The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 59 72 74
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 97 65 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 3.694% 3.081% 2.269%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.857% 3.161% 2.339%
Number of salaries quoted 77 61 36
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +10.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £21,250
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.58% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2515 2056 1753
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 95.77% 97.44% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2041 1780 1490
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 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
West Yorkshire

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Leeds Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

1 113 (42.64%) Automated Testing
2 86 (32.45%) QA
3 73 (27.55%) .NET
4 70 (26.42%) User Acceptance Testing
5 59 (22.26%) HP Quality Center
5 59 (22.26%) Automation Testing
6 57 (21.51%) Selenium
6 57 (21.51%) SQL
7 55 (20.75%) Microsoft
7 55 (20.75%) ISEB
8 52 (19.62%) Agile Software Development
8 52 (19.62%) Test Automation
9 51 (19.25%) E-Commerce
10 44 (16.60%) Java
11 36 (13.58%) User Stories
12 35 (13.21%) Bugzilla
12 35 (13.21%) JIRA
13 34 (12.83%) Team Foundation Server
14 33 (12.45%) QuickTest Pro
15 32 (12.08%) Finance
16 30 (11.32%) LoadRunner
17 29 (10.94%) Test Scripting
18 28 (10.57%) System Testing
18 28 (10.57%) Software Testing
18 28 (10.57%) Performance Testing
19 26 (9.811%) SOAP
20 25 (9.434%) FitNesse
21 24 (9.057%) MS Excel
21 24 (9.057%) HP
22 23 (8.679%) Games

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 73 (27.55%) .NET
2 26 (9.811%) SOAP
3 16 (6.038%) soapUI
4 14 (5.283%) XML
5 13 (4.906%) Web Services
6 12 (4.528%) XSD
7 10 (3.774%) WSDL
8 5 (1.887%) .NET Framework
9 4 (1.509%) LAMP
10 3 (1.132%) J2EE
11 2 (0.755%) Flash
11 2 (0.755%) ASP.NET
11 2 (0.755%) Apache Flex
11 2 (0.755%) HTML5
12 1 (0.377%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (1.132%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.377%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 24 (9.057%) MS Excel
2 13 (4.906%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.509%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.377%) Internet
1 1 (0.377%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.660%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.755%) MySQL
2 2 (0.755%) GIS
2 2 (0.755%) Big Data
2 2 (0.755%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.377%) DB2
Development Applications
1 57 (21.51%) Selenium
2 35 (13.21%) Bugzilla
2 35 (13.21%) JIRA
3 34 (12.83%) Team Foundation Server
4 33 (12.45%) QuickTest Pro
5 30 (11.32%) LoadRunner
6 25 (9.434%) FitNesse
7 23 (8.679%) Cucumber
8 20 (7.547%) SpecFlow
9 12 (4.528%) JMeter
10 10 (3.774%) Visual Studio
11 8 (3.019%) OpenSTA
11 8 (3.019%) WebDriver
12 5 (1.887%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (1.887%) Oracle Forms
13 4 (1.509%) TestDirector
14 3 (1.132%) JUnit
15 2 (0.755%) Flex Builder
15 2 (0.755%) TestComplete
16 1 (0.377%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 32 (12.08%) Finance
2 23 (8.679%) Games
3 6 (2.264%) Retail
4 4 (1.509%) Legal
5 2 (0.755%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.038%) Statistics
2 12 (4.528%) Online Games
3 7 (2.642%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.132%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.755%) Wiki
5 2 (0.755%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.377%) iSeries
6 1 (0.377%) Open Source
6 1 (0.377%) AS400
6 1 (0.377%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.170%) Windows
2 3 (1.132%) Linux
3 2 (0.755%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (42.64%) Automated Testing
2 70 (26.42%) User Acceptance Testing
3 59 (22.26%) Automation Testing
4 52 (19.62%) Agile Software Development
4 52 (19.62%) Test Automation
5 51 (19.25%) E-Commerce
6 36 (13.58%) User Stories
7 29 (10.94%) Test Scripting
8 28 (10.57%) System Testing
8 28 (10.57%) Software Testing
8 28 (10.57%) Performance Testing
9 23 (8.679%) Test Strategy
10 20 (7.547%) Test Management
11 19 (7.170%) Benchmarking
12 17 (6.415%) Manual Testing
12 17 (6.415%) Usability Testing
12 17 (6.415%) Load Testing
13 14 (5.283%) Stress Testing
14 12 (4.528%) Non-Functional Testing
15 11 (4.151%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 57 (21.51%) SQL
2 44 (16.60%) Java
3 14 (5.283%) VBA
4 6 (2.264%) C#
5 5 (1.887%) VB.NET
6 3 (1.132%) PHP
7 2 (0.755%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.755%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.755%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.377%) Python
8 1 (0.377%) C++
8 1 (0.377%) VB
8 1 (0.377%) C
Qualifications
1 55 (20.75%) ISEB
2 21 (7.925%) Degree
3 18 (6.792%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (32.45%) QA
Systems Management
1 59 (22.26%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 55 (20.75%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.057%) HP
3 7 (2.642%) Oracle
4 2 (0.755%) Adobe
5 1 (0.377%) IBM
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Our development approach embraces Agile methodologies and tasks will include the design and execution of tests, recording issues found during testing and bringing key areas of concern to...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £neg + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
My client is looking for a Test Analyst with the following experience:-Proven testing background-Automation testing experience (strong plus)-Experience with UNIX/Linux and/or Java considered...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Test Analyst, Test Engineer, QA Engineer, Senior Test Analyst, Test Lead, Test Team Lead, Test Leader, automation, automated, Selenium, manual, functional, integration, UNIX, Linux, Java, ISEB, ISTQB, QuickTest...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Tester / Test Analyst - Leeds, Bradford, York, Wakefield, Yorkshire - £25,000 - £35,000 - UAT Regression, System Integration, Ad Hoc Testing... The Tester / Test Analyst role is a very hands...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Test Analyst will also have experience of SQL, system testing and web testing (XML & HTML)... ISEB Certified. System Testing. Web Testing (XML & HTML) Experience of working...
CoreCom Consulting
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Test Analyst, Tester, Software Tester, ISEB, Test Cases, Automated testing, UAT testing, Leeds, West YorkshireTest Analyst required for a permanent position based in Leeds... Degree educated or suitable...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £21000 - £24000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Excellent opportunity for a Performance Test Analyst to join a successful financial services company based in Leeds.
E-Resourcing
Salary: £38000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) Use of automated test tools (e.g... SpecFlow, Fitnesse, Cucumber) Knowledge of Web Service APIs (XML /XSD/WSDL/SOAP) Knowledge of Web...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... Preferred: - Use of test management tools (eg HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (eg HP QTP, Selenium,...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013