The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire 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 22 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 112 128 130
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 65 54 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.884% 1.388% 1.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.974% 1.443% 1.107%
Number of salaries quoted 52 45 23
Average salary £30,000 £31,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,200 £26,200 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £39,600 £44,600
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3293 3741 3342
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 95.42% 96.14% 93.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2794 3282 2826
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
South East

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Basingstoke -4 18 £45,000 +1.69%
Southampton +6 9 £28,500 -
Portsmouth 0 4 £25,000 -16.66%
Havant - 4 £38,946 -
Aldershot - 2 £31,250 -
Winchester - 2 £28,750 -
Fareham +4 1 £23,500 -17.54%
Test Analyst
South East

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 49 (48.51%) QA
2 44 (43.56%) SQL
3 33 (32.67%) Test Scripting
4 30 (29.70%) C#
5 28 (27.72%) ISEB
6 25 (24.75%) Java
6 25 (24.75%) Agile Software Development
7 24 (23.76%) Degree
8 23 (22.77%) Software Testing
9 18 (17.82%) ISTQB
9 18 (17.82%) Selenium
10 17 (16.83%) Windows
10 17 (16.83%) Manual Testing
11 16 (15.84%) Web Testing
12 15 (14.85%) Security Cleared
13 14 (13.86%) TDD
14 13 (12.87%) MS Excel
14 13 (12.87%) C
15 11 (10.89%) SQL Server
15 11 (10.89%) Finance
15 11 (10.89%) Microsoft
15 11 (10.89%) SOA
15 11 (10.89%) BDD
16 10 (9.901%) Waterfall
16 10 (9.901%) Project Management
16 10 (9.901%) IIS
16 10 (9.901%) Oracle
16 10 (9.901%) HTML
16 10 (9.901%) Client/Server
17 9 (8.911%) Computer Science

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 10 (9.901%) HTML
2 9 (8.911%) XML
3 7 (6.931%) .NET
4 6 (5.941%) Web Services
5 4 (3.960%) SOAP
6 2 (1.980%) ISPF
7 1 (0.990%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 10 (9.901%) IIS
2 5 (4.950%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 13 (12.87%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.990%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.911%) Internet
2 3 (2.970%) HTTP
2 3 (2.970%) ATM
3 1 (0.990%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.89%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.960%) MySQL
3 2 (1.980%) DB2
Development Applications
1 18 (17.82%) Selenium
2 9 (8.911%) FitNesse
2 9 (8.911%) WATIR
3 6 (5.941%) Firebug
3 6 (5.941%) Fiddler
4 5 (4.950%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (1.980%) WebDriver
5 2 (1.980%) JMeter
5 2 (1.980%) SilkPerformer
General
1 11 (10.89%) Finance
2 6 (5.941%) Telecoms
3 5 (4.950%) Retail
4 3 (2.970%) Marketing
4 3 (2.970%) Law
5 1 (0.990%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.990%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.901%) Client/Server
2 9 (8.911%) Computer Science
3 8 (7.921%) IVR
4 5 (4.950%) N-Tier
5 4 (3.960%) SaaS
5 4 (3.960%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.960%) Mobile Payment
5 4 (3.960%) Replication
6 3 (2.970%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.980%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.980%) EFT
7 2 (1.980%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (1.980%) Derivative
7 2 (1.980%) APACS
Operating Systems
1 17 (16.83%) Windows
2 7 (6.931%) UNIX
2 7 (6.931%) Linux
3 5 (4.950%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (4.950%) Windows XP
3 5 (4.950%) Windows 2000
3 5 (4.950%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (3.960%) AIX
4 4 (3.960%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (32.67%) Test Scripting
2 25 (24.75%) Agile Software Development
3 23 (22.77%) Software Testing
4 17 (16.83%) Manual Testing
5 16 (15.84%) Web Testing
6 14 (13.86%) TDD
7 11 (10.89%) SOA
7 11 (10.89%) BDD
8 10 (9.901%) Waterfall
8 10 (9.901%) Project Management
9 9 (8.911%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (8.911%) Service Delivery
9 9 (8.911%) Change Management
9 9 (8.911%) Regression Testing
9 9 (8.911%) V-Model
9 9 (8.911%) Automation Testing
10 8 (7.921%) Scrum
10 8 (7.921%) Automated Testing
10 8 (7.921%) Software Engineering
11 7 (6.931%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 44 (43.56%) SQL
2 30 (29.70%) C#
3 25 (24.75%) Java
4 13 (12.87%) C
5 9 (8.911%) Python
5 9 (8.911%) C++
5 9 (8.911%) JavaScript
5 9 (8.911%) Perl
6 6 (5.941%) VB
7 1 (0.990%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 28 (27.72%) ISEB
2 24 (23.76%) Degree
3 18 (17.82%) ISTQB
4 15 (14.85%) Security Cleared
5 7 (6.931%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.950%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (48.51%) QA
2 1 (0.990%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (4.950%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (8.911%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (3.960%) Control-M
Vendors
1 11 (10.89%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.901%) Oracle
3 5 (4.950%) Fujitsu
4 2 (1.980%) IBM
4 2 (1.980%) Cognos
5 1 (0.990%) VMware
Hampshire, South East
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Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: £25,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Thomson Local
Salary: From £35,000 to £38,000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
Our Information Management team, 230-strong over two sites, has a hugely important part to play in modernising and streamlining the Office for National Statistics... For the Office...
Office for National Statistics
Salary: From £25,460 to £31,180 per annum (plus benefits and pension)
Posted: 26 April 2013
Southampton, South East
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + flexi time, 5% pension and more
Posted: 14 May 2013