The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester 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 20 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 Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 47 50 32
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 4 9 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 1.674% 2.256% 2.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.770% 2.400% 2.094%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 1
Average salary £26,000 £40,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.00% +40.35%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
226 375 191
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 94.56% 93.98% 96.46%
Number of salaries quoted 186 286 153
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
Gloucestershire

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 8 (88.89%) Oracle
1 8 (88.89%) SQL
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (66.67%) Test Scripting
3 5 (55.56%) Automated Testing
4 4 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (44.44%) Windows
4 4 (44.44%) Linux
4 4 (44.44%) Visual Studio
4 4 (44.44%) XML
4 4 (44.44%) XSD
4 4 (44.44%) XSLT
4 4 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (44.44%) Manual Testing
4 4 (44.44%) V-Model
4 4 (44.44%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (44.44%) TDD
4 4 (44.44%) Unit Testing
5 3 (33.33%) Automation Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Bash shell
6 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (22.22%) UNIX
6 2 (22.22%) COM
6 2 (22.22%) .NET
6 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
6 2 (22.22%) Sybase
6 2 (22.22%) DB2
6 2 (22.22%) C#
6 2 (22.22%) C++
6 2 (22.22%) Java

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 4 (44.44%) XML
1 4 (44.44%) XSD
1 4 (44.44%) XSLT
2 2 (22.22%) .NET
2 2 (22.22%) COM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 2 (22.22%) DB2
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle 8/8i
1 2 (22.22%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Visual Studio
1 4 (44.44%) Team Foundation Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 5 (55.56%) Automated Testing
3 4 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (44.44%) TDD
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (44.44%) Manual Testing
3 4 (44.44%) V-Model
3 4 (44.44%) Unit Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Automation Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
2 2 (22.22%) Korn
2 2 (22.22%) Bash shell
2 2 (22.22%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ISEB
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Oracle
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Sybase