The first table below looks at the demand for QuickTest Pro skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Oxfordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Rank - 50 47
Contract jobs citing QuickTest Pro 0 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire - 0.522% 0.818%
As % of the Development Applications category - 6.818% 5.797%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
Average daily rate - - £228
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Development Applications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
30 44 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 6.410% 7.652% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 23 48
Average daily rate £335 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.66% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £225 £179
10% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £443 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £24.50 £34.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.94% +4.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
QuickTest Pro
South East

QuickTest Pro
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire QuickTest Pro Daily Rate Trend

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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Vacancies
Kidlington - - - -
Oxford - - - -
QuickTest Pro
South East

QuickTest Pro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Ajax
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) JSON
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) FitNesse
2 1 (33.33%) Firebug
2 1 (33.33%) Fiddler
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Mapping
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) DB2
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) XSL
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 1 (33.33%) Ajax
1 1 (33.33%) JSON
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) FitNesse
1 1 (33.33%) Firebug
1 1 (33.33%) Fiddler
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Mapping
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) Compuware
1 1 (33.33%) HP