The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire 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 19 June 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 30 44 34
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 12 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 5.286% 1.132% 1.435%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.430% 1.167% 1.508%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 3
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +1.56%
All Job Titles
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
221 257 199
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 97.36% 96.98% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 196 232 193
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Test Analyst
West Midlands

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Redditch -9 8 £37,000 +32.14%
Evesham - 4 £26,000 -
Worcester +8 1 - - 1
Kidderminster - 1 - -
Test Analyst
West Midlands

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 15 (100.00%) SQL
2 14 (93.33%) Oracle
3 11 (73.33%) Automated Testing
3 11 (73.33%) Manual Testing
4 10 (66.67%) Windows
5 8 (53.33%) Finance
5 8 (53.33%) QA
5 8 (53.33%) Selenium
6 7 (46.67%) Test Scripting
6 7 (46.67%) Windows 2000
6 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
6 7 (46.67%) SQL Server
6 7 (46.67%) HTML
6 7 (46.67%) VB
6 7 (46.67%) UNIX
7 4 (26.67%) Unit Testing
7 4 (26.67%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (26.67%) V-Model
7 4 (26.67%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (26.67%) TDD
7 4 (26.67%) .NET
7 4 (26.67%) XML
7 4 (26.67%) XSD
7 4 (26.67%) XSLT
7 4 (26.67%) Visual Studio
8 3 (20.00%) Java
8 3 (20.00%) PL/SQL
8 3 (20.00%) C#
8 3 (20.00%) C++

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 7 (46.67%) HTML
2 4 (26.67%) .NET
2 4 (26.67%) XML
2 4 (26.67%) XSD
2 4 (26.67%) XSLT
3 3 (20.00%) COM
4 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (46.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Selenium
2 4 (26.67%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (26.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 10 (66.67%) Windows
2 7 (46.67%) Windows 2000
2 7 (46.67%) UNIX
3 3 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Automated Testing
1 11 (73.33%) Manual Testing
2 7 (46.67%) Test Scripting
3 4 (26.67%) Unit Testing
3 4 (26.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (26.67%) V-Model
3 4 (26.67%) TDD
4 3 (20.00%) Automation Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Software Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Test Management
5 1 (6.667%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) SQL
2 7 (46.67%) VB
3 3 (20.00%) Java
3 3 (20.00%) PL/SQL
3 3 (20.00%) C#
3 3 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) ISEB
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Oracle
2 7 (46.67%) Microsoft