The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Senior Test Analyst
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank596585509
Rank change year-on-year
Down-11Down-76
Matching permanent IT job ads295289255
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.245 %0.236 %0.267 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.258 %0.250 %0.286 %
Number of salaries quoted268255217
Average salary£40,000£42,000£38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76 %+10.52 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,500£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£62,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,750£37,250£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.34 %+6.42 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11420611553789084
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.23 %93.30 %
Number of salaries quoted979339761273729
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Senior Test Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Senior Test Analyst Demand Trend

Senior Test Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Senior Test Analyst Salary Trend

Senior Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Test Analyst over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Senior Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandNo change0260£40,000-5.88 %
LondonDown-7292£47,500-
South EastUp+864£40,000-5.88 %
City of LondonUp+137£50,000-13.04 %
YorkshireUp+835£36,250+3.57 %
West YorkshireUp+1030£37,500+7.14 %
East of EnglandUp+1527£37,500-11.76 %
LeedsNo change026£36,000+2.85 %
SurreyNo change026£42,500-1.16 %
East MidlandsUp+1319£36,500+8.14 %
CambridgeshireUp+817£36,500+12.30 %
CambridgeUp+1416£36,500+12.30 %
ScotlandDown-112£38,750+0.64 %
KentUp+3611£37,500-16.66 %
NorthamptonshireNew entry-11£36,250-
HertfordshireUp+1510£40,000-5.88 %
MiddlesexNew entry-10£40,000-
North WestDown-199£33,750-12.90 %
NottinghamshireUp+238£39,000+20.00 %
NottinghamUp+178£39,000+20.00 %
West MidlandsDown-158£32,000-3.03 %
Tunbridge WellsNew entry-7£35,000-
EdinburghUp+115£37,500+25.00 %
South WestDown-85£34,500-15.85 %
CheshireDown-95£33,750-12.90 %
BerkshireDown-245£42,500-5.55 %
NorthamptonNew entry-5£36,000-
BirminghamNew entry-5£32,000-
North YorkshireUp+84£32,500-23.52 %
West SussexUp+84£40,000+23.07 %

Senior Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst in their job title.

1222 (37.25 %)ISEB
2217 (36.41 %)Finance
3211 (35.40 %)QA
4206 (34.56 %)Automated Testing
5200 (33.56 %)Test Scripting
6169 (28.36 %)SQL
7144 (24.16 %)Agile Software Development
8143 (23.99 %)Software Testing
9141 (23.66 %)Selenium
10138 (23.15 %)Java
11129 (21.64 %)QuickTest Pro
12127 (21.31 %)HP Quality Center
13125 (20.97 %)Test Automation
14109 (18.29 %)ISTQB
1591 (15.27 %)Manual Testing
1690 (15.10 %).NET
1774 (12.42 %)C#
1774 (12.42 %)User Acceptance Testing
1873 (12.25 %)Test Management
1873 (12.25 %)Oracle
1965 (10.91 %)Degree
2063 (10.57 %)Banking
2063 (10.57 %)HP
2161 (10.23 %)Test Strategy
2257 (9.564 %)LoadRunner
2356 (9.396 %)Scrum
2454 (9.060 %)E-Commerce
2547 (7.886 %)Linux
2645 (7.550 %)Retail
2744 (7.383 %)Windows

Senior Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
190 (15.10 %).NET
233 (5.537 %)XML
330 (5.034 %)Web Services
424 (4.027 %)HTML
518 (3.020 %)J2EE
518 (3.020 %)Flash
616 (2.685 %)Spring
616 (2.685 %)ASP.NET
616 (2.685 %)SOAP
616 (2.685 %)Spring MVC
713 (2.181 %)FIX Protocol
88 (1.342 %)soapUI
96 (1.007 %).NET Framework
96 (1.007 %)LAMP
105 (0.839 %)REST
114 (0.671 %)XML Messaging
114 (0.671 %)CSS
123 (0.503 %)COM
132 (0.336 %)WAP
132 (0.336 %)WCF
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (1.846 %)CMS
23 (0.503 %)SharePoint
32 (0.336 %)Apache
32 (0.336 %)Adobe CQ
41 (0.168 %)CICS
41 (0.168 %)Rendezvous
41 (0.168 %)ESB
41 (0.168 %)Sitecore CMS
41 (0.168 %)Magento
41 (0.168 %)JCAPS
41 (0.168 %)Amazon EC2
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
137 (6.208 %)MS Excel
220 (3.356 %)MS Office
36 (1.007 %)MS Project
36 (1.007 %)MS Visio
45 (0.839 %)Spreadsheet
52 (0.336 %)MATLAB
61 (0.168 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (0.503 %)SAP FI/CO
13 (0.503 %)SAP CO
13 (0.503 %)SAP FI
22 (0.336 %)SAP ERP
22 (0.336 %)Temenos T24
31 (0.168 %)SAP CRM
31 (0.168 %)SAP SD
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
112 (2.013 %)HTTP
210 (1.678 %)Internet
33 (0.503 %)ATM
33 (0.503 %)Firewall
42 (0.336 %)2.5G
42 (0.336 %)SSH
42 (0.336 %)FTP
42 (0.336 %)Broadband
42 (0.336 %)3G
51 (0.168 %)SMS
51 (0.168 %)TCP/IP
51 (0.168 %)DNS
51 (0.168 %)HTTPS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
136 (6.040 %)SQL Server
222 (3.691 %)Data Warehouse
318 (3.020 %)Oracle 11g
46 (1.007 %)MySQL
55 (0.839 %)SQL Server 2008
64 (0.671 %)ETL
73 (0.503 %)TOAD
73 (0.503 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (0.503 %)GIS
82 (0.336 %)SQL Server 2005
82 (0.336 %)RDBMS
91 (0.168 %)DB2
91 (0.168 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91 (0.168 %)PostgreSQL
91 (0.168 %)Text Mining
91 (0.168 %)NoSQL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1141 (23.66 %)Selenium
2129 (21.64 %)QuickTest Pro
357 (9.564 %)LoadRunner
443 (7.215 %)TestDirector
540 (6.711 %)FitNesse
639 (6.544 %)Visual Studio
738 (6.376 %)WebDriver
738 (6.376 %)Team Foundation Server
825 (4.195 %)Cucumber
916 (2.685 %)Concordion
1013 (2.181 %)JUnit
1112 (2.013 %)WinRunner
128 (1.342 %)JMeter
137 (1.174 %)WATIR
146 (1.007 %)JIRA
146 (1.007 %)NUnit
155 (0.839 %)LabVIEW
155 (0.839 %)MSTest
163 (0.503 %)SpecFlow
163 (0.503 %)Subversion
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1217 (36.41 %)Finance
263 (10.57 %)Banking
345 (7.550 %)Retail
433 (5.537 %)Telecoms
518 (3.020 %)Investment Banking
614 (2.349 %)Law
710 (1.678 %)Back Office
710 (1.678 %)General Ledger
710 (1.678 %)Marketing
88 (1.342 %)Pharmaceutical
97 (1.174 %)Automotive
106 (1.007 %)Electronics
115 (0.839 %)Legal
115 (0.839 %)Retail Banking
115 (0.839 %)Games
123 (0.503 %)Advertising
132 (0.336 %)Billing
141 (0.168 %)Multimedia
141 (0.168 %)Financial Institution
141 (0.168 %)Front Office
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
131 (5.201 %)Mathematics
230 (5.034 %)Computer Science
322 (3.691 %)Open Source
418 (3.020 %)Derivative
516 (2.685 %)Applied Mathematics
612 (2.013 %)NHS
79 (1.510 %)Client/Server
87 (1.174 %)N-Tier
87 (1.174 %)EPoS
87 (1.174 %)EFT
96 (1.007 %)Firmware
96 (1.007 %)Handset
96 (1.007 %)Statistics
96 (1.007 %)PaaS
96 (1.007 %)Hedge funds
105 (0.839 %)New Media
105 (0.839 %)APACS
114 (0.671 %)iPhone
114 (0.671 %)Replication
123 (0.503 %)Social Network
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
147 (7.886 %)Linux
244 (7.383 %)Windows
339 (6.544 %)UNIX
49 (1.510 %)Solaris
49 (1.510 %)VMS
56 (1.007 %)Android
56 (1.007 %)Windows Server 2008
63 (0.503 %)Mac OS
63 (0.503 %)Windows 7
63 (0.503 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (0.503 %)Windows Vista
72 (0.336 %)Apple iOS
72 (0.336 %)Windows 2000
72 (0.336 %)Windows XP
81 (0.168 %)Mac OS X
81 (0.168 %)AIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1206 (34.56 %)Automated Testing
2200 (33.56 %)Test Scripting
3144 (24.16 %)Agile Software Development
4143 (23.99 %)Software Testing
5125 (20.97 %)Test Automation
691 (15.27 %)Manual Testing
774 (12.42 %)User Acceptance Testing
873 (12.25 %)Test Management
961 (10.23 %)Test Strategy
1056 (9.396 %)Scrum
1154 (9.060 %)E-Commerce
1242 (7.047 %)Performance Testing
1341 (6.879 %)Regression Testing
1438 (6.376 %)TDD
1532 (5.369 %)System Testing
1532 (5.369 %)V-Model
1627 (4.530 %)Integration Testing
1726 (4.362 %)Waterfall
1824 (4.027 %)Load Testing
1922 (3.691 %)PRINCE2
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1169 (28.36 %)SQL
2138 (23.15 %)Java
374 (12.42 %)C#
432 (5.369 %)PHP
519 (3.188 %)JavaScript
519 (3.188 %)C++
614 (2.349 %)Ruby
712 (2.013 %)VB
811 (1.846 %)Python
811 (1.846 %)Perl
98 (1.342 %)C
107 (1.174 %)PL/SQL
115 (0.839 %)Shell Script
124 (0.671 %)VBScript
133 (0.503 %)COBOL
142 (0.336 %)Delphi
142 (0.336 %)Erlang
151 (0.168 %)OCaml
151 (0.168 %)T-SQL
151 (0.168 %)XPath
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1222 (37.25 %)ISEB
2109 (18.29 %)ISTQB
365 (10.91 %)Degree
437 (6.208 %)Security Cleared
526 (4.362 %)DV Cleared
610 (1.678 %)ISEB Practitioner
79 (1.510 %)SC Cleared
83 (0.503 %)CSQA
92 (0.336 %)PRINCE2 Certification
101 (0.168 %)Postgraduate
101 (0.168 %)PhD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1211 (35.40 %)QA
216 (2.685 %)21 CFR Part 11
31 (0.168 %)BS7799
31 (0.168 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.168 %)ISO 8583
31 (0.168 %)ISO/IEC 27001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (0.503 %)Active Directory
22 (0.336 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (0.336 %)Hyper-V
22 (0.336 %)XenServer
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1127 (21.31 %)HP Quality Center
23 (0.503 %)WebInspect
31 (0.168 %)OpenView
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
173 (12.25 %)Oracle
263 (10.57 %)HP
327 (4.530 %)Microsoft
413 (2.181 %)SAP
58 (1.342 %)JD Edwards
65 (0.839 %)Sun
73 (0.503 %)IBM
82 (0.336 %)Adobe
82 (0.336 %)VMware
82 (0.336 %)FINEOS
82 (0.336 %)Citrix
82 (0.336 %)Cordys
91 (0.168 %)TECHNIDATA
91 (0.168 %)Retalix
91 (0.168 %)Pega
91 (0.168 %)Sitecore
91 (0.168 %)iSOFT
91 (0.168 %)TIBCO
91 (0.168 %)webMethods
91 (0.168 %)Misys