1 121 (49.79%) ISEB
2 106 (43.62%) QA
3 81 (33.33%) SQL
4 72 (29.63%) Finance
5 71 (29.22%) Software Testing
6 66 (27.16%) Selenium
6 66 (27.16%) Test Scripting
7 58 (23.87%) HP Quality Center
8 55 (22.63%) Microsoft
9 54 (22.22%) ISTQB
10 50 (20.58%) Agile Software Development
11 48 (19.75%) QuickTest Pro
12 44 (18.11%) Java
13 43 (17.70%) .NET
13 43 (17.70%) Windows
14 41 (16.87%) Automated Testing
15 36 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
16 34 (13.99%) MS Excel
17 33 (13.58%) C#
18 32 (13.17%) Regression Testing
18 32 (13.17%) Scrum
18 32 (13.17%) System Testing
18 32 (13.17%) Test Automation
19 27 (11.11%) XML
19 27 (11.11%) JIRA
20 25 (10.29%) Test Strategy
21 23 (9.465%) ASP.NET
21 23 (9.465%) HP
21 23 (9.465%) TDD
22 22 (9.053%) Test Management

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 43 (17.70%) .NET
2 27 (11.11%) XML
3 23 (9.465%) ASP.NET
4 19 (7.819%) Web Services
5 18 (7.407%) HTML
6 16 (6.584%) ASP.NET MVC
7 12 (4.938%) .NET Framework
8 4 (1.646%) RESTful
9 2 (0.823%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (0.823%) IIS
2 1 (0.412%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 34 (13.99%) MS Excel
2 15 (6.173%) MS Project
3 12 (4.938%) MS Visio
4 10 (4.115%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.881%) SAP FI
2 6 (2.469%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.469%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.412%) AWD
3 1 (0.412%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.412%) SAP Retail
3 1 (0.412%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.704%) Internet
2 7 (2.881%) LAN
3 6 (2.469%) SAN
4 5 (2.058%) Broadband
5 2 (0.823%) HTTP
5 2 (0.823%) ATM
6 1 (0.412%) SSH
6 1 (0.412%) WAN
6 1 (0.412%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.407%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.058%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.646%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (1.646%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (0.823%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (0.823%) MySQL
4 2 (0.823%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.823%) MS Access
4 2 (0.823%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.412%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 66 (27.16%) Selenium
2 48 (19.75%) QuickTest Pro
3 27 (11.11%) JIRA
4 21 (8.642%) Bugzilla
5 13 (5.350%) Visual Studio
6 12 (4.938%) FogBugz
7 11 (4.527%) WebDriver
8 8 (3.292%) Cucumber
9 7 (2.881%) WATIR
9 7 (2.881%) JMeter
10 6 (2.469%) LoadRunner
10 6 (2.469%) Visual Studio Team System
10 6 (2.469%) SpecFlow
11 5 (2.058%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (1.646%) TestComplete
13 3 (1.235%) Git (software)
13 3 (1.235%) TestDirector
14 2 (0.823%) NUnit
14 2 (0.823%) JUnit
14 2 (0.823%) WatiN
General
1 72 (29.63%) Finance
2 18 (7.407%) Retail
3 7 (2.881%) Marketing
4 4 (1.646%) Advertising
5 3 (1.235%) Banking
5 3 (1.235%) Law
5 3 (1.235%) Telecoms
6 2 (0.823%) Publishing
6 2 (0.823%) Games
7 1 (0.412%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.412%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.412%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.819%) Client/Server
2 11 (4.527%) Mobile App
3 5 (2.058%) Open Source
3 5 (2.058%) Replication
4 4 (1.646%) Wiki
5 3 (1.235%) SaaS
5 3 (1.235%) Fixed Income
5 3 (1.235%) Equities
6 2 (0.823%) EPoS
6 2 (0.823%) APACS
6 2 (0.823%) Data Integration
6 2 (0.823%) Online Games
7 1 (0.412%) SWIFT
7 1 (0.412%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.412%) Data Conversion
7 1 (0.412%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.412%) Mobile Games
7 1 (0.412%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.412%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 43 (17.70%) Windows
2 17 (6.996%) UNIX
3 11 (4.527%) Linux
4 6 (2.469%) Windows XP
4 6 (2.469%) Windows 7
5 4 (1.646%) Solaris
6 2 (0.823%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (0.823%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (29.22%) Software Testing
2 66 (27.16%) Test Scripting
3 50 (20.58%) Agile Software Development
4 41 (16.87%) Automated Testing
5 36 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
6 32 (13.17%) Regression Testing
6 32 (13.17%) Scrum
6 32 (13.17%) System Testing
6 32 (13.17%) Test Automation
7 25 (10.29%) Test Strategy
8 23 (9.465%) TDD
9 22 (9.053%) Test Management
10 21 (8.642%) Integration Testing
10 21 (8.642%) BDD
10 21 (8.642%) E-Commerce
11 18 (7.407%) Manual Testing
12 17 (6.996%) Agile Testing
13 16 (6.584%) MVC
13 16 (6.584%) Automation Testing
13 16 (6.584%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 81 (33.33%) SQL
2 44 (18.11%) Java
3 33 (13.58%) C#
4 13 (5.350%) Python
5 11 (4.527%) C++
6 10 (4.115%) C
7 9 (3.704%) Ruby
8 7 (2.881%) PL/SQL
9 6 (2.469%) VB
10 5 (2.058%) T-SQL
10 5 (2.058%) VBA
11 3 (1.235%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.235%) VBScript
11 3 (1.235%) PHP
11 3 (1.235%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.823%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.412%) Perl
Qualifications
1 121 (49.79%) ISEB
2 54 (22.22%) ISTQB
3 18 (7.407%) Degree
4 2 (0.823%) Postgraduate
5 1 (0.412%) HND
5 1 (0.412%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (43.62%) QA
2 3 (1.235%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (2.469%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 58 (23.87%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.412%) OpenView
2 1 (0.412%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 55 (22.63%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.465%) HP
3 20 (8.230%) Oracle
4 14 (5.761%) SAP
5 6 (2.469%) Cisco
5 6 (2.469%) Nortel
5 6 (2.469%) Avaya
6 1 (0.412%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.412%) Citrix
6 1 (0.412%) Telerik
6 1 (0.412%) Mercator
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