Test Analyst Jobs in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 145 89 102
Rank change year-on-year
-56 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 58 101 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.158% 2.237% 1.714%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.208% 2.331% 1.787%
Number of salaries quoted 50 93 50
Average salary £35,000 £28,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.80% -13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,913 £23,250 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £32,850 £39,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.58% -3.07%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 4801 4333 3917
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.83% 95.99% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4003 3790 3340
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £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%
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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 -29 18 £31,250 +13.63%
Warwickshire +12 12 £37,000 +2.06%
Worcestershire +9 10 £36,000 +24.13%
Staffordshire -4 6 £29,500 -12.59%
Herefordshire +3 5 £22,500 -21.05%
West Bromwich - 3 £35,000 -
Shropshire -3 2 - -
Walsall - 2 £32,250 -
Wolverhampton -6 1 £28,000 +51.35%
Coventry -27 1 £35,000 +12.90%
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 66 (52.38%) ISEB
2 62 (49.21%) SQL
3 52 (41.27%) QA
4 50 (39.68%) Finance
5 46 (36.51%) Manual Testing
5 46 (36.51%) Test Scripting
6 40 (31.75%) Selenium
6 40 (31.75%) Automated Testing
7 39 (30.95%) ISTQB
8 33 (26.19%) SQL Server
9 29 (23.02%) Windows
10 26 (20.63%) Oracle
11 24 (19.05%) Microsoft
11 24 (19.05%) Software Testing
12 22 (17.46%) User Acceptance Testing
13 19 (15.08%) UNIX
13 19 (15.08%) XML
14 18 (14.29%) HTML
15 17 (13.49%) Regression Testing
15 17 (13.49%) Agile Software Development
16 16 (12.70%) QuickTest Pro
16 16 (12.70%) VB
16 16 (12.70%) Windows 2000
16 16 (12.70%) V-Model
16 16 (12.70%) HP Quality Center
17 14 (11.11%) Test Management
18 12 (9.524%) Unit Testing
18 12 (9.524%) .NET
18 12 (9.524%) Visual Studio
19 11 (8.730%) Automation Testing

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 19 (15.08%) XML
2 18 (14.29%) HTML
3 12 (9.524%) .NET
4 4 (3.175%) XSD
4 4 (3.175%) XSLT
5 3 (2.381%) Flash
5 3 (2.381%) COM
5 3 (2.381%) Middleware
6 2 (1.587%) Web Services
7 1 (0.794%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 6 (4.762%) IIS
2 3 (2.381%) MQSeries
2 3 (2.381%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.587%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 9 (7.143%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.175%) MS Office
3 2 (1.587%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.794%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.794%) HTTP
1 1 (0.794%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (26.19%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (5.556%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (1.587%) DB2
4 1 (0.794%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 40 (31.75%) Selenium
2 16 (12.70%) QuickTest Pro
3 12 (9.524%) Visual Studio
4 8 (6.349%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (3.968%) TestDirector
6 4 (3.175%) TestComplete
7 3 (2.381%) ClearCase
7 3 (2.381%) ClearQuest
7 3 (2.381%) MSTest
8 2 (1.587%) JIRA
8 2 (1.587%) WinRunner
9 1 (0.794%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.794%) QARun
9 1 (0.794%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.794%) SpecFlow
General
1 50 (39.68%) Finance
2 9 (7.143%) Banking
3 4 (3.175%) Back Office
3 4 (3.175%) Games
4 3 (2.381%) Front Office
4 3 (2.381%) Retail
5 2 (1.587%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.794%) Advertising
6 1 (0.794%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.143%) Client/Server
2 7 (5.556%) AS400
3 6 (4.762%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.968%) Mainframe
4 5 (3.968%) NHS
5 4 (3.175%) Mobile Payment
5 4 (3.175%) Computer Science
6 2 (1.587%) E-Learning
6 2 (1.587%) EPoS
7 1 (0.794%) Chip and PIN
7 1 (0.794%) PACS
7 1 (0.794%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.794%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 29 (23.02%) Windows
2 19 (15.08%) UNIX
3 16 (12.70%) Windows 2000
4 4 (3.175%) Linux
5 2 (1.587%) OS/390
6 1 (0.794%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.794%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.794%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (0.794%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.794%) Windows Phone 7
6 1 (0.794%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.794%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (36.51%) Manual Testing
1 46 (36.51%) Test Scripting
2 40 (31.75%) Automated Testing
3 24 (19.05%) Software Testing
4 22 (17.46%) User Acceptance Testing
5 17 (13.49%) Regression Testing
5 17 (13.49%) Agile Software Development
6 16 (12.70%) V-Model
7 14 (11.11%) Test Management
8 12 (9.524%) Unit Testing
9 11 (8.730%) Automation Testing
9 11 (8.730%) Scrum
10 10 (7.937%) Test Strategy
10 10 (7.937%) Test Automation
11 8 (6.349%) Integration Testing
12 7 (5.556%) Use Case
13 5 (3.968%) Performance Testing
13 5 (3.968%) Web Testing
13 5 (3.968%) System Testing
13 5 (3.968%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 62 (49.21%) SQL
2 16 (12.70%) VB
3 11 (8.730%) Java
4 10 (7.937%) C#
4 10 (7.937%) C++
5 3 (2.381%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.587%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.794%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (52.38%) ISEB
2 39 (30.95%) ISTQB
3 8 (6.349%) Degree
4 4 (3.175%) HND
5 3 (2.381%) HNC
6 1 (0.794%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (41.27%) QA
2 1 (0.794%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 16 (12.70%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 26 (20.63%) Oracle
2 24 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.762%) HP
4 2 (1.587%) RedPrairie
4 2 (1.587%) hybris
4 2 (1.587%) IBM
4 2 (1.587%) JDA
Test Analyst - Coventry - £27k-£33k + Bens
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
27k- £ 33k + Bens MMSJP. 888526 A market leading financial services organisation in the Midlands is looking to recruit a Test Analyst. The successful applicant will work with internal...
Maclean Moore Consulting
Salary: From £27,000 to £33,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
2x Test Analyst (UAT) - Warwick, Warwickshire
Warwick, Warwickshire
NHS / healthcare... PACS system... Key skills: UAT test experienced Experienced diagnosing / reporting quality issues Experienced writing test plans / scripts from scratch Proven track record in working to tight...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Test Analyst - Software House
Birmingham, West Midlands
Responsibilities: - Plan and prioritise work for all incoming testing - Design detailed test cases - Perform test execution on various applications - Document and publish all test results to a defined...
Sand Resources
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Test Analyst - Manual - Birmingham - Break into Finance
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
An established provider of sophisticated Real Time trading systems seeks a Test Analyst to join their expanding Agile testing team in Birmingham... The Test Analyst should have: Minimum...
Anderson Cole Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum Bonus and superb benefits package
Posted: 15 May 2013
System Test Analyst / QA Engineer
West Midlands (County)
Experience of testing multiple applications written in various languages (including Visual Basic & HTML) which interface to a SQL server or Oracle database. - A working knowledge of Windows 2000,...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Test Analyst
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Prepare and execute test scripts... Manual testing... In addition, we also deliver services and solutions on non Microsoft Products and Technologies, such as SAP Business One, OpenVMS, Solaris...
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum (dep on exp), plus bonus & benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Junior Tester / Test Analyst - Worcester
Worcester, Worcestershire
Ideally candidates will have experience of Quality Assurance or Testing and it is highly desirable to be ISTQB or ISEB certified... Sectors include Retail, FMCG, Consulting, Digital Media,...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £16000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
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