The first 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Test Analyst
Rank 621 616 590
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Analyst 246 302 290
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.226% 0.246% 0.237%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.240% 0.260% 0.252%
Number of salaries quoted 185 275 256
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.70%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102708 116230 115193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 85414 99672 97379
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%

Senior Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Test Analyst
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Test Analyst over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 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 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 -25 205 £45,000 +12.50%
London +58 103 £52,500 +13.51%
South East -12 46 £39,000 -2.50%
City of London +8 25 £52,500 +5.00%
Wales +15 18 £41,250 +25.00%
Scotland +3 17 £50,000 +25.00%
Hampshire +15 13 £38,946 +19.83%
Surrey +1 13 £45,000 +5.88%
South Wales +9 12 £45,000 +36.36%
Glasgow -11 12 £55,000 +22.22%
Berkshire +10 11 £35,000 -17.64%
West Midlands -6 11 £32,500 +1.56%
South West +6 10 £42,750 +23.91%
North West -6 10 £33,000 -2.22%
Yorkshire -32 10 £40,000 +10.34%
West Yorkshire -19 9 £40,000 +6.66%
Leeds -24 9 £40,000 +11.11%
Northamptonshire +2 8 £31,750 -12.41%
Manchester 0 8 £31,750 -5.92%
East Midlands -10 8 £31,750 -13.01%
Bridgend - 8 £45,000 -
Bracknell - 8 £35,000 -
Birmingham -10 7 £30,000 -6.25%
Northampton +1 6 £32,500 -9.72%
Deeside - 6 £37,000 -
Flintshire - 6 £37,000 -
North Wales - 6 £37,000 -
Dorset -2 5 £50,000 -37.50%
East of England -14 5 £37,500 -
Croydon - 5 £47,000 -

Senior Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 216 (45.28%) ISEB
2 169 (35.43%) Finance
3 161 (33.75%) QA
4 156 (32.70%) Test Scripting
5 150 (31.45%) SQL
6 130 (27.25%) Selenium
7 112 (23.48%) Agile Software Development
8 111 (23.27%) Software Testing
9 105 (22.01%) HP Quality Center
10 93 (19.50%) Test Automation
11 90 (18.87%) ISTQB
12 89 (18.66%) Automated Testing
13 88 (18.45%) User Acceptance Testing
14 84 (17.61%) Java
15 79 (16.56%) Test Strategy
16 78 (16.35%) Scrum
17 66 (13.84%) Banking
17 66 (13.84%) WebDriver
18 62 (13.00%) TDD
18 62 (13.00%) .NET
19 60 (12.58%) Windows
20 57 (11.95%) HP
21 56 (11.74%) E-Commerce
21 56 (11.74%) C#
22 52 (10.90%) Regression Testing
23 50 (10.48%) JMeter
23 50 (10.48%) Microsoft
23 50 (10.48%) QuickTest Pro
24 49 (10.27%) UNIX
25 47 (9.853%) Ruby

Senior Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 62 (13.00%) .NET
2 45 (9.434%) XML
3 43 (9.015%) Web Services
4 33 (6.918%) CSS
5 30 (6.289%) HTML
6 20 (4.193%) J2EE
7 17 (3.564%) soapUI
7 17 (3.564%) SOAP
8 16 (3.354%) ASP.NET
9 13 (2.725%) REST
10 12 (2.516%) Middleware
11 3 (0.629%) SAML
12 2 (0.419%) Ajax
12 2 (0.419%) .NET Framework
12 2 (0.419%) Gherkin
12 2 (0.419%) Node.js
13 1 (0.210%) HTML5
13 1 (0.210%) RESTful
13 1 (0.210%) CSS3
13 1 (0.210%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 20 (4.193%) Tomcat
2 14 (2.935%) Apache
3 13 (2.725%) IIS
4 10 (2.096%) CMS
5 8 (1.677%) MQSeries
5 8 (1.677%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (1.048%) MS Exchange
6 5 (1.048%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.419%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.210%) ESB
Applications
1 24 (5.031%) MS Excel
2 3 (0.629%) MS Project
2 3 (0.629%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (0.419%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.258%) Sentinel
2 3 (0.629%) LatentZero
3 2 (0.419%) Minerva
3 2 (0.419%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.419%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.210%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.210%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.210%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.210%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.306%) Internet
1 11 (2.306%) LAN
1 11 (2.306%) WAN
2 8 (1.677%) FTP
2 8 (1.677%) HTTP
3 1 (0.210%) ATM
3 1 (0.210%) DVB
3 1 (0.210%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.966%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.306%) Oracle 8/8i
3 9 (1.887%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.677%) RDBMS
5 4 (0.839%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.629%) Big Data
6 3 (0.629%) DTS
7 2 (0.419%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.419%) SQLBase
7 2 (0.419%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (0.419%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.419%) TOAD
7 2 (0.419%) Oracle BI EE
7 2 (0.419%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.210%) IBM InfoSphere
8 1 (0.210%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.210%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (0.210%) DataStage
8 1 (0.210%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.210%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 130 (27.25%) Selenium
2 66 (13.84%) WebDriver
3 50 (10.48%) JMeter
3 50 (10.48%) QuickTest Pro
4 42 (8.805%) LoadRunner
5 37 (7.757%) JBehave
6 29 (6.080%) Jenkins
7 22 (4.612%) Cucumber
7 22 (4.612%) JUnit
8 20 (4.193%) Team Foundation Server
9 19 (3.983%) JIRA
10 18 (3.774%) TestDirector
11 16 (3.354%) Visual Studio
12 7 (1.468%) OpenSTA
12 7 (1.468%) Maven
13 5 (1.048%) TestComplete
14 4 (0.839%) WebLOAD
15 3 (0.629%) MSTest
15 3 (0.629%) FitNesse
15 3 (0.629%) WATIR
General
1 169 (35.43%) Finance
2 66 (13.84%) Banking
3 36 (7.547%) Retail
4 29 (6.080%) Telecoms
5 20 (4.193%) Investment Banking
6 17 (3.564%) Publishing
7 11 (2.306%) Advertising
8 7 (1.468%) Front Office
9 6 (1.258%) Games
10 5 (1.048%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (1.048%) Back Office
10 5 (1.048%) Law
11 4 (0.839%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.419%) Legal
12 2 (0.419%) Billing
13 1 (0.210%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.210%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.210%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.935%) Equities
2 13 (2.725%) Open Source
2 13 (2.725%) Derivative
3 12 (2.516%) Blackberry
3 12 (2.516%) Mainframe
4 11 (2.306%) Mobile App
4 11 (2.306%) Client/Server
4 11 (2.306%) Fixed Income
4 11 (2.306%) Handset
5 10 (2.096%) Mobile Banking
6 9 (1.887%) EPoS
6 9 (1.887%) AS400
7 8 (1.677%) Informatics
8 7 (1.468%) SWIFT
8 7 (1.468%) Computer Science
8 7 (1.468%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.048%) Statistics
10 3 (0.629%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.629%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.629%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 60 (12.58%) Windows
2 49 (10.27%) UNIX
3 25 (5.241%) Windows XP
4 22 (4.612%) Linux
5 20 (4.193%) Windows 7
6 16 (3.354%) Windows Server 2003
6 16 (3.354%) Windows Server 2008
7 14 (2.935%) Windows 2000
8 13 (2.725%) Android
9 12 (2.516%) Apple iOS
10 9 (1.887%) Windows Vista
11 2 (0.419%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.210%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (32.70%) Test Scripting
2 112 (23.48%) Agile Software Development
3 111 (23.27%) Software Testing
4 93 (19.50%) Test Automation
5 89 (18.66%) Automated Testing
6 88 (18.45%) User Acceptance Testing
7 79 (16.56%) Test Strategy
8 78 (16.35%) Scrum
9 62 (13.00%) TDD
10 56 (11.74%) E-Commerce
11 52 (10.90%) Regression Testing
12 47 (9.853%) Automation Testing
13 41 (8.595%) Test Management
14 40 (8.386%) Manual Testing
15 39 (8.176%) Agile Testing
16 38 (7.966%) Waterfall
17 31 (6.499%) V-Model
18 29 (6.080%) BDD
19 28 (5.870%) System Testing
20 26 (5.451%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 150 (31.45%) SQL
2 84 (17.61%) Java
3 56 (11.74%) C#
4 47 (9.853%) Ruby
5 34 (7.128%) PHP
6 18 (3.774%) VB
6 18 (3.774%) C++
7 17 (3.564%) VBScript
8 16 (3.354%) Python
9 12 (2.516%) C
10 11 (2.306%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.677%) T-SQL
12 7 (1.468%) Perl
13 4 (0.839%) JavaScript
13 4 (0.839%) Scala
14 3 (0.629%) Tcl
15 2 (0.419%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.419%) VBA
15 2 (0.419%) Groovy
16 1 (0.210%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 216 (45.28%) ISEB
2 90 (18.87%) ISTQB
3 45 (9.434%) Degree
4 35 (7.338%) Security Cleared
5 23 (4.822%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.048%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.629%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (33.75%) QA
2 10 (2.096%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.629%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.210%) SLA
4 1 (0.210%) WAI
4 1 (0.210%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 16 (3.354%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.935%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.306%) VMware ESX
3 11 (2.306%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 105 (22.01%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.629%) Control-M
3 1 (0.210%) WMI
Vendors
1 57 (11.95%) HP
2 50 (10.48%) Microsoft
3 35 (7.338%) Oracle
4 15 (3.145%) Fujitsu
5 14 (2.935%) VMware
6 9 (1.887%) Sitecore
7 7 (1.468%) Capita
8 6 (1.258%) webMethods
8 6 (1.258%) StatPro
8 6 (1.258%) Salesforce.com
8 6 (1.258%) thinkFolio
9 5 (1.048%) Progress
10 4 (0.839%) Sun
10 4 (0.839%) Apple
10 4 (0.839%) Twitter
11 3 (0.629%) RedPrairie
11 3 (0.629%) Fidessa
12 2 (0.419%) FatWire
12 2 (0.419%) ATG
12 2 (0.419%) Siebel
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bridgenoble
Salary: £34000 - £43000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
The test analyst is responsible for developing workable BI solutions in collaboration with IT... THe BI test analyst will enable better customer intimacy, support our regulatory need for...
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Salary: £34000 - £43000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Test, ISEB, Agile, Waterfall, SQL, SDLC Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, Weston, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Newport, Cardiff, Swindon A leading organisation in the Bristol area requires a number...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales
There is an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Test analyst to join a successful software house based in Cardiff-This role will be ideal for someone who...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bracknell, Thames Valley
You will be testing in Virtual environments and also perform manual and automated testing... The Test Analyst should ideally have: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Valid security clearance to...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + 25 Days Holiday.
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
You will be testing in Virtual environments and also perform manual and automated testing... The Test Analyst should ideally have: ISEB or ISTQB accreditation. Valid security clearance to...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + 25 Days Holiday.
Posted: 20 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
QA Test Analyst - Tier One Investment Bank * Leading global investment bank require a first rate Senior Test Analyst with automation experience to join their Risk and Structuring Quality...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
INTEGRATION CONSULTANT - LINUX/UNIX. My client, a leading Media company, urgently requires a Senior Test and Support Analyst to support their bespoke Linux based system... You will come...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + BONUS
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Working within an Agile Java/J2EE development team you will be responsible for testing customer facing high transactional websites from UI through to high transactional web services... Essential...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £37000 per annum + Benefits + bonus
Posted: 6 May 2013
South West London
40k - £45k + benefits. Fantastic opportunity for an experienced Software Test Analyst to join an expanding and exciting organisation offering hi-tech services... You will mentor Software testers and...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Key Words: Mobile Testing, Robotium, Eggplant, JIRA... Responsibilities will include compiling test strategies, test plans and test scripts for all assigned deliverables across all required Mobile platforms, executing...
Aston Carter
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
60k base + bens + bonus.Key skills: Treasury, Bonds and Repo products, Fixed Income, test automation, test planning, systems testing, test scripting, Quality Centre, XML, SQL... 1997 ISO9001:2008,...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Bens
Posted: 4 May 2013
London
Experience using test management tools to manage and report on UAT activities... -HP Quality Center/ALM. -MS-Project. -MS-Word/Excel/Powerpoint. As a Senior / Lead UAT Test...
Sogeti
Salary: Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
You will be using TDD and Agile on a daily basis along with Selenium, JBehave etc... Solid understanding of TDD and agile testing methodologies... Ability to code in...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
The successful Senior Agile Test Analyst - Selenium, Java/C#, Unix - will have expert skills in unit testing, exploratory testing, automated testing and continuous integration.Skills required include test...
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Salary: £55000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology, Digital TV, Digital Marketing, Project and Programme Management, SAP, Digital and Consumer Electronics, Air Traffic Management, Management Consultancy,...
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + employee benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Code and script development (primarily using Java and Groovy) on a range of automated testing tools and frameworks, including Selenium, soapUI and JBehave... Conducting java/jUnit code reviews...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
This growing network technology company develops innovative consumer electronics products for clients worldwide. Due to continued growth they are seeking a Senior Test Engineer with experience and enthusiasm...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013