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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Test Analyst
Rank 141 130 109
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Analyst 4 8 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.152% 0.375% 0.222%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.158% 0.385% 0.228%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 4
Average salary £28,750 £25,250 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.86% +26.25%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+0.84% -0.83%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2527 2077 1753
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 95.79% 97.42% 97.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2052 1793 1487
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £49,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Test Analyst
West Yorkshire

Software Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Software Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Software Test Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Leeds Software Test Analyst Salary Trend

Software Test Analyst
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region that cited Software 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 Software Test Analyst in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) QA
2 4 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (66.67%) ISEB
3 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (50.00%) .NET
3 3 (50.00%) User Stories
3 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (50.00%) Use Case
3 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Test Management
4 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
4 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 2 (33.33%) C#
5 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
5 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) MVC
5 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
5 1 (16.67%) Selenium
5 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting

Software Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region that cited Software 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 Software Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
2 1 (16.67%) Selenium
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (50.00%) User Stories
1 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Use Case
1 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Test Management
2 2 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 1 (16.67%) MVC
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) ISEB
2 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft