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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 85 85 78
Rank change year-on-year
0 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 10 17 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.136% 1.364% 1.357%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.176% 1.413% 1.436%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 12
Average salary £27,500 £40,000 £29,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.25% +36.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,350 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £28,250 £42,750 £32,350
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
850 1203 1114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 96.59% 96.55% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 764 1029 970
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
South West

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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
Cirencester +17 8 £27,000 -
Cheltenham +15 5 £28,000 -34.11%
Stroud +22 4 £26,000 -
Tewkesbury +10 4 £26,000 +8.33%
Gloucester +5 4 £26,000 -35.00%
Test Analyst
South West

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 15 (62.50%) ISEB
2 13 (54.17%) Test Scripting
3 11 (45.83%) SQL
4 10 (41.67%) Oracle
4 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
5 9 (37.50%) Automated Testing
6 8 (33.33%) Finance
7 7 (29.17%) Software Testing
7 7 (29.17%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (25.00%) Visual Studio
9 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
9 5 (20.83%) Windows
9 5 (20.83%) Manual Testing
10 4 (16.67%) V-Model
10 4 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (16.67%) Unit Testing
10 4 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (16.67%) TDD
10 4 (16.67%) Linux
10 4 (16.67%) .NET
10 4 (16.67%) XML
10 4 (16.67%) XSD
10 4 (16.67%) XSLT
11 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
11 3 (12.50%) Java
11 3 (12.50%) TestDirector
11 3 (12.50%) Retail
11 3 (12.50%) Degree
11 3 (12.50%) QA
11 3 (12.50%) Automation Testing

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 (16.67%) .NET
1 4 (16.67%) XML
1 4 (16.67%) XSD
1 4 (16.67%) XSLT
2 2 (8.333%) COM
3 1 (4.167%) HTML
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) SAP Retail
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle Retail
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.333%) Sybase ASE
2 2 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (8.333%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Visual Studio
2 4 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (12.50%) TestDirector
4 2 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (4.167%) LoadRunner
General
1 8 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Retail
3 2 (8.333%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) EPoS
2 1 (4.167%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Linux
3 2 (8.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Test Scripting
2 9 (37.50%) Automated Testing
3 7 (29.17%) Software Testing
3 7 (29.17%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (20.83%) Manual Testing
5 4 (16.67%) V-Model
5 4 (16.67%) Unit Testing
5 4 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (16.67%) TDD
6 3 (12.50%) Automation Testing
7 2 (8.333%) Performance Testing
7 2 (8.333%) Test Automation
7 2 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (8.333%) Regression Testing
8 1 (4.167%) PRINCE
8 1 (4.167%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (45.83%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) Java
3 2 (8.333%) Bash shell
3 2 (8.333%) Korn
3 2 (8.333%) PL/SQL
3 2 (8.333%) Shell Script
3 2 (8.333%) C#
3 2 (8.333%) C++
4 1 (4.167%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) ISEB
2 3 (12.50%) Degree
3 2 (8.333%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Oracle
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.333%) Sybase
3 1 (4.167%) SAP
3 1 (4.167%) HP