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This section looks at the demand for HP QuickTest Professional (QTP) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank188142
Rank change on same period last yearDown-46
Matching contract IT job ads3557
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.046 %0.058 %
As % of the category below5.279 %10.40 %
Daily rates quoted2427
Average minimum daily rate£310£375
Average daily rate£380£401
% change on same period last year-5.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£449£427
UK excluding London average daily rate£319£317
% change on same period last year+0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£50.00-
Average hourly rate£55.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£60.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.19£32.08
% change on same period last year+0.34 %
Development Applications City of LondonDevelopment Applications
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads663548
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.880 %0.562 %
Daily rates quoted362263
Average minimum daily rate£363£426
Average daily rate£403£457
% change on same period last year-11.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£444£488
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£330
% change on same period last year+0.24 %
Hourly rates quoted167
Average minimum hourly rate£31.12£18.00
Average hourly rate£33.44£20.07
% change on same period last year+66.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.76£22.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.35£33.70
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
QuickTest Pro LondonQuickTest Pro
London

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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London QuickTest Pro Daily Rate Trend

QuickTest Pro
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

City of London QuickTest Pro Daily Rate Histogram

QuickTest Pro
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the City of London region.

City of London QuickTest Pro Hourly Rate Trend

QuickTest Pro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

132 (32.99 %)TestDirector
132 (32.99 %)LoadRunner
230 (30.93 %)Finance
326 (26.80 %)WinRunner
326 (26.80 %)SQL
421 (21.65 %)Banking
520 (20.62 %)Agile Software Development
618 (18.56 %)QA
618 (18.56 %)Test Scripting
717 (17.53 %)Oracle
816 (16.49 %)Selenium
816 (16.49 %)Scrum
915 (15.46 %)Java
1014 (14.43 %)Investment Banking
1014 (14.43 %)Automated Testing
1113 (13.40 %)HP
1212 (12.37 %)UNIX
1311 (11.34 %)FitNesse
1311 (11.34 %)Test Management
1410 (10.31 %)SAP
159 (9.278 %)ASP
159 (9.278 %)C#
159 (9.278 %)Integration Testing
168 (8.247 %)Investment Management
168 (8.247 %)Datawarehouse
168 (8.247 %)ISEB
177 (7.216 %)Front Office
177 (7.216 %)Windows
177 (7.216 %)VB
177 (7.216 %)Software Testing

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Application Development
19 (9.278 %)ASP
25 (5.155 %).NET
25 (5.155 %)XML
34 (4.124 %)XSLT
34 (4.124 %)AJAX
43 (3.093 %)XHTML
43 (3.093 %)CSS
52 (2.062 %)Middleware
52 (2.062 %)HTML
61 (1.031 %).NET Framework
61 (1.031 %)Flex 2
61 (1.031 %)Adobe Flex
61 (1.031 %)WCF
61 (1.031 %)Adobe AIR
61 (1.031 %)J2EE
Application Platforms
13 (3.093 %)WebLogic
22 (2.062 %)CMS
Applications
11 (1.031 %)MS Office
11 (1.031 %)MS Excel
Business Applications
15 (5.155 %)SAP PM
21 (1.031 %)SAP SRM
21 (1.031 %)SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
12 (2.062 %)Broadband
21 (1.031 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
18 (8.247 %)Datawarehouse
25 (5.155 %)Oracle Reports
34 (4.124 %)TOAD
42 (2.062 %)Oracle 10g
42 (2.062 %)SQL Server
42 (2.062 %)Reference Data
51 (1.031 %)SAP BW
51 (1.031 %)SQL Server 7
51 (1.031 %)RDBMS
51 (1.031 %)MS Access
Development Applications
132 (32.99 %)TestDirector
132 (32.99 %)LoadRunner
226 (26.80 %)WinRunner
316 (16.49 %)Selenium
411 (11.34 %)FitNesse
54 (4.124 %)NUnit
62 (2.062 %)PVCS
62 (2.062 %)ClearQuest
62 (2.062 %)JMeter
62 (2.062 %)SilkPerformer
62 (2.062 %)SilkTest
62 (2.062 %)SilkCentral
71 (1.031 %)JIRA
71 (1.031 %)JUnit
71 (1.031 %)Subversion
General
130 (30.93 %)Finance
221 (21.65 %)Banking
314 (14.43 %)Investment Banking
47 (7.216 %)Front Office
56 (6.186 %)Insurance
65 (5.155 %)Games
65 (5.155 %)Government
72 (2.062 %)Financial Institution
72 (2.062 %)Back Office
81 (1.031 %)Law
81 (1.031 %)Legal
81 (1.031 %)Criminal Justice
81 (1.031 %)Corporate Banking
81 (1.031 %)Private Banking
Job Titles
145 (46.39 %)Analyst
239 (40.21 %)Tester
338 (39.18 %)Test Analyst
416 (16.49 %)Test Manager
57 (7.216 %)SAP Test Analyst
57 (7.216 %)Functional Tester
57 (7.216 %)SAP Analyst
66 (6.186 %)QA Analyst
75 (5.155 %)Functional Test Analyst
75 (5.155 %)SAP Tester
75 (5.155 %)Developer
75 (5.155 %)Senior Analyst
75 (5.155 %)Software Tester
75 (5.155 %)Senior Test Analyst
75 (5.155 %)Functional Analyst
84 (4.124 %)Software Developer
93 (3.093 %)Test Specialist
93 (3.093 %)CRM Manager
102 (2.062 %)Test Engineer
102 (2.062 %)Performance Tester
Miscellaneous
17 (7.216 %)Fixed Income
25 (5.155 %)Derivative
34 (4.124 %)Asset Management
34 (4.124 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
42 (2.062 %)N-Tier
42 (2.062 %)Grid Computing
42 (2.062 %)Streaming Media
42 (2.062 %)Equity Derivative
42 (2.062 %)Credit Risk
42 (2.062 %)Data Integration
51 (1.031 %)RIA
51 (1.031 %)Web 2.0
51 (1.031 %)Interest Rate Derivative
51 (1.031 %)Credit Derivative
51 (1.031 %)Client/Server
51 (1.031 %)AS400
Operating Systems
112 (12.37 %)UNIX
27 (7.216 %)Windows
34 (4.124 %)Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
120 (20.62 %)Agile Software Development
218 (18.56 %)Test Scripting
316 (16.49 %)Scrum
414 (14.43 %)Automated Testing
511 (11.34 %)Test Management
69 (9.278 %)Integration Testing
78 (8.247 %)Investment Management
87 (7.216 %)Software Testing
96 (6.186 %)Configuration Management
96 (6.186 %)Migration
96 (6.186 %)Performance Testing
96 (6.186 %)Unit Testing
105 (5.155 %)Security Cleared
105 (5.155 %)User Acceptance Testing
105 (5.155 %)Regression Testing
105 (5.155 %)TDD
114 (4.124 %)Refactoring
114 (4.124 %)Release Management
114 (4.124 %)CRM
114 (4.124 %)Web Testing
Programming Languages
126 (26.80 %)SQL
215 (15.46 %)Java
39 (9.278 %)C#
47 (7.216 %)VB
56 (6.186 %)VBScript
64 (4.124 %)C++
72 (2.062 %)JavaScript
72 (2.062 %)PL/SQL
72 (2.062 %)Shell Script
Qualifications
18 (8.247 %)ISEB
22 (2.062 %)ISTQB
22 (2.062 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
118 (18.56 %)QA
21 (1.031 %)Basel II
Vendors
117 (17.53 %)Oracle
213 (13.40 %)HP
310 (10.31 %)SAP
43 (3.093 %)Murex
52 (2.062 %)Reuters
52 (2.062 %)Bloomberg
52 (2.062 %)Sophis
52 (2.062 %)Segue
52 (2.062 %)BEA
52 (2.062 %)Empirix
52 (2.062 %)Borland
61 (1.031 %)TIBCO
61 (1.031 %)Adobe
61 (1.031 %)Sybase
61 (1.031 %)Interwoven
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