The first table below looks at the demand for QuickTest Pro skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 21 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 Leeds 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Rank - 61 54
Contract jobs citing QuickTest Pro 0 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds - 0.562% 0.164%
As % of the Development Applications category - 5.618% 1.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £313 £100
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +212.50%
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
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
83 89 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 10.96% 10.00% 11.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 54 34
Average daily rate £280 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £38.00 - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
QuickTest Pro
West Yorkshire

QuickTest Pro
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds QuickTest Pro Daily Rate Trend

QuickTest Pro
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) HP
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
1 2 (66.67%) System Testing
1 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (66.67%) Automation Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) VBA
2 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
2 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Automated Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
1 2 (66.67%) System Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Automation Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) HP