Software Test Analyst Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software 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
Software Test Analyst
Rank 770 807 785
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Analyst 92 92 96
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.085% 0.076% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.080% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 90 87 94
Average salary £29,500 £29,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -1.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £39,800 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+9.09% -8.33%
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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%

Software Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Software Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Software Test Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Software Test Analyst Salary Trend

Software Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Software Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Software 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 Software 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 +30 92 £29,500 -
South East +10 25 £30,000 -20.00%
North West +9 18 £29,000 +9.43%
East of England +9 17 £28,000 -13.84%
London +58 12 £22,500 -36.17%
Manchester -10 12 £29,500 -1.66%
West Midlands -16 9 £32,500 +30.00%
Oxfordshire - 8 £30,000 -
Colchester - 7 £28,000 -
Essex - 7 £28,000 -
Yorkshire -5 6 £27,500 +5.76%
Oxford - 6 £27,500 -
Surrey +9 5 £42,500 +6.25%
Lancashire +3 5 £26,500 +15.21%
Chorley +1 4 £26,500 +15.21%
Buckinghamshire -9 4 £32,000 +28.00%
Suffolk -12 4 £20,000 -18.36%
West Yorkshire -12 4 £28,750 +10.57%
Milton Keynes -17 4 £32,000 +28.00%
Leeds -18 4 £28,750 +13.86%
Birmingham - 4 £32,500 -
Herefordshire +15 3 £22,500 -
Ross-on-Wye -2 3 £22,500 -
South West -6 3 £37,500 +30.43%
Bristol -7 3 £37,500 +25.00%
Ipswich - 3 £20,000 -
Norwich - 3 £34,000 -
Kent - 3 £30,000 -
Norfolk - 3 £34,000 -
Middlesex -6 2 £55,000 +37.50%

Software Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 84 (50.91%) ISEB
2 82 (49.70%) QA
3 74 (44.85%) .NET
4 55 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
5 54 (32.73%) Test Scripting
6 53 (32.12%) Software Testing
7 46 (27.88%) Manual Testing
8 44 (26.67%) SQL
9 43 (26.06%) Automated Testing
10 42 (25.45%) SQL Server
11 36 (21.82%) Regression Testing
12 33 (20.00%) C#
13 31 (18.79%) Microsoft
14 27 (16.36%) User Acceptance Testing
14 27 (16.36%) Degree
15 25 (15.15%) ISTQB
15 25 (15.15%) ASP.NET
16 24 (14.55%) Test Automation
17 23 (13.94%) Selenium
18 21 (12.73%) Java
19 16 (9.697%) Web Testing
20 15 (9.091%) Client/Server
20 15 (9.091%) Scrum
21 14 (8.485%) Finance
22 13 (7.879%) Visual Studio
22 13 (7.879%) Windows
23 12 (7.273%) XML
23 12 (7.273%) VB.NET
23 12 (7.273%) SQL Server 2005
23 12 (7.273%) SQL Server 2008

Software Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 74 (44.85%) .NET
2 25 (15.15%) ASP.NET
3 12 (7.273%) XML
4 10 (6.061%) .NET Framework
5 8 (4.848%) HTML
6 3 (1.818%) Middleware
7 2 (1.212%) Web Services
8 1 (0.606%) JSON
8 1 (0.606%) REST
8 1 (0.606%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 3 (1.818%) IIS
2 1 (0.606%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.606%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (3.030%) MS Office
2 4 (2.424%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.606%) Network Security
1 1 (0.606%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (25.45%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.273%) SQL Server 2005
2 12 (7.273%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.606%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.606%) MySQL
3 1 (0.606%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 23 (13.94%) Selenium
2 13 (7.879%) Visual Studio
3 12 (7.273%) TestComplete
4 8 (4.848%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (4.242%) QuickTest Pro
6 5 (3.030%) WebDriver
7 4 (2.424%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.818%) FitNesse
8 3 (1.818%) WATIR
8 3 (1.818%) JMeter
8 3 (1.818%) Visual Studio Team System
9 2 (1.212%) Jenkins
9 2 (1.212%) JUnit
9 2 (1.212%) Maven
9 2 (1.212%) JIRA
10 1 (0.606%) Bugzilla
10 1 (0.606%) WinRunner
10 1 (0.606%) PHPUnit
General
1 14 (8.485%) Finance
2 5 (3.030%) Games
3 3 (1.818%) Advertising
4 2 (1.212%) Retail
5 1 (0.606%) Banking
5 1 (0.606%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.606%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.091%) Client/Server
2 12 (7.273%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (6.667%) Computer Science
4 8 (4.848%) IVR
5 4 (2.424%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.818%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.606%) Data Integration
7 1 (0.606%) Informatics
7 1 (0.606%) CCTV
7 1 (0.606%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.606%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.879%) Windows
2 11 (6.667%) UNIX
3 3 (1.818%) Linux
4 1 (0.606%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (0.606%) Windows Phone
4 1 (0.606%) Windows Phone 7
4 1 (0.606%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 54 (32.73%) Test Scripting
3 53 (32.12%) Software Testing
4 46 (27.88%) Manual Testing
5 43 (26.06%) Automated Testing
6 36 (21.82%) Regression Testing
7 27 (16.36%) User Acceptance Testing
8 24 (14.55%) Test Automation
9 16 (9.697%) Web Testing
10 15 (9.091%) Scrum
11 12 (7.273%) Automation Testing
12 10 (6.061%) Software Engineering
13 9 (5.455%) User Stories
14 8 (4.848%) Test Strategy
14 8 (4.848%) E-Commerce
15 7 (4.242%) Performance Testing
15 7 (4.242%) Unit Testing
16 6 (3.636%) Integration Testing
17 5 (3.030%) RAD
17 5 (3.030%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 44 (26.67%) SQL
2 33 (20.00%) C#
3 21 (12.73%) Java
4 12 (7.273%) VB.NET
5 8 (4.848%) C
6 7 (4.242%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.030%) Ruby
8 4 (2.424%) VB
9 3 (1.818%) PHP
9 3 (1.818%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.818%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.212%) Python
10 2 (1.212%) VBScript
10 2 (1.212%) Perl
10 2 (1.212%) C++
Qualifications
1 84 (50.91%) ISEB
2 27 (16.36%) Degree
3 25 (15.15%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.606%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (49.70%) QA
2 3 (1.818%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.606%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.212%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 31 (18.79%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.667%) Oracle
3 9 (5.455%) Capita
4 2 (1.212%) ATG
5 1 (0.606%) VMware
5 1 (0.606%) Intergraph
Software Test Analyst
Manchester, Lancashire
FDM is currently seeking a number of high calibre individuals with the drive to work in software testing, to join their award-winning programme to launch careers as...
FDM Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 29 April 2013
Software Test analyst (Manual/.NET or Java/SQL) - nr Preston
Chorley, North West
Preston Software test analyst (ideally working on manually testing .NET or Java and SQL based applications) sought by this leading product based software development organisationWorking on testing server...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Software Test Analyst
Ipswich, East Anglia
You will be required to use SQL in a .NET (VB.NET/ C#) environment and be able to deal with different test phases such as UAT, functional and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £18000.00 - £22000.00 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Software Test Analysts - Herts/Beds/Bucks borders
South East
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Software Test Analyst to join this global organisation in this varied role joining an expanding and highly technical team- Due...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP25000 to GBP35000 per annum + Benefits: Excellent benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
QA Software Test Analyst
Cheshire
We are seeking an experienced QA Software Test Analyst to primarily carry out testing on their datalog management graphics based software, integrated with third party systems... You will...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Software Test Analyst - Colchester, Essex
Colchester, Essex
Software Test Analyst required for a software house specialising in the financial services sector in Colchester, Essex. Multiple roles available so APPLY NOW! You will be joining a...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to 28k + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Software Test Analyst
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
We're looking to appoint a Test Analyst to be heavily involved with agile driven testing and proven experience of creating and running automated testing using TFS, Visual...
i4 Recruitment
Salary: £25k - 35k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Software Tester / Test Analyst - Nottingham
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Key Skills: Software, Tester, Test, Analyst, Web, Windows, win, ISEB, ISQTB, Manual, Automated, Ranorex, C#, .Net, Visual Studio, boundary testing, regression testing, stress testing A leading software house...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Software Support Test Analyst - Agile Scrum Support Tester
Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
This will be achieved by identifying requirements, writing functional specifications, communicating with the developers, assisting with project management, testing features and assisting with the release management. Working in...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £25000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Software Test Analyst - Web Applications
Surrey
The Senior Software Test Analyst requirements: - Proven track record in the Testing of Web Applications - Extensive experience in manual software testing and experience in automated software testing would...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Software Test Analyst - QA / Quality Assurance / SCRUM / Agile / Tester
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Their portfolio spans solutions for ERP, finance, HR, Payroll, warehousing, business intelligence, professional service automation and manufacturing... Tester Job Role To work as an integral member of the...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: Competitive salary and excellent benefits package
Posted: 3 May 2013
Software Tester / Test Analyst (Mobile Platforms) £45k
City, London
c) Experience with iOS and Android devices and applications including native and web based... e) Experience of iterative/agile development methodologies (SCRUM, XP, DSDM, RUP etc.). f) ISEB...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £35 - 45k
Posted: 24 May 2013
Senior Software Test Analyst / Engineer - Python, test, analyst, engineer, software, hardware, scripting, Cambridge, to £45k + benefits
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
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