The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire 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 24 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 108 77 121
Rank change year-on-year
-31 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 114 173 80
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 2.090% 3.333% 1.582%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.195% 3.441% 1.645%
Number of salaries quoted 98 143 71
Average salary £32,500 £28,000 £27,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.07% +2.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,300 £23,800 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5193 5027 4862
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 95.20% 96.84% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4117 4176 4119
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
West Yorkshire -15 99 £34,000 +19.29%
South Yorkshire +6 10 £28,750 +4.54%
North Yorkshire -29 5 £30,000 +9.09%
Test Analyst
England

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 128 (36.89%) QA
2 123 (35.45%) Automated Testing
3 108 (31.12%) ISEB
4 97 (27.95%) Selenium
5 90 (25.94%) SQL
6 88 (25.36%) .NET
7 80 (23.05%) User Acceptance Testing
8 79 (22.77%) HP Quality Center
8 79 (22.77%) Agile Software Development
9 73 (21.04%) Automation Testing
10 68 (19.60%) Test Scripting
11 67 (19.31%) Microsoft
12 65 (18.73%) JIRA
13 62 (17.87%) Test Automation
14 54 (15.56%) Java
15 53 (15.27%) E-Commerce
16 52 (14.99%) ISTQB
17 47 (13.54%) Performance Testing
18 45 (12.97%) Team Foundation Server
19 44 (12.68%) Bugzilla
20 42 (12.10%) Test Management
21 40 (11.53%) Finance
21 40 (11.53%) HP
21 40 (11.53%) QuickTest Pro
22 38 (10.95%) XML
23 37 (10.66%) Manual Testing
23 37 (10.66%) User Stories
24 34 (9.798%) LoadRunner
25 33 (9.510%) SOAP
25 33 (9.510%) Software Testing

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 88 (25.36%) .NET
2 38 (10.95%) XML
3 33 (9.510%) SOAP
4 25 (7.205%) soapUI
5 17 (4.899%) Web Services
6 14 (4.035%) HTML
6 14 (4.035%) ASP.NET
7 13 (3.746%) XSD
8 12 (3.458%) CSS
9 11 (3.170%) WSDL
10 5 (1.441%) .NET Framework
11 4 (1.153%) DOM
11 4 (1.153%) LAMP
12 3 (0.865%) XML Schema
13 2 (0.576%) Flash
13 2 (0.576%) J2EE
13 2 (0.576%) Apache Flex
13 2 (0.576%) HTML5
14 1 (0.288%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 2 (0.576%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.288%) Drupal
2 1 (0.288%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 30 (8.646%) MS Excel
2 13 (3.746%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.865%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.305%) Internet
2 4 (1.153%) FTP
3 3 (0.865%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.628%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.576%) MySQL
2 2 (0.576%) GIS
2 2 (0.576%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (0.576%) Big Data
3 1 (0.288%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.288%) DB2
3 1 (0.288%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 97 (27.95%) Selenium
2 65 (18.73%) JIRA
3 45 (12.97%) Team Foundation Server
4 44 (12.68%) Bugzilla
5 40 (11.53%) QuickTest Pro
6 34 (9.798%) LoadRunner
7 27 (7.781%) FitNesse
8 26 (7.493%) Cucumber
9 22 (6.340%) SpecFlow
10 19 (5.476%) Visual Studio
11 14 (4.035%) WebDriver
12 11 (3.170%) JMeter
13 8 (2.305%) OpenSTA
14 5 (1.441%) Firebug
15 4 (1.153%) Oracle Forms
15 4 (1.153%) MSTest
15 4 (1.153%) Oracle APEX
16 2 (0.576%) TestDirector
16 2 (0.576%) JUnit
16 2 (0.576%) Flex Builder
General
1 40 (11.53%) Finance
2 24 (6.916%) Games
3 8 (2.305%) Retail
4 5 (1.441%) Manufacturing
5 3 (0.865%) Advertising
5 3 (0.865%) Legal
6 1 (0.288%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.899%) Statistics
2 14 (4.035%) SaaS
3 12 (3.458%) Online Games
4 10 (2.882%) Open Source
5 8 (2.305%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.017%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.017%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.153%) W3C
8 1 (0.288%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.288%) Wiki
8 1 (0.288%) iSeries
8 1 (0.288%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.340%) Windows
2 8 (2.305%) Linux
3 7 (2.017%) UNIX
4 1 (0.288%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.288%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (0.288%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.288%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.288%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.288%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (35.45%) Automated Testing
2 80 (23.05%) User Acceptance Testing
3 79 (22.77%) Agile Software Development
4 73 (21.04%) Automation Testing
5 68 (19.60%) Test Scripting
6 62 (17.87%) Test Automation
7 53 (15.27%) E-Commerce
8 47 (13.54%) Performance Testing
9 42 (12.10%) Test Management
10 37 (10.66%) Manual Testing
10 37 (10.66%) User Stories
11 33 (9.510%) Software Testing
12 30 (8.646%) System Testing
12 30 (8.646%) Test Strategy
13 25 (7.205%) Load Testing
14 19 (5.476%) Benchmarking
15 18 (5.187%) Usability Testing
16 17 (4.899%) Security Testing
17 16 (4.611%) Stress Testing
18 15 (4.323%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 90 (25.94%) SQL
2 54 (15.56%) Java
3 17 (4.899%) C#
4 15 (4.323%) VBA
5 9 (2.594%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.305%) VB
7 7 (2.017%) VBScript
8 5 (1.441%) PHP
9 4 (1.153%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.865%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.576%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.288%) C
12 1 (0.288%) C++
12 1 (0.288%) Python
Qualifications
1 108 (31.12%) ISEB
2 52 (14.99%) ISTQB
3 29 (8.357%) Degree
4 1 (0.288%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.288%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (36.89%) QA
2 1 (0.288%) SLA
2 1 (0.288%) 21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1 1 (0.288%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 79 (22.77%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.288%) WSUS
2 1 (0.288%) SCCM
2 1 (0.288%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 67 (19.31%) Microsoft
2 40 (11.53%) HP
3 7 (2.017%) Oracle
4 5 (1.441%) SAP
5 2 (0.576%) Adobe
6 1 (0.288%) IBM
6 1 (0.288%) Salesforce.com
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Our development approach embraces Agile methodologies and tasks will include the design and execution of tests, recording issues found during testing and bringing key areas of concern to...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £neg + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Junior Test Analyst. My client, an automotive solutions company, is looking for a Junior Test Analyst to work at the clients headquarters in Leeds. The Junior Test Analyst...
FDM Rec Con
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum Dependant on experience
Posted: 22 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Skills & Experience Required: -Experience Manual / Functional testing -ISEB / ISTQB certified -Bug tracking tools (preferably Jira) Desirable Skills: -Automated testing knowledge -Regression / Performance knowledge This is a fantastic opportunity...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum & benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
My client is looking for a Test Analyst with the following experience:-Proven testing background-Automation testing experience (strong plus)-Experience with UNIX/Linux and/or Java considered...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Test Analyst, Test Engineer, QA Engineer, Senior Test Analyst, Test Lead, Test Team Lead, Test Leader, automation, automated, Selenium, manual, functional, integration, UNIX, Linux, Java, ISEB, ISTQB, QuickTest...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Tester / Test Analyst - Leeds, Bradford, York, Wakefield, Yorkshire - £25,000 - £35,000 - UAT Regression, System Integration, Ad Hoc Testing... The Tester / Test Analyst role is a very hands...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Wetherby, West Yorkshire
Any knowledge of open source framework tools such as Selenium and you will be responsible for writing and performing test scripts. The candidate must have proven experience testing...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
York, North Yorkshire
QA Analyst, Test Analyst required in York, North Yorkshire (commutable from Leeds) for a global leader. At this stage we are seeking applicants from those people who live...
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Test Analyst, Tester, Software Tester, ISEB, Test Cases, Automated testing, UAT testing, Leeds, West YorkshireTest Analyst required for a permanent position based in Leeds... Degree educated or suitable...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £21000 - £24000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Excellent opportunity for a Performance Test Analyst to join a successful financial services company based in Leeds.
E-Resourcing
Salary: £38000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Their portfolio spans solutions for ERP, finance, HR, Payroll, warehousing, business intelligence, professional service automation and manufacturing... Tester Job Role To work as an integral member of the...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: Competitive salary and excellent benefits package
Posted: 3 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) Use of automated test tools (e.g... SpecFlow, Fitnesse, Cucumber) Knowledge of Web Service APIs (XML /XSD/WSDL/SOAP) Knowledge of Web...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (e.g. HP QTP, Selenium, SoapUI) - Use of agile acceptance test...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £27,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... Preferred: - Use of test management tools (eg HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (eg HP QTP, Selenium,...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013