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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 82 60 73
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 22 27 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.696% 2.621% 1.913%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.752% 2.804% 2.036%
Number of salaries quoted 19 24 17
Average salary £31,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.42% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,250 £21,300
10% offered a salary of more than £39,200 £44,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.58% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1256 963 884
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 96.84% 93.50% 93.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1062 789 767
Average salary £40,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
Buckinghamshire

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Milton Keynes Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 22 (56.41%) SQL
2 15 (38.46%) ISEB
2 15 (38.46%) Software Testing
3 13 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 12 (30.77%) XML
5 11 (28.21%) Microsoft
5 11 (28.21%) Finance
5 11 (28.21%) HP Quality Center
6 10 (25.64%) Retail
7 9 (23.08%) QA
8 8 (20.51%) Automated Testing
8 8 (20.51%) Agile Software Development
8 8 (20.51%) QuickTest Pro
8 8 (20.51%) .NET
9 7 (17.95%) Windows
9 7 (17.95%) TestDirector
10 6 (15.38%) Visual Studio
10 6 (15.38%) Oracle
10 6 (15.38%) Test Management
11 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
11 5 (12.82%) C#
11 5 (12.82%) ASP.NET
11 5 (12.82%) Degree
11 5 (12.82%) JIRA
12 4 (10.26%) .NET Framework
12 4 (10.26%) Java
12 4 (10.26%) VB
12 4 (10.26%) Regression Testing
12 4 (10.26%) EPoS
12 4 (10.26%) V-Model

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 12 (30.77%) XML
2 8 (20.51%) .NET
3 5 (12.82%) ASP.NET
4 4 (10.26%) .NET Framework
5 3 (7.692%) Web Services
6 2 (5.128%) CSS
6 2 (5.128%) XHTML
7 1 (2.564%) soapUI
7 1 (2.564%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.564%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.692%) MS Office
2 2 (5.128%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.564%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.128%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (5.128%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (5.128%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.564%) SQLite
3 1 (2.564%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (20.51%) QuickTest Pro
2 7 (17.95%) TestDirector
3 6 (15.38%) Visual Studio
4 5 (12.82%) JIRA
5 3 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (7.692%) Selenium
6 2 (5.128%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 11 (28.21%) Finance
2 10 (25.64%) Retail
3 3 (7.692%) Military
3 3 (7.692%) Automotive
4 1 (2.564%) Retail Banking
4 1 (2.564%) Spanish Language
4 1 (2.564%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) EPoS
2 3 (7.692%) Client/Server
2 3 (7.692%) N-Tier
3 2 (5.128%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.564%) iPad
4 1 (2.564%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Windows
2 1 (2.564%) Android
2 1 (2.564%) Linux
2 1 (2.564%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) Software Testing
2 13 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 8 (20.51%) Automated Testing
3 8 (20.51%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (15.38%) Test Management
5 4 (10.26%) Regression Testing
5 4 (10.26%) V-Model
5 4 (10.26%) Automation Testing
6 3 (7.692%) Change Control
6 3 (7.692%) System Testing
6 3 (7.692%) Data Migration
6 3 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (7.692%) Migration
7 2 (5.128%) TDD
7 2 (5.128%) Scrum
7 2 (5.128%) Validation
7 2 (5.128%) SOA
7 2 (5.128%) E-Commerce
7 2 (5.128%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (5.128%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (56.41%) SQL
2 5 (12.82%) C#
3 4 (10.26%) Java
3 4 (10.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (38.46%) ISEB
2 5 (12.82%) Degree
3 1 (2.564%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (23.08%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.128%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (28.21%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.38%) Oracle
3 2 (5.128%) VMware