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The table below looks at the demand for HP QuickTest Professional (QTP) skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank-64
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.877 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£275
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£297£327
% change on same period last year-9.26 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.14£38.82
% change on same period last year-42.97 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads55114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.111 %0.140 %
Daily rates quoted1130
Average minimum daily rate£225£306
Average daily rate£250£321
% change on same period last year-22.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£275£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£340
% change on same period last year-6.87 %
Hourly rates quoted1312
Average minimum hourly rate£30.07£28.33
Average hourly rate£32.50£30.55
% change on same period last year+6.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.93£32.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.44£32.16
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
QuickTest Pro East of EnglandQuickTest Pro
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

QuickTest Pro
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Cambridgeshire QuickTest Pro Demand Trend

QuickTest Pro
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire QuickTest Pro Daily Rate Trend

QuickTest Pro
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing QuickTest Pro also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited QuickTest Pro.

12 (66.67 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (66.67 %)JBoss
12 (66.67 %)Client/Server
12 (66.67 %)GIS
12 (66.67 %)Magik
12 (66.67 %)Smallworld
12 (66.67 %)JMeter
12 (66.67 %)ClearQuest
12 (66.67 %)Automated Testing
12 (66.67 %)WebSphere
12 (66.67 %)Performance Testing
21 (33.33 %)Finance
21 (33.33 %)HP
21 (33.33 %)LoadRunner

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing QuickTest Pro also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited QuickTest Pro. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %)WebSphere
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (66.67 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (66.67 %)JBoss
12 (66.67 %)Smallworld
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (66.67 %)GIS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (66.67 %)ClearQuest
12 (66.67 %)JMeter
21 (33.33 %)LoadRunner
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Finance
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Analyst
12 (66.67 %)Test Analyst
21 (33.33 %)Tester
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (66.67 %)Client/Server
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Automated Testing
12 (66.67 %)Performance Testing
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)Magik
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)HP