The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Luton 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 20 June 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 46 43 34
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 2 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 0.563% 0.280% 1.767%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.587% 0.289% 1.880%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
Average salary £26,969 - £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +1.56%
All Job Titles
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
341 346 266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 96.06% 96.92% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 294 290 240
Average salary £45,000 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.75% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £52,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Test Analyst
Bedfordshire

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 9 (69.23%) SQL
2 8 (61.54%) ISTQB
2 8 (61.54%) QA
3 7 (53.85%) Test Scripting
3 7 (53.85%) Web Services
4 6 (46.15%) ISEB
4 6 (46.15%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (46.15%) Bugzilla
4 6 (46.15%) FogBugz
5 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
5 4 (30.77%) Risk Analysis
5 4 (30.77%) ETL
6 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
6 3 (23.08%) Manual Testing
6 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Web Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Scrum
6 3 (23.08%) Client/Server
6 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Degree
6 3 (23.08%) User Stories
7 2 (15.38%) Data Integration
7 2 (15.38%) Use Case
7 2 (15.38%) Systems Analysis
8 1 (7.692%) ColdFusion
8 1 (7.692%) CSS
8 1 (7.692%) SOAP
8 1 (7.692%) XML
8 1 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (7.692%) HTML

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 7 (53.85%) Web Services
2 1 (7.692%) CSS
2 1 (7.692%) SOAP
2 1 (7.692%) XML
2 1 (7.692%) HTML
2 1 (7.692%) jQuery
2 1 (7.692%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) ColdFusion
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Bugzilla
1 6 (46.15%) FogBugz
2 1 (7.692%) Selenium
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Client/Server
2 2 (15.38%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Test Scripting
2 6 (46.15%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
3 4 (30.77%) Risk Analysis
3 4 (30.77%) ETL
4 3 (23.08%) Manual Testing
4 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Web Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Scrum
4 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
4 3 (23.08%) User Stories
5 2 (15.38%) Use Case
5 2 (15.38%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (7.692%) Time Management
6 1 (7.692%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.692%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) ISTQB
2 6 (46.15%) ISEB
3 3 (23.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) QA