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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 52 56 45
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 11 8 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 2.263% 1.457% 2.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.407% 1.538% 2.139%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 6
Average salary £26,500 £23,000 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.21% -9.80%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £19,850 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £25,450 £32,250
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
457 520 374
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 94.03% 94.72% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 408 475 319
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,900 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
North West

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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
Chorley +5 9 £26,500 +15.21%
Preston - 1 £29,000 -
Test Analyst
North West

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 12 (52.17%) ISEB
1 12 (52.17%) Software Testing
2 9 (39.13%) Java
2 9 (39.13%) .NET
3 8 (34.78%) Mobile App
4 6 (26.09%) E-Commerce
4 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
4 6 (26.09%) Regression Testing
5 5 (21.74%) ERP
5 5 (21.74%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (21.74%) SQL
5 5 (21.74%) Manual Testing
5 5 (21.74%) CRM
6 4 (17.39%) Systems Analysis
6 4 (17.39%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (17.39%) Test Scripting
6 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
6 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
7 3 (13.04%) HP Quality Center
7 3 (13.04%) Test Strategy
7 3 (13.04%) Hibernate
7 3 (13.04%) Spring
7 3 (13.04%) ISTQB
7 3 (13.04%) Degree
8 2 (8.696%) German Language
8 2 (8.696%) Automated Testing
8 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
8 2 (8.696%) Ruby
8 2 (8.696%) Functional Testing
8 2 (8.696%) Web Services

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 9 (39.13%) .NET
2 3 (13.04%) Hibernate
2 3 (13.04%) Spring
3 2 (8.696%) Web Services
4 1 (4.348%) SOAP
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.348%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Bugzilla
1 1 (4.348%) JIRA
General
1 2 (8.696%) German Language
2 1 (4.348%) Banking
2 1 (4.348%) Retail
2 1 (4.348%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.348%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Software Testing
2 6 (26.09%) E-Commerce
2 6 (26.09%) Regression Testing
3 5 (21.74%) ERP
3 5 (21.74%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (21.74%) Manual Testing
3 5 (21.74%) CRM
4 4 (17.39%) Systems Analysis
4 4 (17.39%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (17.39%) Test Scripting
5 3 (13.04%) Test Strategy
6 2 (8.696%) Automated Testing
6 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
6 2 (8.696%) Functional Testing
6 2 (8.696%) OO
7 1 (4.348%) Process Management
7 1 (4.348%) Document Management
7 1 (4.348%) Workflow
7 1 (4.348%) Validation
7 1 (4.348%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) Java
2 5 (21.74%) SQL
3 2 (8.696%) Ruby
4 1 (4.348%) PHP
4 1 (4.348%) C#
4 1 (4.348%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) ISEB
2 3 (13.04%) ISTQB
2 3 (13.04%) Degree
3 2 (8.696%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.696%) HP
Chorley, North West
Preston Software test analyst (ideally working on manually testing .NET or Java and SQL based applications) sought by this leading product based software development organisationWorking on testing server...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
Ideal candidates will have experience of the following: Java, SQL databases, testing client and server side web applications using restful api’s. Selenium WebDriver, Unix scripting and testing...
Trader Media Group Ltd
Salary: From £26,000 to £31,000 per annum plus bonus and great benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013