The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Test Analyst
Rank 87 89 95
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Analyst 5 4 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.473% 0.299% 0.389%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.496% 0.312% 0.408%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 5
Average salary £44,500 £37,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.66% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -2.59%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1009 1284 1472
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.46% 95.82% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 587 951 1062
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Test Analyst
Scotland

Senior Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Senior Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Test Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Test Analyst across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Senior Test Analyst Salary Trend

Senior Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst in their job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Finance
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
1 6 (75.00%) ISEB
1 6 (75.00%) C#
1 6 (75.00%) .NET
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 5 (62.50%) UNIX
2 5 (62.50%) C++
2 5 (62.50%) Java
2 5 (62.50%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (62.50%) Migration
2 5 (62.50%) Software Testing
2 5 (62.50%) Banking
2 5 (62.50%) Data Management
2 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 5 (62.50%) Time Management
3 2 (25.00%) QA
3 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (25.00%) System Testing
4 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
4 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Ruby
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Web Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
4 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (12.50%) LAMP
4 1 (12.50%) VMware
4 1 (12.50%) EPoS

Senior Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (75.00%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) LAMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
2 5 (62.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Migration
1 5 (62.50%) Data Management
1 5 (62.50%) Software Testing
1 5 (62.50%) Time Management
2 2 (25.00%) System Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Web Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C#
2 5 (62.50%) C++
2 5 (62.50%) Java
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) Ruby
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) ISEB
2 5 (62.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) VMware
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Essential ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate... Experience of web testing within an agile environment... Experience of VMWare and/or Virtual PC... Desirable Experience of Linux. Experience of LAMP. Experience...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013