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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 89 97 85
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 33 11 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.800% 0.747% 1.296%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.911% 0.768% 1.355%
Number of salaries quoted 32 11 21
Average salary £25,000 £35,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% +18.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,400 £29,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £50,000 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1727 1433 1550
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.22% 97.35% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1506 1280 1397
Average salary £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
South East

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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
Wallingford - 10 £23,000 -
Oxford -12 8 £27,500 -43.29%
Burford - 4 £26,000 -
Kidlington -2 1 £52,500 +20.16%
Witney - 1 £35,000 -
Test Analyst
South East

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 38 (63.33%) ISEB
2 34 (56.67%) QA
3 28 (46.67%) Manual Testing
4 23 (38.33%) .NET
5 22 (36.67%) Selenium
6 19 (31.67%) SQL
7 15 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
7 15 (25.00%) CRM
8 14 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
8 14 (23.33%) Oracle
8 14 (23.33%) SQL Server
8 14 (23.33%) HP Quality Center
9 13 (21.67%) ASP.NET
10 11 (18.33%) User Acceptance Testing
10 11 (18.33%) Java
11 10 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
11 10 (16.67%) LoadRunner
11 10 (16.67%) ETL
11 10 (16.67%) Siebel
11 10 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
12 9 (15.00%) WebDriver
12 9 (15.00%) Open Source
12 9 (15.00%) Drupal
12 9 (15.00%) WATIR
12 9 (15.00%) MS Access
12 9 (15.00%) Publishing
13 8 (13.33%) Software Testing
13 8 (13.33%) Degree
13 8 (13.33%) ISTQB
13 8 (13.33%) Test Management

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 23 (38.33%) .NET
2 13 (21.67%) ASP.NET
3 7 (11.67%) HTML
4 4 (6.667%) ASP
4 4 (6.667%) XML
4 4 (6.667%) XSD
4 4 (6.667%) XSLT
4 4 (6.667%) Middleware
5 1 (1.667%) CSS
5 1 (1.667%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 9 (15.00%) Drupal
Applications
1 5 (8.333%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (23.33%) SQL Server
2 10 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
3 9 (15.00%) MS Access
4 1 (1.667%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 22 (36.67%) Selenium
2 10 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 10 (16.67%) LoadRunner
3 9 (15.00%) WATIR
3 9 (15.00%) WebDriver
4 6 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (6.667%) Cucumber
5 4 (6.667%) Concordion
5 4 (6.667%) FitNesse
5 4 (6.667%) Visual Studio
6 2 (3.333%) Bugzilla
6 2 (3.333%) JIRA
7 1 (1.667%) TestDirector
General
1 9 (15.00%) Publishing
2 5 (8.333%) Back Office
2 5 (8.333%) Finance
3 2 (3.333%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.667%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.00%) Open Source
2 3 (5.000%) Replication
3 1 (1.667%) SaaS
3 1 (1.667%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (1.667%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (46.67%) Manual Testing
2 15 (25.00%) CRM
2 15 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 14 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (18.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (16.67%) ETL
6 8 (13.33%) Software Testing
6 8 (13.33%) Test Management
7 7 (11.67%) Test Scripting
8 5 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
8 5 (8.333%) Test Strategy
8 5 (8.333%) Automated Testing
9 4 (6.667%) TDD
9 4 (6.667%) Risk Analysis
9 4 (6.667%) Unit Testing
9 4 (6.667%) V-Model
10 3 (5.000%) Scrum
11 2 (3.333%) Security Testing
12 1 (1.667%) Web Testing
12 1 (1.667%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 19 (31.67%) SQL
2 11 (18.33%) Java
3 2 (3.333%) C#
4 1 (1.667%) C
4 1 (1.667%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.667%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (63.33%) ISEB
2 8 (13.33%) ISTQB
2 8 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (56.67%) QA
2 1 (1.667%) 21 CFR Part 11
Systems Management
1 14 (23.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (23.33%) Oracle
2 10 (16.67%) Siebel
3 6 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.333%) HP
Oxford, Oxfordshire
The Test Analyst will have a key role testing existing and new ASP.NET /SQL Server web-based software products... The successful candidate would preferably have some of...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013