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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 52 28 38
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 7 27 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.431% 5.844% 2.314%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.522% 6.081% 2.344%
Number of salaries quoted 7 25 9
Average salary £30,000 £31,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% +19.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,600 £28,900 £20,800
10% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £34,000 £28,700
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Newcastle upon Tyne
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
460 444 384
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 94.07% 96.10% 98.71%
Number of salaries quoted 395 371 321
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,650 £24,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
Tyne and Wear

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 20 (90.91%) QA
2 16 (72.73%) Scrum
3 15 (68.18%) Software Testing
4 13 (59.09%) Selenium
5 12 (54.55%) Law
5 12 (54.55%) OOP
5 12 (54.55%) Android
5 12 (54.55%) iPhone
5 12 (54.55%) iPad
5 12 (54.55%) Mobile App
6 9 (40.91%) Java
6 9 (40.91%) PHP
6 9 (40.91%) .NET
7 8 (36.36%) Symbian
7 8 (36.36%) Ruby
8 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
8 6 (27.27%) ISEB
9 5 (22.73%) TDD
9 5 (22.73%) ISTQB
9 5 (22.73%) Test Scripting
10 4 (18.18%) Cucumber
10 4 (18.18%) BDD
10 4 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (18.18%) Web Development
10 4 (18.18%) Internet
10 4 (18.18%) SQL
11 3 (13.64%) Linux
11 3 (13.64%) Validation
11 3 (13.64%) Finance

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (40.91%) .NET
2 1 (4.545%) COM
2 1 (4.545%) CSS
2 1 (4.545%) HTML5
2 1 (4.545%) CSS3
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Internet
2 2 (9.091%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 13 (59.09%) Selenium
2 4 (18.18%) Cucumber
3 2 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (9.091%) Visual Studio
3 2 (9.091%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (4.545%) LoadRunner
4 1 (4.545%) MSTest
General
1 12 (54.55%) Law
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) iPhone
1 12 (54.55%) iPad
1 12 (54.55%) Mobile App
2 2 (9.091%) Social Network
3 1 (4.545%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (54.55%) Android
2 3 (13.64%) Linux
3 1 (4.545%) UNIX
3 1 (4.545%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) Scrum
2 15 (68.18%) Software Testing
3 12 (54.55%) OOP
4 5 (22.73%) TDD
4 5 (22.73%) Test Scripting
5 4 (18.18%) BDD
5 4 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (18.18%) Web Development
6 3 (13.64%) Validation
6 3 (13.64%) Automated Testing
7 2 (9.091%) Performance Testing
7 2 (9.091%) Test Strategy
7 2 (9.091%) Security Testing
7 2 (9.091%) Test Automation
7 2 (9.091%) E-Commerce
7 2 (9.091%) Web Testing
8 1 (4.545%) Automation Testing
8 1 (4.545%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (4.545%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) Java
1 9 (40.91%) PHP
2 8 (36.36%) Ruby
3 4 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) ISEB
2 5 (22.73%) ISTQB
3 3 (13.64%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (90.91%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Symbian
2 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.545%) HP
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
You will be a key member of the Test team, participating in daily SCRUM meetings, liaising with Developers, Project Managers and other technical and none technical staff within...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £24000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + Excellent benefit package
Posted: 9 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
We're looking to appoint a Test Analyst to be heavily involved with agile driven testing and proven experience of creating and running automated testing using TFS, Visual...
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £25k - 35k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013