The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Nottingham 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 24 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 Nottingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 79 55 88
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 12 30 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 1.267% 2.890% 1.000%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.329% 3.109% 1.039%
Number of salaries quoted 10 29 6
Average salary £32,000 £32,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.53% -1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,250 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £39,000 £33,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Nottingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
903 965 1155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Nottingham 95.35% 92.97% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 798 851 918
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,500 £50,000 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
Nottinghamshire

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Nottingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Nottingham Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham 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 10 (66.67%) C#
2 8 (53.33%) .NET
3 7 (46.67%) SQL
3 7 (46.67%) Selenium
4 6 (40.00%) QA
4 6 (40.00%) Integration Testing
4 6 (40.00%) Visual Studio
5 5 (33.33%) Test Scripting
5 5 (33.33%) NUnit
5 5 (33.33%) WebDriver
6 4 (26.67%) TeamCity
6 4 (26.67%) Automation Testing
6 4 (26.67%) ISEB
6 4 (26.67%) Finance
7 3 (20.00%) Automated Testing
7 3 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
7 3 (20.00%) Windows
7 3 (20.00%) C++
7 3 (20.00%) ISTQB
7 3 (20.00%) Manual Testing
8 2 (13.33%) Stress Testing
8 2 (13.33%) WCF
8 2 (13.33%) Test Strategy
8 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
8 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
9 1 (6.667%) Regression Testing
9 1 (6.667%) E-business
9 1 (6.667%) Project Management
9 1 (6.667%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (6.667%) WinRunner

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Nottingham 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 8 (53.33%) .NET
2 2 (13.33%) WCF
2 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (6.667%) Ajax
3 1 (6.667%) Web Services
3 1 (6.667%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) MSMQ
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
1 1 (6.667%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Dynamics CRM
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Selenium
2 6 (40.00%) Visual Studio
3 5 (33.33%) NUnit
3 5 (33.33%) WebDriver
4 4 (26.67%) TeamCity
5 3 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (6.667%) WinRunner
6 1 (6.667%) JUnit
6 1 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (6.667%) Jenkins
6 1 (6.667%) JIRA
6 1 (6.667%) FitNesse
6 1 (6.667%) CruiseControl
6 1 (6.667%) TestComplete
General
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (6.667%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Integration Testing
2 5 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 4 (26.67%) Automation Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Automated Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Manual Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Stress Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Test Strategy
6 1 (6.667%) Regression Testing
6 1 (6.667%) E-business
6 1 (6.667%) Project Management
6 1 (6.667%) Software Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Validation
6 1 (6.667%) Scrum
6 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (6.667%) ITIL
6 1 (6.667%) OO
6 1 (6.667%) CRM
6 1 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.667%) Waterfall
6 1 (6.667%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) C#
2 7 (46.67%) SQL
3 3 (20.00%) C++
4 1 (6.667%) Java
4 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.667%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) ISEB
2 3 (20.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
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Posted: 23 May 2013