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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 68 69 73
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 9 19 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.024% 1.879% 1.105%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.068% 2.000% 1.136%
Number of salaries quoted 8 18 6
Average salary £27,000 £30,000 £37,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -19.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,800 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £33,600 £35,375 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+1.58% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
843 950 1056
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 95.90% 93.97% 97.24%
Number of salaries quoted 758 813 962
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Analyst
South West

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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
Swindon +7 8 £24,000 -13.51%
Corsham - 1 £35,000 -
Test Analyst
South West

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 8 (50.00%) HP
1 8 (50.00%) QA
2 5 (31.25%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (31.25%) ISEB
2 5 (31.25%) SQL
2 5 (31.25%) Test Scripting
3 4 (25.00%) Manual Testing
3 4 (25.00%) System Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 4 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 4 (25.00%) VB
3 4 (25.00%) MS Office
3 4 (25.00%) LoadRunner
3 4 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 4 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Usability Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
4 3 (18.75%) Test Management
4 3 (18.75%) QuickTest Pro
4 3 (18.75%) Borland
4 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (18.75%) Finance
4 3 (18.75%) Legal
4 3 (18.75%) XML
4 3 (18.75%) OOP
4 3 (18.75%) OO
4 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
4 3 (18.75%) VBA
4 3 (18.75%) VBScript
4 3 (18.75%) Scrum

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 3 (18.75%) XML
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) MS Office
2 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) LoadRunner
2 3 (18.75%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (18.75%) SilkPerformer
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
1 3 (18.75%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Test Scripting
2 4 (25.00%) Manual Testing
2 4 (25.00%) System Testing
2 4 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 4 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Usability Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
3 3 (18.75%) Test Management
3 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (18.75%) OOP
3 3 (18.75%) OO
3 3 (18.75%) Scrum
3 3 (18.75%) Business Continuity
3 3 (18.75%) V-Model
3 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
4 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) SQL
2 4 (25.00%) VB
3 3 (18.75%) VBA
3 3 (18.75%) VBScript
4 1 (6.250%) C
4 1 (6.250%) C#
4 1 (6.250%) Java
4 1 (6.250%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) ISEB
2 4 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) HP
2 3 (18.75%) Borland
3 1 (6.250%) Apple
3 1 (6.250%) Intergraph
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