The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the 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 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.

Test Analyst
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank164179169
Rank change year-on-year
Up+15Down-10
Matching permanent IT job ads189316741240
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.570 %1.365 %1.299 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.658 %1.449 %1.392 %
Number of salaries quoted160114101011
Average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£55,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£31,500£32,500£30,716
% change year-on-year
-3.07 %+5.80 %
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 %

Test Analyst
Demand Trend

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

Test Analyst Demand Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Test Analyst Salary Histogram

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 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
EnglandUp+101749£35,000-
LondonDown-8673£40,000-0.31 %
South EastUp+3340£35,000-
YorkshireUp+47169£28,000-1.75 %
City of LondonDown-18167£42,500-2.29 %
East of EnglandUp+10147£32,500-1.51 %
South WestDown-5120£30,000-
West YorkshireUp+39109£28,500-5.00 %
North WestUp+6107£31,500+5.00 %
West MidlandsUp+699£28,500-13.63 %
SurreyDown-2795£40,000+6.66 %
BerkshireUp+490£35,000-
East MidlandsUp+2769£31,250+11.60 %
LeedsUp+967£32,500+12.06 %
WalesDown-1358£27,500-
ScotlandUp+157£30,000-14.28 %
HampshireUp+353£31,000-
BristolDown-752£35,000+16.66 %
South WalesDown-1451£27,500-1.78 %
CheshireUp+1047£32,750+9.16 %
CambridgeshireUp+1546£35,000+6.06 %
ManchesterDown-1545£31,500+5.00 %
NorthamptonshireUp+2836£31,000+31.91 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1333£35,000+3.70 %
BirminghamDown-233£27,500-
North EastUp+731£31,000+19.23 %
CardiffDown-331£27,500-1.78 %
HertfordshireDown-1231£40,000+14.28 %
EdinburghUp+1230£30,000+7.14 %
NottinghamshireUp+3128£32,500-1.51 %

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

11503 (40.09 %)ISEB
21233 (32.89 %)QA
31218 (32.49 %)Test Scripting
41124 (29.98 %)SQL
51107 (29.53 %)Finance
6866 (23.10 %)Automated Testing
7811 (21.63 %)Selenium
8805 (21.47 %)Software Testing
9661 (17.63 %)Agile Software Development
10652 (17.39 %)Java
11575 (15.34 %)HP Quality Center
12572 (15.26 %)User Acceptance Testing
13565 (15.07 %)QuickTest Pro
14528 (14.08 %)ISTQB
15500 (13.34 %)Test Automation
16461 (12.30 %)C#
17448 (11.95 %)Degree
18440 (11.74 %).NET
19381 (10.16 %)Manual Testing
20377 (10.06 %)Oracle
21365 (9.736 %)Scrum
22354 (9.443 %)Windows
23348 (9.282 %)UNIX
24347 (9.256 %)SQL Server
25338 (9.016 %)HP
26335 (8.936 %)Microsoft
27324 (8.642 %)E-Commerce
28305 (8.136 %)Banking
29289 (7.709 %)Regression Testing
30286 (7.629 %)LoadRunner

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1440 (11.74 %).NET
2264 (7.042 %)XML
3188 (5.015 %)Web Services
4161 (4.294 %)HTML
581 (2.161 %)SOAP
675 (2.001 %)J2EE
774 (1.974 %)CSS
872 (1.921 %)ASP.NET
966 (1.760 %)soapUI
1056 (1.494 %)Ajax
1138 (1.014 %).NET Framework
1233 (0.880 %)Flash
1327 (0.720 %)Gherkin
1426 (0.694 %)Middleware
1525 (0.667 %)JSON
1624 (0.640 %)XML Messaging
1721 (0.560 %)FIX Protocol
1817 (0.453 %)Spring
1916 (0.427 %)Spring MVC
2015 (0.400 %)REST
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
154 (1.440 %)SharePoint
230 (0.800 %)CMS
328 (0.747 %)Apache
421 (0.560 %)IIS
516 (0.427 %)ColdFusion
614 (0.373 %)WebLogic
77 (0.187 %)ESB
77 (0.187 %)Oracle SOA Suite
86 (0.160 %)Tomcat
95 (0.133 %)BizTalk Server
95 (0.133 %)Adobe CQ
103 (0.080 %)Confluence
103 (0.080 %)SharePoint Server
112 (0.053 %)Drupal
112 (0.053 %)WebSphere Application Server
112 (0.053 %)SharePoint 2010
112 (0.053 %)Sitecore CMS
121 (0.027 %)Magento
121 (0.027 %)JCAPS
121 (0.027 %)Amazon EC2
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1225 (6.002 %)MS Excel
2165 (4.401 %)MS Office
350 (1.334 %)MS Visio
419 (0.507 %)Spreadsheet
58 (0.213 %)MS Project
67 (0.187 %)Mingle
74 (0.107 %)MS PowerPoint
74 (0.107 %)Maya
74 (0.107 %)3ds Max
83 (0.080 %)MATLAB
92 (0.053 %)Photoshop
92 (0.053 %)Adobe Illustrator
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
127 (0.720 %)Oracle EBS
214 (0.373 %)Oracle EBS R12
312 (0.320 %)SAP FI
312 (0.320 %)SAP FI/CO
312 (0.320 %)SAP CO
411 (0.293 %)Oracle ERP
411 (0.293 %)Temenos T24
510 (0.267 %)VisionPLUS
69 (0.240 %)SAP FI-GL
74 (0.107 %)Oracle Applications
74 (0.107 %)Oracle HRMS
83 (0.080 %)SAP CRM
83 (0.080 %)FLEXCUBE
92 (0.053 %)Dynamics CRM
92 (0.053 %)SAP ERP
101 (0.027 %)JDE World
101 (0.027 %)Dynamics AX
101 (0.027 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
101 (0.027 %)RMDS
101 (0.027 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
179 (2.107 %)Internet
250 (1.334 %)HTTP
338 (1.014 %)ATM
436 (0.960 %)TCP/IP
532 (0.854 %)GSM
624 (0.640 %)UMTS
722 (0.587 %)HTTPS
816 (0.427 %)VoIP
816 (0.427 %)3G
913 (0.347 %)Firewall
1011 (0.293 %)2.5G
1110 (0.267 %)NFC
127 (0.187 %)Wireless
136 (0.160 %)SSH
145 (0.133 %)Wireshark
145 (0.133 %)DNS
145 (0.133 %)GPRS
145 (0.133 %)Broadband
154 (0.107 %)VPN
154 (0.107 %)TELNET
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1347 (9.256 %)SQL Server
272 (1.921 %)Data Warehouse
354 (1.440 %)SQL Server 2008
446 (1.227 %)SQL Server 2005
539 (1.040 %)TOAD
638 (1.014 %)RDBMS
732 (0.854 %)MySQL
824 (0.640 %)Oracle 11g
824 (0.640 %)ETL
917 (0.453 %)OLTP
1016 (0.427 %)OLAP
1114 (0.373 %)Oracle 10g
1213 (0.347 %)Oracle Reports
1213 (0.347 %)Oracle 8/8i
1311 (0.293 %)DB2
1410 (0.267 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1410 (0.267 %)Oracle OLAP
158 (0.213 %)GIS
167 (0.187 %)SQL Server 2000
167 (0.187 %)Oracle BI EE
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1811 (21.63 %)Selenium
2565 (15.07 %)QuickTest Pro
3286 (7.629 %)LoadRunner
4206 (5.495 %)TestDirector
5204 (5.441 %)Visual Studio
6174 (4.641 %)Team Foundation Server
7168 (4.481 %)FitNesse
8160 (4.268 %)Cucumber
9140 (3.734 %)JIRA
10115 (3.067 %)WebDriver
1188 (2.347 %)WinRunner
1259 (1.574 %)TestComplete
1357 (1.520 %)JMeter
1445 (1.200 %)NUnit
1544 (1.174 %)Bugzilla
1635 (0.934 %)JUnit
1734 (0.907 %)SilkTest
1833 (0.880 %)WATIR
1931 (0.827 %)Eclipse
2027 (0.720 %)RSpec
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11107 (29.53 %)Finance
2305 (8.136 %)Banking
3193 (5.148 %)Retail
4165 (4.401 %)Telecoms
590 (2.401 %)Games
674 (1.974 %)Law
771 (1.894 %)Investment Banking
860 (1.600 %)Front Office
951 (1.360 %)Marketing
1044 (1.174 %)Retail Banking
1142 (1.120 %)Back Office
1239 (1.040 %)Legal
1321 (0.560 %)Automotive
1419 (0.507 %)Pharmaceutical
1518 (0.480 %)Publishing
1617 (0.453 %)General Ledger
1716 (0.427 %)Advertising
1716 (0.427 %)Financial Institution
1813 (0.347 %)Electronics
1911 (0.293 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1148 (3.948 %)Computer Science
2126 (3.361 %)Open Source
3119 (3.174 %)Client/Server
485 (2.267 %)Derivative
581 (2.161 %)iPhone
664 (1.707 %)AS400
763 (1.680 %)Mathematics
858 (1.547 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
944 (1.174 %)Online Games
1042 (1.120 %)Digital Media
1139 (1.040 %)EPoS
1232 (0.854 %)iSeries
1331 (0.827 %)Blackberry
1331 (0.827 %)Hedge funds
1430 (0.800 %)Management Information System
1529 (0.774 %)N-Tier
1628 (0.747 %)Equities
1726 (0.694 %)iPad
1825 (0.667 %)NHS
1924 (0.640 %)Social Network
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1354 (9.443 %)Windows
2348 (9.282 %)UNIX
3281 (7.495 %)Linux
4107 (2.854 %)Android
544 (1.174 %)Apple iOS
639 (1.040 %)Solaris
733 (0.880 %)Windows Server 2003
829 (0.774 %)Windows Server 2008
923 (0.613 %)Mac OS
1020 (0.533 %)Windows XP
1117 (0.453 %)AIX
1216 (0.427 %)Windows 7
1313 (0.347 %)Windows Mobile
1412 (0.320 %)Windows Vista
159 (0.240 %)VMS
167 (0.187 %)Windows 2000
167 (0.187 %)HPUX
176 (0.160 %)SUSE
183 (0.080 %)Fedora
183 (0.080 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11218 (32.49 %)Test Scripting
2866 (23.10 %)Automated Testing
3805 (21.47 %)Software Testing
4661 (17.63 %)Agile Software Development
5572 (15.26 %)User Acceptance Testing
6500 (13.34 %)Test Automation
7381 (10.16 %)Manual Testing
8365 (9.736 %)Scrum
9324 (8.642 %)E-Commerce
10289 (7.709 %)Regression Testing
11275 (7.335 %)Performance Testing
12262 (6.989 %)System Testing
13256 (6.828 %)Test Strategy
14234 (6.242 %)Test Management
15203 (5.415 %)Waterfall
16182 (4.855 %)Integration Testing
17149 (3.974 %)TDD
18141 (3.761 %)Web Testing
19138 (3.681 %)Load Testing
20134 (3.574 %)V-Model
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11124 (29.98 %)SQL
2652 (17.39 %)Java
3461 (12.30 %)C#
4176 (4.695 %)C++
5142 (3.788 %)JavaScript
6131 (3.494 %)Ruby
7129 (3.441 %)Python
8106 (2.827 %)VBScript
9103 (2.747 %)Perl
10101 (2.694 %)PHP
1192 (2.454 %)C
1288 (2.347 %)VB
1384 (2.241 %)Shell Script
1443 (1.147 %)PL/SQL
1538 (1.014 %)T-SQL
1634 (0.907 %)VB.NET
1634 (0.907 %)Bash shell
1718 (0.480 %)VBA
1813 (0.347 %)F#
1910 (0.267 %)Groovy
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11503 (40.09 %)ISEB
2528 (14.08 %)ISTQB
3448 (11.95 %)Degree
4146 (3.894 %)Security Cleared
575 (2.001 %)DV Cleared
662 (1.654 %)SC Cleared
743 (1.147 %)ISEB Practitioner
818 (0.480 %)HND
911 (0.293 %)MCSE
911 (0.293 %)Microsoft Certification
106 (0.160 %)MCP
114 (0.107 %)PRINCE2 Certification
114 (0.107 %)CEH
114 (0.107 %)CSQA
114 (0.107 %)CISSP
114 (0.107 %)OSCP
123 (0.080 %)HNC
132 (0.053 %)Postgraduate
132 (0.053 %)HP ASE
141 (0.027 %)Cisco Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11233 (32.89 %)QA
218 (0.480 %)21 CFR Part 11
38 (0.213 %)ISO 9000
43 (0.080 %)SLA
43 (0.080 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (0.080 %)PCI DSS
52 (0.053 %)Solvency II
52 (0.053 %)Data Quality
52 (0.053 %)ISO 8583
52 (0.053 %)ISO 9001
61 (0.027 %)BS7799
61 (0.027 %)ISO/IEC 27001
61 (0.027 %)TickIT
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
124 (0.640 %)VMware Infrastructure
219 (0.507 %)Active Directory
35 (0.133 %)Hyper-V
44 (0.107 %)Nmap
53 (0.080 %)Terminal Services
53 (0.080 %)XenServer
62 (0.053 %)VirtualBox
71 (0.027 %)VMware ESX
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1575 (15.34 %)HP Quality Center
218 (0.480 %)OpenView
313 (0.347 %)WebInspect
44 (0.107 %)Nessus
44 (0.107 %)CORE IMPACT
53 (0.080 %)McAfee ePO
53 (0.080 %)Netcool
53 (0.080 %)OpenView Configuration Management
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1377 (10.06 %)Oracle
2338 (9.016 %)HP
3335 (8.936 %)Microsoft
454 (1.440 %)SAP
548 (1.280 %)IBM
632 (0.854 %)Sun
728 (0.747 %)VMware
815 (0.400 %)Reuters
815 (0.400 %)Siebel
815 (0.400 %)Sybase
914 (0.373 %)Business Objects
914 (0.373 %)Citrix
914 (0.373 %)Bloomberg
1013 (0.347 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
1013 (0.347 %)Ericsson
1013 (0.347 %)JD Edwards
1111 (0.293 %)Red Hat
1111 (0.293 %)Symbian
1210 (0.267 %)Apple
1210 (0.267 %)Veritas