The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Architect role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Architect 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
Test Architect
Rank 856 861 845
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Architect 8 39 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.007% 0.032% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.034% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 8 26 19
Average salary £72,500 £55,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.81% -4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £60,250 £37,000 £52,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £97,500 £76,500
UK excluding London average salary £75,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -
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%

Test Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Test Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Test Architect
Salary Trend

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

Test Architect Salary Trend

Test Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Architect over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

Test Architect Salary Histogram

Test Architect
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Architect 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 +1 8 £72,500 +31.81%
London +26 5 £67,500 +8.00%
South East +5 3 £75,000 +36.36%
Middlesex - 2 £75,000 -
City of London +17 1 £55,000 -31.25%
Surrey - 1 £75,000 -

Test Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Test Architect 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 Architect in their job title.

1 13 (48.15%) Finance
1 13 (48.15%) Test Automation
2 12 (44.44%) Java
3 10 (37.04%) Test Strategy
4 8 (29.63%) C#
4 8 (29.63%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (29.63%) Banking
5 7 (25.93%) Selenium
6 6 (22.22%) Software Testing
6 6 (22.22%) C++
6 6 (22.22%) SQL
7 5 (18.52%) OO
7 5 (18.52%) Automated Testing
7 5 (18.52%) Test Management
7 5 (18.52%) Analytics
8 4 (14.81%) Jenkins
8 4 (14.81%) BDD
8 4 (14.81%) Maven
8 4 (14.81%) Migration
8 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (14.81%) BASE24
8 4 (14.81%) JUnit
9 3 (11.11%) PRINCE2
9 3 (11.11%) Linux
9 3 (11.11%) .NET
9 3 (11.11%) Ant
9 3 (11.11%) E-Commerce
9 3 (11.11%) ISEB
9 3 (11.11%) Project Management
9 3 (11.11%) TDD

Test Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Test Architect 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (11.11%) .NET
1 3 (11.11%) .NET Framework
1 3 (11.11%) soapUI
2 2 (7.407%) Web Services
3 1 (3.704%) CSS
3 1 (3.704%) SOAP
3 1 (3.704%) HTML
3 1 (3.704%) J2EE
3 1 (3.704%) Middleware
3 1 (3.704%) REST
Business Applications
1 4 (14.81%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.704%) BSS
Development Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Selenium
2 4 (14.81%) Jenkins
2 4 (14.81%) Maven
2 4 (14.81%) JUnit
3 3 (11.11%) Ant
3 3 (11.11%) CruiseControl
3 3 (11.11%) WebDriver
4 2 (7.407%) Cucumber
4 2 (7.407%) JMeter
4 2 (7.407%) ClearQuest
4 2 (7.407%) WinRunner
4 2 (7.407%) TestDirector
4 2 (7.407%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (7.407%) LoadRunner
5 1 (3.704%) TestNG
5 1 (3.704%) Git (software)
5 1 (3.704%) Robotium
General
1 13 (48.15%) Finance
2 8 (29.63%) Banking
3 2 (7.407%) International Banking
3 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.407%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.704%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.704%) Life Science
2 1 (3.704%) Open Source
2 1 (3.704%) SWIFT
2 1 (3.704%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.704%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.704%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (7.407%) UNIX
2 2 (7.407%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Test Automation
2 10 (37.04%) Test Strategy
3 8 (29.63%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (22.22%) Software Testing
5 5 (18.52%) OO
5 5 (18.52%) Automated Testing
5 5 (18.52%) Test Management
5 5 (18.52%) Analytics
6 4 (14.81%) BDD
6 4 (14.81%) Migration
6 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (11.11%) PRINCE2
7 3 (11.11%) E-Commerce
7 3 (11.11%) Project Management
7 3 (11.11%) TDD
7 3 (11.11%) Validation
7 3 (11.11%) Integration Testing
7 3 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (11.11%) Automation Testing
8 2 (7.407%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 12 (44.44%) Java
2 8 (29.63%) C#
3 6 (22.22%) C++
3 6 (22.22%) SQL
4 3 (11.11%) Groovy
5 1 (3.704%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) ISEB
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.704%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.407%) QA
2 1 (3.704%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (3.704%) GxP
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (7.407%) IBM
1 2 (7.407%) HP
2 1 (3.704%) SAP
2 1 (3.704%) Cognizant
2 1 (3.704%) TOWER Software