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The table below looks at the demand for HP TestDirector for Quality Center skills within the London region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TestDirector over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHP TestDirector for Quality Center
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank225142
Rank change on same period last yearDown-83
Matching contract IT job ads205591
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.277 %0.583 %
As % of the category below6.813 %15.41 %
Daily rates quoted114267
Average minimum daily rate£398£402
Average daily rate£428£426
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£458£451
UK excluding London average daily rate£304£317
% change on same period last year-4.15 %
Hourly rates quoted08
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.50
Average hourly rate-£33.69
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£36.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.07£28.13
% change on same period last year+31.75 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
London
Matching contract IT job ads30093834
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.067 %3.781 %
Daily rates quoted13461414
Average minimum daily rate£352£385
Average daily rate£381£408
% change on same period last year-6.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£431
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£335
% change on same period last year-2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted97120
Average minimum hourly rate£27.44£32.24
Average hourly rate£29.22£34.58
% change on same period last year-15.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.00£36.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.31£33.09
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
TestDirector EnglandTestDirector
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.

TestDirector
Demand Trend

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

London TestDirector Demand Trend

TestDirector
Daily Rate Trend

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

London TestDirector Daily Rate Trend

TestDirector
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TestDirector across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London TestDirector Daily Rate Histogram

TestDirector
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London TestDirector Hourly Rate Trend

TestDirector
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TestDirector within the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-3392£458+8.12 %
Docklands, LondonUp+228£433+14.44 %
Canary WharfUp+104£525+15.38 %
UxbridgeDown-102--
HammersmithDown-71£350+84.21 %
TestDirector EnglandTestDirector
England

TestDirector
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector.

1244 (50.62 %)Banking
2213 (44.19 %)Finance
3141 (29.25 %)Investment Banking
4131 (27.18 %)ISEB
5100 (20.75 %)Derivative
696 (19.92 %)SQL
795 (19.71 %)User Acceptance Testing
888 (18.26 %)Test Management
966 (13.69 %)Test Scripting
1060 (12.45 %)LoadRunner
1159 (12.24 %)QuickTest Pro
1159 (12.24 %)Migration
1255 (11.41 %)Windows
1351 (10.58 %)QA
1448 (9.959 %)Oracle
1546 (9.544 %)WinRunner
1642 (8.714 %)UNIX
1740 (8.299 %)Equities
1838 (7.884 %)Back Office
1937 (7.676 %)MS Office
2036 (7.469 %)Financial Institution
2036 (7.469 %)Software Testing
2135 (7.261 %)Loan IQ
2135 (7.261 %)Fixed Income
2228 (5.809 %)Automated Testing
2228 (5.809 %)MS Project
2228 (5.809 %)Equity Derivative
2228 (5.809 %)Integration Testing
2327 (5.602 %)Security Cleared
2426 (5.394 %)Agile Software Development

TestDirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (4.979 %)XML
215 (3.112 %)HTML
314 (2.905 %).NET
48 (1.660 %)SOAP
57 (1.452 %)XSLT
65 (1.037 %)AJAX
74 (0.830 %)WebSphere
83 (0.622 %)CSS
83 (0.622 %)XHTML
83 (0.622 %)WebServices
92 (0.415 %)J2EE
92 (0.415 %)ISPF
92 (0.415 %).NET Framework
101 (0.207 %)WSH
101 (0.207 %)XML Messaging
101 (0.207 %)ASP
101 (0.207 %)ASP.NET
101 (0.207 %)ODBC
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (1.867 %)SAS
28 (1.660 %)OpenROAD
37 (1.452 %)CMS
37 (1.452 %)MS Exchange
46 (1.245 %)Exchange Server 2007
53 (0.622 %)WebSphere Application Server
62 (0.415 %)Documentum
62 (0.415 %)CICS
71 (0.207 %)WebLogic
71 (0.207 %)Apache
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
137 (7.676 %)MS Office
228 (5.809 %)MS Project
317 (3.527 %)MS Visio
413 (2.697 %)MS Excel
56 (1.245 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.415 %)Spreadsheet
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
135 (7.261 %)Loan IQ
213 (2.697 %)Summit
35 (1.037 %)Oracle Applications
44 (0.830 %)SAP HR
44 (0.830 %)SAP Payroll
53 (0.622 %)VisionPLUS
53 (0.622 %)SAP CRM
62 (0.415 %)BASE24
62 (0.415 %)Oracle Financials
71 (0.207 %)Singl.eView
71 (0.207 %)Oracle HRMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (2.075 %)TCP/IP
27 (1.452 %)FTP
27 (1.452 %)HTTP
36 (1.245 %)SSL
36 (1.245 %)SAN
36 (1.245 %)DMZ
36 (1.245 %)Firewall
45 (1.037 %)Internet
52 (0.415 %)LDAP
52 (0.415 %)Broadband
61 (0.207 %)DHCP
61 (0.207 %)DNS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (4.357 %)SQL Server
215 (3.112 %)ETL
313 (2.697 %)Ingres
313 (2.697 %)SQL Server 2005
411 (2.282 %)Reference Data
510 (2.075 %)Datawarehouse
69 (1.867 %)BusinessObjects
78 (1.660 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
87 (1.452 %)DB2
96 (1.245 %)SQL Server 2000
105 (1.037 %)OLAP
105 (1.037 %)Crystal Reports
114 (0.830 %)Oracle Reports
114 (0.830 %)Oracle 8/8i
114 (0.830 %)RDBMS
114 (0.830 %)SQL Server 2008
122 (0.415 %)SQL Server Integration Services
122 (0.415 %)TOAD
131 (0.207 %)Oracle 10g
131 (0.207 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
160 (12.45 %)LoadRunner
259 (12.24 %)QuickTest Pro
346 (9.544 %)WinRunner
411 (2.282 %)Selenium
57 (1.452 %)ProC
66 (1.245 %)PVCS
75 (1.037 %)TestPartner
84 (0.830 %)FitNesse
93 (0.622 %)JMeter
93 (0.622 %)ClearQuest
93 (0.622 %)Visual Studio
93 (0.622 %)Visual Studio Team System
102 (0.415 %)eCATT
102 (0.415 %)Oracle Forms
102 (0.415 %)XDE
102 (0.415 %)JIRA
111 (0.207 %)Telelogic Synergy
111 (0.207 %)Rational Robot
111 (0.207 %)SilkTest
111 (0.207 %)StarTeam
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1244 (50.62 %)Banking
2213 (44.19 %)Finance
3141 (29.25 %)Investment Banking
438 (7.884 %)Back Office
536 (7.469 %)Financial Institution
626 (5.394 %)Government
725 (5.187 %)Front Office
820 (4.149 %)Retail
99 (1.867 %)General Ledger
107 (1.452 %)Insurance
116 (1.245 %)Law
116 (1.245 %)Legal
124 (0.830 %)Retail Banking
133 (0.622 %)Telecoms
133 (0.622 %)Private Banking
142 (0.415 %)Corporate Banking
142 (0.415 %)Billing
142 (0.415 %)Wholesale Banking
151 (0.207 %)Publishing
151 (0.207 %)Police
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1175 (36.31 %)Analyst
2158 (32.78 %)Test Analyst
3104 (21.58 %)Test Manager
473 (15.15 %)Tester
547 (9.751 %)Test Specialist
635 (7.261 %)Senior Analyst
733 (6.846 %)Senior Test Analyst
814 (2.905 %)Project Manager
814 (2.905 %)Consultant
913 (2.697 %)Developer
1012 (2.490 %)Coordinator
1012 (2.490 %)Test Team Leader
1012 (2.490 %)Team Leader
1110 (2.075 %)Senior Tester
1110 (2.075 %)Business Analyst
129 (1.867 %)Performance Tester
129 (1.867 %)Test Coordinator
129 (1.867 %)Project Director
129 (1.867 %)Credit Risk Analyst
129 (1.867 %)Functional Tester
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1100 (20.75 %)Derivative
240 (8.299 %)Equities
335 (7.261 %)Fixed Income
428 (5.809 %)Equity Derivative
524 (4.979 %)Credit Risk
620 (4.149 %)Credit Derivative
714 (2.905 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
89 (1.867 %)Interest Rate Derivative
96 (1.245 %)PKI
96 (1.245 %)EPoS
96 (1.245 %)EMC Centera
105 (1.037 %)Chip and PIN
114 (0.830 %)Mainframe
123 (0.622 %)N-Tier
123 (0.622 %)Streaming Media
132 (0.415 %)Clustering
132 (0.415 %)Client/Server
132 (0.415 %)EFT
132 (0.415 %)Market Risk
132 (0.415 %)Mathematics
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
155 (11.41 %)Windows
242 (8.714 %)UNIX
313 (2.697 %)VMS
412 (2.490 %)Windows XP
511 (2.282 %)Windows 2000
68 (1.660 %)Windows Server 2003
77 (1.452 %)Windows 2000 Server
86 (1.245 %)AIX
86 (1.245 %)Solaris
93 (0.622 %)Linux
101 (0.207 %)OpenVMS
101 (0.207 %)MVS
101 (0.207 %)Windows Vista
101 (0.207 %)Windows Server 2008
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
195 (19.71 %)User Acceptance Testing
288 (18.26 %)Test Management
366 (13.69 %)Test Scripting
459 (12.24 %)Migration
536 (7.469 %)Software Testing
628 (5.809 %)Automated Testing
628 (5.809 %)Integration Testing
727 (5.602 %)Security Cleared
826 (5.394 %)Agile Software Development
922 (4.564 %)PRINCE2
922 (4.564 %)Project Management
1020 (4.149 %)Regression Testing
1020 (4.149 %)System Testing
1119 (3.942 %)V-Model
1216 (3.320 %)Risk Management
1314 (2.905 %)Performance Testing
1314 (2.905 %)Business Analysis
1413 (2.697 %)Business Development
1413 (2.697 %)Risk Analysis
1511 (2.282 %)CRM
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
196 (19.92 %)SQL
223 (4.772 %)Java
313 (2.697 %)C
412 (2.490 %)PL/SQL
59 (1.867 %)Perl
68 (1.660 %)Shell Script
75 (1.037 %)VB
75 (1.037 %)C++
83 (0.622 %)JavaScript
83 (0.622 %)PowerShell
92 (0.415 %)JCL
92 (0.415 %)COBOL
92 (0.415 %)C#
101 (0.207 %)VB6
101 (0.207 %)VBA
101 (0.207 %)PL/1
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1131 (27.18 %)ISEB
212 (2.490 %)ISEB Practitioner
32 (0.415 %)Degree
32 (0.415 %)IRCA
41 (0.207 %)MCSE
41 (0.207 %)CCA
41 (0.207 %)Citrix Certification
41 (0.207 %)Microsoft Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
151 (10.58 %)QA
211 (2.282 %)Basel II
34 (0.830 %)ISO9001
42 (0.415 %)HL7
42 (0.415 %)TickIT
42 (0.415 %)ISO8583
51 (0.207 %)MiFID
51 (0.207 %)ISO9000
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (2.282 %)Active Directory
26 (1.245 %)NetBackup
31 (0.207 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (0.207 %)Terminal Server
31 (0.207 %)Terminal Services
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.830 %)CONTROL-M
23 (0.622 %)OpenView Configuration Management
31 (0.207 %)CA SiteMinder
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
148 (9.959 %)Oracle
219 (3.942 %)Citrix
316 (3.320 %)HP
415 (3.112 %)Cognos
415 (3.112 %)Microsoft
511 (2.282 %)Sybase
511 (2.282 %)SAP
610 (2.075 %)Sophis
610 (2.075 %)Murex
79 (1.867 %)Business Objects
88 (1.660 %)EMC
88 (1.660 %)Informatica
97 (1.452 %)PeopleSoft
97 (1.452 %)Retalix
106 (1.245 %)Symantec
106 (1.245 %)NetApp
106 (1.245 %)BMC
115 (1.037 %)Fidessa
124 (0.830 %)Algorithmics
133 (0.622 %)Ab Initio