The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Test Analyst
Rank 193 176 166
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Analyst 11 8 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.220% 0.176% 0.142%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.229% 0.184% 0.148%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 6
Average salary £32,500 £32,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.56% -3.03%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,750 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.98% +2.02%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4806 4353 4043
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.97% 95.88% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3989 3821 3443
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Test Analyst
England

Senior Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Senior Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Test Analyst
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Senior Test Analyst Salary Trend

Senior Test Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Analyst within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham -5 7 £30,000 -6.25%
Shropshire - 2 - -
Senior Test Analyst
England

Senior Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst in their job title.

1 10 (76.92%) SQL
2 9 (69.23%) ISEB
2 9 (69.23%) ISTQB
3 8 (61.54%) Test Scripting
3 8 (61.54%) Finance
4 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
5 4 (30.77%) Client/Server
5 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
5 4 (30.77%) Selenium
5 4 (30.77%) Use Case
5 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (30.77%) Banking
5 4 (30.77%) HP Quality Center
6 3 (23.08%) Automation Testing
6 3 (23.08%) QuickTest Pro
7 2 (15.38%) EPoS
7 2 (15.38%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (15.38%) Middleware
7 2 (15.38%) Mainframe
7 2 (15.38%) JDA
7 2 (15.38%) TestDirector
7 2 (15.38%) Games
7 2 (15.38%) Scrum
7 2 (15.38%) Regression Testing
7 2 (15.38%) AS400
7 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
7 2 (15.38%) MQSeries
7 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
7 2 (15.38%) HP

Senior Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) Middleware
1 2 (15.38%) XML
2 1 (7.692%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (15.38%) MQSeries
2 1 (7.692%) IIS
2 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Selenium
2 3 (23.08%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (15.38%) TestDirector
4 1 (7.692%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (7.692%) Visual Studio
4 1 (7.692%) ClearCase
4 1 (7.692%) ClearQuest
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Games
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 2 (15.38%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Client/Server
2 2 (15.38%) EPoS
2 2 (15.38%) Mainframe
2 2 (15.38%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
1 1 (7.692%) Windows Vista
1 1 (7.692%) UNIX
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000
1 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Test Scripting
2 4 (30.77%) Use Case
2 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (23.08%) Automation Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Scrum
4 2 (15.38%) Regression Testing
4 2 (15.38%) E-Commerce
4 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Web Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Test Management
4 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
4 2 (15.38%) V-Model
4 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) TMap
5 1 (7.692%) System Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Time Management
5 1 (7.692%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) ISEB
1 9 (69.23%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) JDA
2 2 (15.38%) HP
2 2 (15.38%) hybris
2 2 (15.38%) RedPrairie