The first table below looks at the demand for QuickTest Pro skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Development Applications category for the Dorset region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Rank 28 33 28
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -5
Contract jobs citing QuickTest Pro 3 1 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 1.422% 0.373% 3.679%
As % of the Development Applications category 11.54% 2.632% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 8
Average daily rate £350 - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £323
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -6.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £24.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -20.00%
All Development Applications
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
26 38 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 12.32% 14.18% 11.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 20 14
Average daily rate £318 £400 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.62% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £363 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £435 £343
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 3
Average hourly rate £43.75 £40.00 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -1.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
QuickTest Pro
South West

QuickTest Pro
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Dorset QuickTest Pro Jobs Demand Trend

QuickTest Pro
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dorset QuickTest Pro Daily Rate Trend

QuickTest Pro
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth +4 1 - -
QuickTest Pro
South West

QuickTest Pro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

1 4 (100.00%) HP
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
1 4 (100.00%) Test Management
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) QA
3 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (50.00%) HTTP
3 2 (50.00%) TOAD
3 2 (50.00%) HTTPS
3 2 (50.00%) Middleware
3 2 (50.00%) Quality Management
3 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (50.00%) ISEB
3 2 (50.00%) WinRunner
3 2 (50.00%) TestDirector
3 2 (50.00%) LoadRunner
3 2 (50.00%) Java
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle
3 2 (50.00%) WebLogic
3 2 (50.00%) JDBC
3 2 (50.00%) ODBC
3 2 (50.00%) UNIX
3 2 (50.00%) Windows

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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
1 2 (50.00%) JDBC
1 2 (50.00%) ODBC
1 2 (50.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) HTTP
1 2 (50.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (25.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) WinRunner
1 2 (50.00%) TestDirector
1 2 (50.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (50.00%) Introscope
2 1 (25.00%) JProfiler
2 1 (25.00%) JProbe
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) QA Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) UNIX
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Solaris
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Test Management
2 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (50.00%) System Testing
3 2 (50.00%) V-Model
3 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (50.00%) UML
3 2 (50.00%) RUP
3 2 (50.00%) Quality Management
3 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) VB
2 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (50.00%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) HP
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle