The first table below looks at the demand for the Functional Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Functional Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Functional Test Analyst
Rank 851 870 862
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Test Analyst 9 17 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.008% 0.014% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.015% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 8 15 2
Average salary £50,000 £35,000 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.85% +13.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,050 £27,500 £25,350
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £40,500 £36,150
UK excluding London average salary £38,750 £33,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
+17.42% +37.50%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Functional Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Functional Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Test Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Functional Test Analyst within the UK.

Functional Test Analyst Salary Trend

Functional Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Functional Test Analyst over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Functional Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Functional Test Analyst
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Test Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England -3 5 £27,500 -21.42%
Scotland - 4 £50,000 -
Glasgow - 4 £50,000 -
London +30 2 £62,500 +66.66%
North West - 2 £15,750 -
City of London - 2 £62,500 -
North Yorkshire -3 1 £27,500 -
Yorkshire -10 1 £27,500 -21.42%
Merseyside - 1 £15,000 -
York - 1 £27,500 -
Manchester - 1 £16,500 -
Liverpool - 1 £15,000 -
Bolton - 1 £16,500 -

Functional Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Functional 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 Functional Test Analyst in their job title.

1 19 (73.08%) User Acceptance Testing
2 14 (53.85%) ISEB
3 12 (46.15%) Functional Testing
4 9 (34.62%) Banking
5 8 (30.77%) SQL
5 8 (30.77%) E-Commerce
5 8 (30.77%) HP Quality Center
6 7 (26.92%) Test Automation
7 6 (23.08%) Automation Testing
7 6 (23.08%) System Testing
7 6 (23.08%) Finance
7 6 (23.08%) QuickTest Pro
8 5 (19.23%) HP
8 5 (19.23%) UNIX
8 5 (19.23%) Java
8 5 (19.23%) Investment Banking
8 5 (19.23%) Derivative
9 4 (15.38%) Integration Testing
9 4 (15.38%) QA
9 4 (15.38%) C#
9 4 (15.38%) C++
9 4 (15.38%) Linux
9 4 (15.38%) Sybase
9 4 (15.38%) Retail
10 3 (11.54%) Legal
10 3 (11.54%) Migration
10 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (11.54%) .NET
10 3 (11.54%) Oracle
10 3 (11.54%) Equities

Functional Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Functional 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 Functional Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
2 1 (3.846%) HTML
2 1 (3.846%) FIX Protocol
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.846%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (7.692%) JIRA
3 1 (3.846%) WinRunner
3 1 (3.846%) Bugzilla
3 1 (3.846%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 9 (34.62%) Banking
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 5 (19.23%) Investment Banking
4 4 (15.38%) Retail
5 3 (11.54%) Legal
6 1 (3.846%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Derivative
2 3 (11.54%) Equities
2 3 (11.54%) Equity Derivative
3 2 (7.692%) Mobile App
3 2 (7.692%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) UNIX
2 4 (15.38%) Linux
3 1 (3.846%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (73.08%) User Acceptance Testing
2 12 (46.15%) Functional Testing
3 8 (30.77%) E-Commerce
4 7 (26.92%) Test Automation
5 6 (23.08%) Automation Testing
5 6 (23.08%) System Testing
6 4 (15.38%) Integration Testing
7 3 (11.54%) Migration
7 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (11.54%) Time Management
7 3 (11.54%) Data Migration
8 2 (7.692%) Waterfall
8 2 (7.692%) CRM
8 2 (7.692%) ERP
8 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (7.692%) Regression Testing
9 1 (3.846%) Test Scripting
9 1 (3.846%) Manual Testing
9 1 (3.846%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) SQL
2 5 (19.23%) Java
3 4 (15.38%) C#
3 4 (15.38%) C++
4 1 (3.846%) C
Qualifications
1 14 (53.85%) ISEB
2 2 (7.692%) CIPD
2 2 (7.692%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) QA
2 2 (7.692%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 8 (30.77%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) HP
2 4 (15.38%) Sybase
3 3 (11.54%) Oracle
4 2 (7.692%) Murex
City of London
FX BA / Functional Test Analyst - London - Investment Banking - c. £65k base + good bonus + good benefitsKey skills: Testing, foreign exchange, FX, Waterfall /Agile methodologies, ISTQB-BCS, Quality Centre software. (...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + + good bonus + good benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
FX BA / Functional Test Analyst - London - Investment Banking - c... Key skills: Testing, foreign exchange, FX, Waterfall /Agile methodologies, ISTQB-BCS, Quality Centre software. (Focus on UAT / user acceptance...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + + good bonus + good benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013