QuickTest Pro Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for QuickTest Pro skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 22 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 England 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Rank 344 390 304
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -86
Contract jobs citing QuickTest Pro 176 183 302
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.417% 0.337% 0.545%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.772% 3.605% 5.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 106 194
Average daily rate £325 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £207 £261 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £493 £564
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 6
Average hourly rate - £32.25 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +7.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -38.33%
All Development Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 4666 5076 5924
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 11.05% 9.357% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2989 3074 3416
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £590
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 207 309
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £23.88 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
QuickTest Pro
UK

QuickTest Pro
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England QuickTest Pro Daily Rate Trend

QuickTest Pro
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England QuickTest Pro Daily Rate Histogram

QuickTest Pro
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the England region.

England QuickTest Pro Hourly 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 England region over the 3 months to 22 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
London +23 74 £400 -
South East +12 52 £288 -4.16%
North West +14 15 £425 +30.76%
East of England +14 8 £375 -16.66%
West Midlands +12 8 £325 +22.64%
South West +31 7 £350 -36.36%
East Midlands +3 5 £325 +18.39%
Midlands +6 3 - -
Yorkshire -9 1 £260 -13.33%
South Coast - 1 £453 -
QuickTest Pro
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QuickTest Pro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 125 (40.85%) HP Quality Center
2 103 (33.66%) SQL
3 101 (33.01%) HP
4 97 (31.70%) Selenium
5 94 (30.72%) QA
6 92 (30.07%) Finance
7 76 (24.84%) ISEB
8 74 (24.18%) Test Scripting
9 72 (23.53%) Test Automation
10 70 (22.88%) Agile Software Development
11 66 (21.57%) Banking
12 55 (17.97%) Automated Testing
13 53 (17.32%) LoadRunner
14 47 (15.36%) Test Management
15 43 (14.05%) Oracle
16 42 (13.73%) Regression Testing
17 40 (13.07%) Java
17 40 (13.07%) ITIL
17 40 (13.07%) Software Testing
18 38 (12.42%) PRINCE2
18 38 (12.42%) .NET
18 38 (12.42%) Microsoft
18 38 (12.42%) Scrum
19 37 (12.09%) Investment Banking
19 37 (12.09%) Automation Testing
20 36 (11.76%) ISTQB
21 34 (11.11%) SAP
22 33 (10.78%) Performance Management
23 30 (9.804%) SQL Server
23 30 (9.804%) UNIX

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 38 (12.42%) .NET
2 18 (5.882%) SOAP
2 18 (5.882%) XML
3 14 (4.575%) Web Services
4 13 (4.248%) HTML
5 9 (2.941%) J2EE
5 9 (2.941%) soapUI
6 7 (2.288%) ASP.NET
6 7 (2.288%) Middleware
7 6 (1.961%) WebSphere
8 5 (1.634%) WSDL
8 5 (1.634%) WCF
8 5 (1.634%) FIX Protocol
8 5 (1.634%) Gherkin
9 4 (1.307%) WPF
9 4 (1.307%) JMS
10 3 (0.980%) Flash
10 3 (0.980%) CSS
10 3 (0.980%) WS-I
10 3 (0.980%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 8 (2.614%) MSMQ
2 7 (2.288%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.288%) IIS
2 7 (2.288%) TIBCO EMS
3 4 (1.307%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.980%) Tomcat
4 3 (0.980%) MQSeries
5 2 (0.654%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (0.654%) MS Exchange
5 2 (0.654%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.327%) Liferay
Applications
1 28 (9.150%) MS Excel
2 24 (7.843%) MS Visio
3 21 (6.863%) MS Project
4 3 (0.980%) MS Office
5 1 (0.327%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (5.556%) SAP HR
2 2 (0.654%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (0.327%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.327%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.327%) Endur
3 1 (0.327%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.327%) Summit
3 1 (0.327%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.327%) assyst
3 1 (0.327%) AWD
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.961%) HTTP
2 5 (1.634%) ATM
3 4 (1.307%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.980%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.980%) DNS
5 2 (0.654%) NetScaler
5 2 (0.654%) SAN
5 2 (0.654%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.654%) FTP
6 1 (0.327%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.804%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.595%) SQL Server 2005
4 10 (3.268%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (3.268%) Oracle 8/8i
5 8 (2.614%) Oracle 11g
5 8 (2.614%) Oracle BI EE
5 8 (2.614%) Oracle OWB
5 8 (2.614%) Oracle 10g
6 7 (2.288%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (1.961%) SQL Server 2012
8 5 (1.634%) DB2
9 3 (0.980%) TOAD
9 3 (0.980%) SAP BW
9 3 (0.980%) DbVisualizer
10 2 (0.654%) SQL Server 2000
11 1 (0.327%) MySQL
11 1 (0.327%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.327%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 97 (31.70%) Selenium
2 53 (17.32%) LoadRunner
3 19 (6.209%) JIRA
4 16 (5.229%) Cucumber
5 15 (4.902%) WebDriver
6 10 (3.268%) FitNesse
6 10 (3.268%) JMeter
7 9 (2.941%) WinRunner
8 8 (2.614%) Oracle APEX
9 7 (2.288%) TestDirector
9 7 (2.288%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (1.961%) SilkTest
10 6 (1.961%) TeamCity
11 5 (1.634%) Visual Studio
11 5 (1.634%) Subversion
12 4 (1.307%) Maven
12 4 (1.307%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.980%) JUnit
13 3 (0.980%) Bugzilla
13 3 (0.980%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 92 (30.07%) Finance
2 66 (21.57%) Banking
3 37 (12.09%) Investment Banking
4 20 (6.536%) Front Office
5 18 (5.882%) Retail
6 11 (3.595%) Retail Banking
7 5 (1.634%) Multimedia
7 5 (1.634%) Billing
7 5 (1.634%) Spanish Language
8 3 (0.980%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.980%) Military
9 2 (0.654%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.654%) Automotive
9 2 (0.654%) Back Office
10 1 (0.327%) Law
10 1 (0.327%) Legal
10 1 (0.327%) Games
10 1 (0.327%) German Language
10 1 (0.327%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 140 (45.75%) Analyst
2 114 (37.25%) Test Analyst
3 71 (23.20%) Tester
4 28 (9.150%) Test Manager
5 25 (8.170%) Automation Analyst
6 19 (6.209%) Automation Test Analyst
7 18 (5.882%) Consultant
7 18 (5.882%) QA Analyst
8 17 (5.556%) Senior Analyst
8 17 (5.556%) Test Consultant
9 16 (5.229%) Senior Test Analyst
9 16 (5.229%) Test Leader
10 14 (4.575%) Senior Tester
11 13 (4.248%) SAP Test Analyst
11 13 (4.248%) SAP Analyst
12 11 (3.595%) QA Manager
12 11 (3.595%) Test Engineer
13 10 (3.268%) Process Improvement Analyst
13 10 (3.268%) Automation Tester
13 10 (3.268%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.150%) Equities
2 26 (8.497%) Fixed Income
3 22 (7.190%) Derivative
4 20 (6.536%) PMI
5 9 (2.941%) Market Risk
6 7 (2.288%) Credit Risk
6 7 (2.288%) Credit Derivative
7 6 (1.961%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.961%) Open Source
8 5 (1.634%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.634%) Blackberry
8 5 (1.634%) iPhone
8 5 (1.634%) iPad
9 4 (1.307%) Computer Science
10 2 (0.654%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.654%) SWIFT
10 2 (0.654%) Equity Derivative
10 2 (0.654%) Contract for Difference
10 2 (0.654%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.654%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 30 (9.804%) UNIX
2 24 (7.843%) Linux
2 24 (7.843%) Windows
3 7 (2.288%) Windows 2000
4 5 (1.634%) Windows XP
4 5 (1.634%) Android
4 5 (1.634%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.307%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (1.307%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (0.980%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.654%) Windows Vista
7 2 (0.654%) Windows NT
7 2 (0.654%) Solaris
8 1 (0.327%) VMS
8 1 (0.327%) SUSE
8 1 (0.327%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.327%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (24.18%) Test Scripting
2 72 (23.53%) Test Automation
3 70 (22.88%) Agile Software Development
4 55 (17.97%) Automated Testing
5 47 (15.36%) Test Management
6 42 (13.73%) Regression Testing
7 40 (13.07%) ITIL
7 40 (13.07%) Software Testing
8 38 (12.42%) PRINCE2
8 38 (12.42%) Scrum
9 37 (12.09%) Automation Testing
10 33 (10.78%) Performance Management
11 30 (9.804%) Risk Management
12 28 (9.150%) Test Strategy
12 28 (9.150%) TDD
13 26 (8.497%) UML
13 26 (8.497%) Project Management
13 26 (8.497%) Configuration Management
14 25 (8.170%) RUP
15 24 (7.843%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 103 (33.66%) SQL
2 40 (13.07%) Java
3 17 (5.556%) C#
4 16 (5.229%) VB
5 13 (4.248%) Perl
6 12 (3.922%) C++
7 10 (3.268%) JavaScript
7 10 (3.268%) VBScript
8 7 (2.288%) Ruby
9 6 (1.961%) PowerHouse
9 6 (1.961%) VBA
10 5 (1.634%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.307%) C
11 4 (1.307%) Python
12 3 (0.980%) COBOL
12 3 (0.980%) XPath
13 2 (0.654%) Jython
13 2 (0.654%) Magik
14 1 (0.327%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.327%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 76 (24.84%) ISEB
2 36 (11.76%) ISTQB
3 29 (9.477%) Security Cleared
4 20 (6.536%) PMI Certification
4 20 (6.536%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.536%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 15 (4.902%) ISEB Practitioner
6 7 (2.288%) Degree
7 5 (1.634%) CCA
7 5 (1.634%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.307%) HP AIS
9 2 (0.654%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (0.654%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.654%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.654%) MCSE
10 1 (0.327%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.327%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (30.72%) QA
2 20 (6.536%) COBIT
3 7 (2.288%) Basel III
4 3 (0.980%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.654%) ISO 8583
5 2 (0.654%) SLA
6 1 (0.327%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (2.941%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.614%) Oracle RAC
3 7 (2.288%) Terminal Services
4 6 (1.961%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.654%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (0.654%) XenApp
5 2 (0.654%) XenServer
5 2 (0.654%) XenDesktop
5 2 (0.654%) VMware ESX
5 2 (0.654%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.327%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 125 (40.85%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.654%) HP SiteScope
2 2 (0.654%) SCCM
2 2 (0.654%) SCOM
2 2 (0.654%) Tivoli
2 2 (0.654%) MOM
2 2 (0.654%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.327%) Puppet
Vendors
1 101 (33.01%) HP
2 43 (14.05%) Oracle
3 38 (12.42%) Microsoft
4 34 (11.11%) SAP
5 11 (3.595%) IBM
6 10 (3.268%) Niku
6 10 (3.268%) Sybase
7 9 (2.941%) VMware
8 8 (2.614%) TIBCO
9 6 (1.961%) Business Objects
10 3 (0.980%) Murex
11 2 (0.654%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.654%) Remedy
11 2 (0.654%) Citrix
11 2 (0.654%) NetApp
11 2 (0.654%) Informatica
11 2 (0.654%) Compuware
11 2 (0.654%) Fidessa
11 2 (0.654%) Compaq
11 2 (0.654%) Dell
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