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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 70 66 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 2 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 0.292% 0.601% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.307% 0.656% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 0
Average salary £31,000 £31,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.58% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
651 610 427
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 95.18% 91.59% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 551 475 339
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
Berkshire

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 4 (100.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) TestDirector
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (25.00%) V-Model
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Selenium
3 1 (25.00%) Web Testing

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 1 (25.00%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) TestDirector
2 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (25.00%) V-Model
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft