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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 45 60 52
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 4 1 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 1.389% 0.282% 2.955%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.449% 0.287% 3.037%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 13
Average salary £37,000 £28,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.14% -34.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £28,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £28,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
276 349 428
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 95.83% 98.31% 97.27%
Number of salaries quoted 220 236 322
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £61,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
Hertfordshire

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 14 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 14 (100.00%) ISEB
2 12 (85.71%) User Acceptance Testing
2 12 (85.71%) MS Visio
2 12 (85.71%) MS Project
2 12 (85.71%) SAP
2 12 (85.71%) Integration Testing
2 12 (85.71%) Test Scripting
2 12 (85.71%) HP Quality Center
3 8 (57.14%) Windows
4 6 (42.86%) Windows XP
4 6 (42.86%) LAN
4 6 (42.86%) SAN
4 6 (42.86%) SAP FI
4 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
4 6 (42.86%) QA
4 6 (42.86%) Retail
4 6 (42.86%) ISTQB
4 6 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (42.86%) Finance
4 6 (42.86%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (42.86%) SAP CO
4 6 (42.86%) Windows 7
4 6 (42.86%) Test Management
5 2 (14.29%) Visual Studio Team System
5 2 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (14.29%) Scrum
5 2 (14.29%) Scalability Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 2 (14.29%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 12 (85.71%) MS Visio
2 12 (85.71%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (42.86%) SAP FI
1 6 (42.86%) SAP FI/CO
1 6 (42.86%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) LAN
1 6 (42.86%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Visual Studio Team System
1 2 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (42.86%) Retail
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Windows XP
2 6 (42.86%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) User Acceptance Testing
1 12 (85.71%) Integration Testing
1 12 (85.71%) Test Scripting
2 6 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (42.86%) Test Management
3 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (14.29%) Scrum
3 2 (14.29%) Scalability Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C#
1 2 (14.29%) C++
1 2 (14.29%) T-SQL
1 2 (14.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) ISEB
2 6 (42.86%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (42.86%) QA
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (85.71%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) SAP
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft