Senior etl tester vs test analyst

The differences between senior etl testers and test analysts can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a senior etl tester and a test analyst. Additionally, a senior etl tester has an average salary of $97,296, which is higher than the $70,997 average annual salary of a test analyst.

The top three skills for a senior etl tester include test plan, test cases and data validation. The most important skills for a test analyst are test scripts, test plan, and regression.

Senior etl tester vs test analyst overview

	Senior ETL Tester	Test Analyst
Yearly salary	$97,296	$70,997
Hourly rate	$46.78	$34.13
Growth rate	9%	-
Number of jobs	18,774	91,308
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

Senior etl tester vs test analyst salary

Senior etl testers and test analysts have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior ETL Tester	Test Analyst
Average salary	$97,296	$70,997
Salary range	Between $78,000 And $121,000	Between $56,000 And $88,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	New Hampshire
Best paying company	-	General Motors
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior etl tester and test analyst education

There are a few differences between a senior etl tester and a test analyst in terms of educational background:

	Senior ETL Tester	Test Analyst
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Senior etl tester vs test analyst demographics

Here are the differences between senior etl testers' and test analysts' demographics:

	Senior ETL Tester	Test Analyst
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 57.1% Female, 42.9%	Male, 55.2% Female, 44.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between senior etl tester and test analyst duties and responsibilities

Senior etl tester example responsibilities.

Manage departmental inventory and troubleshoot testing, reporting and inventory issues.
Create and execute test cases base on test strategy and test plans base on business requirement documents and ETL design documents.
Define data requirements and elements used in XML transactions.
Work on WESCOM which is a web application build on Java.
Compare query result sets from different database systems using UNIX diff command.
Verify data integrity by back-end testing of the application by writing SQL queries.

Test analyst example responsibilities.

Implement reusable test strategy to rewire QA methodology and achieve increase in efficiency.
Execute end to end regression testing which include executing multiple processes in UNIX, running automate test scripts and performing validation.
Organize daily meetings with QA team and Dev team to recognize the blocking issues within the project.
Test the stored procedures functionality vs. ETL mapping after the migration of code from PL/SQL to ETL mappings.
Report bugs to developers using JIRA and after rectification from developers perform regression testing.
Document and champion defects in QC ALM.

Senior etl tester vs test analyst skills

Common senior etl tester skills

Test Plan, 6%
Test Cases, 6%
Data Validation, 5%
PL/SQL, 4%
SQL Server, 4%
Unix, 4%

Common test analyst skills

Test Scripts, 6%
Test Plan, 5%
Regression, 5%
Test Results, 5%
Java, 5%
Manual Test Cases, 5%