The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 17 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Test Analyst
Rank 228 242 225
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Analyst 20 9 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.281% 0.128% 0.233%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.294% 0.133% 0.244%
Number of salaries quoted 20 9 16
Average salary £29,000 £26,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.43% -11.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £22,900 £22,750
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,400 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £29,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+0.84% -0.83%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6808 6765 6558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.48% 95.94% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5756 5975 5797
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Test Analyst
England

Software Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Software Test Analyst Salary Trend

Software Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Test Analyst across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Software Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Software Test Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Test Analyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -9 13 £30,000 -
Lancashire +6 5 £26,500 +7.07%
Cheshire +2 2 £24,500 -10.09%
Software Test Analyst
England

Software Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 24 (72.73%) .NET
2 21 (63.64%) QA
3 20 (60.61%) SQL Server
4 19 (57.58%) ISEB
5 17 (51.52%) Software Testing
6 14 (42.42%) Degree
7 13 (39.39%) Manual Testing
8 12 (36.36%) TestComplete
8 12 (36.36%) SQL Server 2008
8 12 (36.36%) SQL Server 2005
8 12 (36.36%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (30.30%) Automated Testing
10 9 (27.27%) Test Scripting
11 8 (24.24%) User Acceptance Testing
11 8 (24.24%) Regression Testing
11 8 (24.24%) C#
12 7 (21.21%) Client/Server
13 6 (18.18%) SQL
13 6 (18.18%) ASP.NET
13 6 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
14 5 (15.15%) Selenium
15 4 (12.12%) Java
16 3 (9.091%) MS Excel
17 2 (6.061%) Software Engineering
17 2 (6.061%) VB.NET
18 1 (3.030%) E-Commerce
18 1 (3.030%) Microsoft
18 1 (3.030%) Workflow
18 1 (3.030%) CCTV
18 1 (3.030%) ISTQB

Software Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 24 (72.73%) .NET
2 6 (18.18%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 3 (9.091%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (60.61%) SQL Server
2 12 (36.36%) SQL Server 2005
2 12 (36.36%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 12 (36.36%) TestComplete
2 5 (15.15%) Selenium
Miscellaneous
1 12 (36.36%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (21.21%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.030%) CCTV
3 1 (3.030%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (51.52%) Software Testing
2 13 (39.39%) Manual Testing
3 10 (30.30%) Automated Testing
4 9 (27.27%) Test Scripting
5 8 (24.24%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (24.24%) Regression Testing
6 6 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (6.061%) Software Engineering
8 1 (3.030%) Integration Testing
8 1 (3.030%) E-Commerce
8 1 (3.030%) Workflow
8 1 (3.030%) Waterfall
8 1 (3.030%) Test Strategy
8 1 (3.030%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) C#
2 6 (18.18%) SQL
3 4 (12.12%) Java
4 2 (6.061%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 19 (57.58%) ISEB
2 14 (42.42%) Degree
3 1 (3.030%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (63.64%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.030%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (3.030%) Microsoft
Manchester, Lancashire
FDM is currently seeking a number of high calibre individuals with the drive to work in software testing, to join their award-winning programme to launch careers as...
FDM Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 29 April 2013
Chorley, North West
Preston Software test analyst (ideally working on manually testing .NET or Java and SQL based applications) sought by this leading product based software development organisationWorking on testing server...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013