The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead 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 Lead 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Test Analyst
Rank 800 855 819
Rank change year-on-year
+55 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Test Analyst 62 44 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.057% 0.036% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.038% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 49 41 52
Average salary £46,000 £35,000 £46,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.42% -25.13%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £31,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £57,250
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £32,050 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+32.60% -19.87%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
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%

Lead Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lead Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Test Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Lead Test Analyst Salary Trend

Lead Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lead Test Analyst over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Lead Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Lead Test Analyst
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Test Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +35 54 £50,000 +42.85%
South East +18 23 £50,000 +14.28%
London +56 18 £57,500 +27.77%
Hampshire +6 15 £50,000 +8.10%
Basingstoke 0 11 £50,000 +5.26%
North West +10 7 £26,000 -20.00%
Cheshire +10 6 £26,000 -20.00%
Flintshire - 6 £37,000 -
Deeside - 6 £37,000 -
North Wales - 6 £37,000 -
Wales - 6 £37,000 -
Northwich - 4 £26,000 -
Berkshire +3 3 - -
East Midlands -12 3 £42,500 +36.00%
Surrey +8 2 £53,000 +11.57%
East of England +3 2 £47,500 +26.49%
Reading -1 2 - -
Nottinghamshire -4 2 £42,500 +21.42%
Nottingham -5 2 £42,500 +21.42%
Knutsford - 2 £31,000 -
Havant - 2 £38,946 -
Hertfordshire - 2 £47,500 -
Scotland - 2 £50,000 -
City of London -1 1 £47,500 -17.39%
Leicestershire -7 1 £42,500 +37.09%
Leicester -11 1 £42,500 +37.09%
West Sussex -13 1 £42,500 +34.92%
Yorkshire - 1 £100,000 -
South Yorkshire - 1 £100,000 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £32,500 -

Lead Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Lead 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 Lead Test Analyst in their job title.

1 48 (41.03%) QA
2 36 (30.77%) Selenium
2 36 (30.77%) Test Scripting
2 36 (30.77%) ISEB
3 35 (29.91%) Finance
4 31 (26.50%) SQL
5 29 (24.79%) ISTQB
6 28 (23.93%) Agile Software Development
7 24 (20.51%) HP Quality Center
8 23 (19.66%) Java
9 20 (17.09%) Automated Testing
10 18 (15.38%) TDD
11 17 (14.53%) User Acceptance Testing
11 17 (14.53%) C#
11 17 (14.53%) Waterfall
12 16 (13.68%) BDD
12 16 (13.68%) XML
12 16 (13.68%) Integration Testing
12 16 (13.68%) Manual Testing
13 15 (12.82%) Degree
13 15 (12.82%) V-Model
14 14 (11.97%) Test Strategy
14 14 (11.97%) .NET
14 14 (11.97%) Test Management
15 13 (11.11%) Software Testing
15 13 (11.11%) Workflow
16 12 (10.26%) QuickTest Pro
16 12 (10.26%) C++
16 12 (10.26%) C
16 12 (10.26%) E-Commerce

Lead Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Lead 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 Lead Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (13.68%) XML
2 14 (11.97%) .NET
3 9 (7.692%) HTML
4 6 (5.128%) Web Services
5 5 (4.274%) SOAP
6 4 (3.419%) soapUI
7 3 (2.564%) REST
8 2 (1.709%) WebSphere
8 2 (1.709%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.709%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.855%) XML Schema
9 1 (0.855%) XML Messaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.564%) LiveSite
2 2 (1.709%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (3.419%) MS PowerPoint
1 4 (3.419%) MS Excel
1 4 (3.419%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.855%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.419%) ATM
2 2 (1.709%) Internet
3 1 (0.855%) HTTP
3 1 (0.855%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.855%) Hadoop
1 1 (0.855%) Big Data
1 1 (0.855%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 36 (30.77%) Selenium
2 12 (10.26%) QuickTest Pro
3 9 (7.692%) FitNesse
3 9 (7.692%) WATIR
4 8 (6.838%) JIRA
5 7 (5.983%) WebDriver
6 6 (5.128%) Sahi
7 5 (4.274%) Cucumber
7 5 (4.274%) Bugzilla
8 3 (2.564%) Robotium
8 3 (2.564%) Visual Studio
8 3 (2.564%) JMeter
8 3 (2.564%) Xcode
9 2 (1.709%) NUnit
9 2 (1.709%) TestDirector
9 2 (1.709%) Eclipse
9 2 (1.709%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.855%) RSpec
10 1 (0.855%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.855%) Subversion
General
1 35 (29.91%) Finance
2 8 (6.838%) Retail
3 5 (4.274%) Banking
4 4 (3.419%) Marketing
5 2 (1.709%) Games
5 2 (1.709%) Retail Banking
5 2 (1.709%) Law
6 1 (0.855%) Legal
6 1 (0.855%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.855%) Advertising
6 1 (0.855%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.855%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.855%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.402%) Mainframe
2 6 (5.128%) Computer Science
2 6 (5.128%) EPoS
2 6 (5.128%) Client/Server
2 6 (5.128%) Social Media
2 6 (5.128%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (4.274%) Digital Media
4 3 (2.564%) Handset
5 2 (1.709%) Equities
5 2 (1.709%) SaaS
5 2 (1.709%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.855%) Mobile Payment
6 1 (0.855%) Open Source
6 1 (0.855%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.419%) UNIX
1 4 (3.419%) Windows
2 3 (2.564%) Linux
3 2 (1.709%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.709%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (30.77%) Test Scripting
2 28 (23.93%) Agile Software Development
3 20 (17.09%) Automated Testing
4 18 (15.38%) TDD
5 17 (14.53%) User Acceptance Testing
5 17 (14.53%) Waterfall
6 16 (13.68%) BDD
6 16 (13.68%) Integration Testing
6 16 (13.68%) Manual Testing
7 15 (12.82%) V-Model
8 14 (11.97%) Test Strategy
8 14 (11.97%) Test Management
9 13 (11.11%) Software Testing
9 13 (11.11%) Workflow
10 12 (10.26%) E-Commerce
10 12 (10.26%) Performance Testing
11 10 (8.547%) Regression Testing
12 9 (7.692%) SOA
12 9 (7.692%) Project Management
12 9 (7.692%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (26.50%) SQL
2 23 (19.66%) Java
3 17 (14.53%) C#
4 12 (10.26%) C++
4 12 (10.26%) C
5 11 (9.402%) Perl
6 10 (8.547%) JavaScript
7 9 (7.692%) Python
8 8 (6.838%) PHP
9 3 (2.564%) VB
9 3 (2.564%) Ruby
10 2 (1.709%) VBScript
11 1 (0.855%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (30.77%) ISEB
2 29 (24.79%) ISTQB
3 15 (12.82%) Degree
4 7 (5.983%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.419%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (41.03%) QA
2 3 (2.564%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 1 (0.855%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (20.51%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (7.692%) ATG
2 7 (5.983%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.128%) HP
4 4 (3.419%) Oracle
5 2 (1.709%) Fidessa
5 2 (1.709%) Sybase
6 1 (0.855%) Informatica
6 1 (0.855%) VMware
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