4.2 KiB
Market evidence report — ict-test-analyst
Source: 32 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 28, gb 4), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-14. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 23 | 72 % |
| senior | 6 | 19 % |
| n/a | 2 | 6 % |
| junior | 1 | 3 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jira | 10 | 31 % |
| 2 | Selenium | 6 | 19 % |
| 3 | Cucumber | 5 | 16 % |
| 4 | Postman | 5 | 16 % |
| 5 | Confluence | 4 | 12 % |
| 6 | GitHub | 4 | 12 % |
| 7 | Jenkins | 4 | 12 % |
| 8 | microsoft excel | 4 | 12 % |
| 9 | microsoft word | 4 | 12 % |
| 10 | Azure | 3 | 9 % |
| 11 | Azure DevOps | 3 | 9 % |
| 12 | Gherkin | 3 | 9 % |
| 13 | GitLab | 3 | 9 % |
| 14 | JMeter | 3 | 9 % |
| 15 | Oracle | 3 | 9 % |
| 16 | Power BI | 3 | 9 % |
| 17 | SQL | 3 | 9 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | regression testing | 11 | 34 % |
| 2 | system testing | 9 | 28 % |
| 3 | functional testing | 8 | 25 % |
| 4 | data validation | 7 | 22 % |
| 5 | integration testing | 7 | 22 % |
| 6 | test case creation | 7 | 22 % |
| 7 | defect identification | 6 | 19 % |
| 8 | software testing | 6 | 19 % |
| 9 | data analysis | 5 | 16 % |
| 10 | test planning | 5 | 16 % |
| 11 | manual testing | 4 | 12 % |
| 12 | performance testing | 4 | 12 % |
| 13 | problem-solving | 4 | 12 % |
| 14 | api testing | 3 | 9 % |
| 15 | defect management | 3 | 9 % |
| 16 | defect tracking | 3 | 9 % |
| 17 | sql querying | 3 | 9 % |
| 18 | test execution | 3 | 9 % |
| 19 | test plan development | 3 | 9 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scrum | 6 | 19 % |
| 2 | agile methodologies | 4 | 12 % |
| 3 | agile | 3 | 9 % |
| 4 | Agile development | 3 | 9 % |
| 5 | AGILE Process | 3 | 9 % |
| 6 | automation testing | 3 | 9 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test execution | 10 | 31 % |
| 2 | test result documentation | 4 | 12 % |
| 3 | client interfacing | 3 | 9 % |
| 4 | defect documentation | 3 | 9 % |
| 5 | risk identification | 3 | 9 % |
| 6 | test case creation | 3 | 9 % |
| 7 | test plan execution | 3 | 9 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 32 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
Insufficient evidence — 28 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 4 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| System Test Analyst | 2 |
| Test Analyst | 2 |
| Analyst, Software QA/Test Sr | 1 |
| Azure Data QA Engineer | 1 |
| Functional Requirements & Testing Analyst | Arlington, VA, USA |
| Manual Tester/QA Analyst - US Citizenship Required | 1 |
| Principal Analyst, IT QA – Fiber End-to-End Product Quality | 1 |
| QA / Tester | 1 |
| QA Analyst | 1 |
| QA Analyst Jobs | 1 |
| QA Tester – Federal IT (Secret Cleared, Hybrid) | 1 |
| QA/BA Jr. Tester Analyst (Training & Placement) | 1 |
| QA/Test Analyst | 1 |
| QA/TESTER (SERVICENOW) | 1 |
| Quality Control Tester | 1 |
| SAP Test Analyst | 1 |
| Senior Data & User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Analyst (Remote - US) | 1 |
| Senior Test Analyst | 1 |
| Senior Test Analyst (Automation) | 1 |
| ServiceNow QA Tester (321) | 1 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analyst | 1 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analyst III with Security Clearance | 1 |
| Software Test Engineer (QA Analyst) | 1 |
| Software Tester | 1 |
| Sr. QA Tester - Remote | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.