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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 47 38 67
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 20 37 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 3.058% 4.824% 1.242%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.241% 4.933% 1.271%
Number of salaries quoted 20 32 10
Average salary £32,500 £31,000 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.83% +31.91%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £25,000 £22,450
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £36,500 £27,600
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
617 750 787
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 94.34% 97.78% 97.76%
Number of salaries quoted 523 686 720
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,400 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £47,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
East Midlands

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Northamptonshire Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Test Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Northampton -12 14 £32,500 +8.33%
Test Analyst
East Midlands

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 19 (55.88%) C#
2 16 (47.06%) ISEB
3 15 (44.12%) Selenium
4 14 (41.18%) SQL Server
5 13 (38.24%) .NET
5 13 (38.24%) Test Scripting
6 11 (32.35%) QA
6 11 (32.35%) Microsoft
7 10 (29.41%) Windows
8 9 (26.47%) ASP.NET
8 9 (26.47%) .NET Framework
9 8 (23.53%) SQL Server 2005
9 8 (23.53%) Retail
9 8 (23.53%) Automated Testing
9 8 (23.53%) Unit Testing
9 8 (23.53%) SQL Server 2008
9 8 (23.53%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (23.53%) Automation Testing
9 8 (23.53%) CSS
9 8 (23.53%) XML
9 8 (23.53%) SQL
9 8 (23.53%) XHTML
9 8 (23.53%) N-Tier
9 8 (23.53%) SQL Server 2000
10 7 (20.59%) Project Management
10 7 (20.59%) Mainframe
10 7 (20.59%) MS Excel
11 6 (17.65%) E-Commerce
11 6 (17.65%) Validation
11 6 (17.65%) TDD

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 13 (38.24%) .NET
2 9 (26.47%) ASP.NET
2 9 (26.47%) .NET Framework
3 8 (23.53%) CSS
3 8 (23.53%) XML
3 8 (23.53%) XHTML
Applications
1 7 (20.59%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (41.18%) SQL Server
2 8 (23.53%) SQL Server 2000
2 8 (23.53%) SQL Server 2005
2 8 (23.53%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (11.76%) DTS
Development Applications
1 15 (44.12%) Selenium
2 6 (17.65%) WebDriver
3 4 (11.76%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.941%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (23.53%) Retail
2 4 (11.76%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) N-Tier
1 8 (23.53%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (20.59%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 10 (29.41%) Windows
2 1 (2.941%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (38.24%) Test Scripting
2 8 (23.53%) Unit Testing
2 8 (23.53%) Automated Testing
2 8 (23.53%) Automation Testing
3 7 (20.59%) Project Management
4 6 (17.65%) Validation
4 6 (17.65%) E-Commerce
4 6 (17.65%) TDD
5 5 (14.71%) Software Testing
6 4 (11.76%) Fault Management
6 4 (11.76%) Test Management
7 2 (5.882%) Stress Testing
7 2 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (2.941%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (2.941%) Integration Testing
8 1 (2.941%) Time Management
8 1 (2.941%) V-Model
8 1 (2.941%) Test Automation
8 1 (2.941%) Waterfall
8 1 (2.941%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 19 (55.88%) C#
2 8 (23.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (47.06%) ISEB
2 6 (17.65%) Degree
3 4 (11.76%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (32.35%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Control-M
1 4 (11.76%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft
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