The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. 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 23 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 advertised for the Wales region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 41 45 28
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 55 54 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 4.527% 4.671% 7.474%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.622% 4.779% 7.869%
Number of salaries quoted 43 46 71
Average salary £34,000 £27,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.63% -
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £33,250 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1190 1130 1004
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 97.94% 97.75% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1073 997 922
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
UK

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Wales region.

Wales Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Wales region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Wales Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Test Analyst
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
South Wales -1 43 £33,250 +20.90%
North Wales - 6 £37,000 -
Test Analyst
UK

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

1 26 (38.81%) QA
2 25 (37.31%) Test Scripting
3 17 (25.37%) Test Strategy
4 15 (22.39%) User Acceptance Testing
4 15 (22.39%) Finance
5 14 (20.90%) Test Automation
6 13 (19.40%) Automated Testing
6 13 (19.40%) ISEB
7 12 (17.91%) Agile Software Development
8 11 (16.42%) QuickTest Pro
8 11 (16.42%) Software Testing
9 10 (14.93%) VBScript
9 10 (14.93%) VB
10 9 (13.43%) Degree
10 9 (13.43%) Security Cleared
10 9 (13.43%) V-Model
11 8 (11.94%) Selenium
11 8 (11.94%) Informatics
11 8 (11.94%) Quality Management
11 8 (11.94%) CGI
12 7 (10.45%) Manual Testing
12 7 (10.45%) Waterfall
13 6 (8.955%) EPoS
13 6 (8.955%) .NET
13 6 (8.955%) SQL
13 6 (8.955%) Retail
14 5 (7.463%) Scrum
14 5 (7.463%) SOAP
14 5 (7.463%) Web Services
14 5 (7.463%) Windows

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

Application Development
1 8 (11.94%) CGI
2 6 (8.955%) .NET
3 5 (7.463%) SOAP
3 5 (7.463%) Web Services
4 4 (5.970%) soapUI
4 4 (5.970%) REST
5 3 (4.478%) CSS
5 3 (4.478%) XML
5 3 (4.478%) J2EE
5 3 (4.478%) HTML
Applications
1 4 (5.970%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.478%) MS Office
3 1 (1.493%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.493%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.985%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (16.42%) QuickTest Pro
2 8 (11.94%) Selenium
3 3 (4.478%) Jenkins
3 3 (4.478%) Maven
4 2 (2.985%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.493%) JMeter
5 1 (1.493%) LoadRunner
5 1 (1.493%) ClearQuest
5 1 (1.493%) WebDriver
General
1 15 (22.39%) Finance
2 6 (8.955%) Retail
3 3 (4.478%) Banking
4 2 (2.985%) Welsh Language
5 1 (1.493%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.94%) Informatics
2 6 (8.955%) EPoS
3 4 (5.970%) Client/Server
3 4 (5.970%) Blackberry
3 4 (5.970%) Handset
4 3 (4.478%) DTV
4 3 (4.478%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (1.493%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.493%) Open Source
5 1 (1.493%) iPhone
5 1 (1.493%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.463%) Windows
2 4 (5.970%) Android
2 4 (5.970%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.493%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (37.31%) Test Scripting
2 17 (25.37%) Test Strategy
3 15 (22.39%) User Acceptance Testing
4 14 (20.90%) Test Automation
5 13 (19.40%) Automated Testing
6 12 (17.91%) Agile Software Development
7 11 (16.42%) Software Testing
8 9 (13.43%) V-Model
9 8 (11.94%) Quality Management
10 7 (10.45%) Manual Testing
10 7 (10.45%) Waterfall
11 5 (7.463%) Scrum
12 4 (5.970%) Automation Testing
12 4 (5.970%) Regression Testing
13 3 (4.478%) PRINCE
13 3 (4.478%) BDD
13 3 (4.478%) Performance Testing
14 2 (2.985%) System Testing
15 1 (1.493%) TDD
15 1 (1.493%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.93%) VBScript
1 10 (14.93%) VB
2 6 (8.955%) SQL
3 3 (4.478%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.985%) Java
5 1 (1.493%) C#
5 1 (1.493%) C++
Qualifications
1 13 (19.40%) ISEB
2 9 (13.43%) Degree
2 9 (13.43%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.463%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (38.81%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (2.985%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (5.970%) Oracle
2 3 (4.478%) Microsoft
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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...
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