QuickTest Pro Contracts in the South West
 
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 South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 23 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 South West 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Rank 104 137 106
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -31
Contract jobs citing QuickTest Pro 7 4 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.348% 0.123% 0.731%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.500% 1.163% 6.344%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 13
Average daily rate £350 £550 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.36% +69.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £550 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £550 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
- -38.33%
All Development Applications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 200 344 331
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 9.950% 10.60% 11.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 212 147
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £288 £226
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 26 49
Average hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -1.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £23.88 £32.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £40.25 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
QuickTest Pro
England

QuickTest Pro
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Dorset +1 3 £350 -
Gloucestershire - 2 £400 -
Somerset - 2 £275 -
QuickTest Pro
England

QuickTest Pro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 10 (71.43%) HP
2 9 (64.29%) ISEB
2 9 (64.29%) ISTQB
2 9 (64.29%) HP Quality Center
3 8 (57.14%) Test Scripting
4 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 7 (50.00%) Test Strategy
5 6 (42.86%) Software Testing
5 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
6 5 (35.71%) Windows
6 5 (35.71%) SAP
6 5 (35.71%) ITIL
7 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
7 4 (28.57%) Banking
7 4 (28.57%) ISEB Practitioner
7 4 (28.57%) Selenium
7 4 (28.57%) Finance
7 4 (28.57%) Test Management
7 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
8 3 (21.43%) QA
8 3 (21.43%) Performance Testing
8 3 (21.43%) LoadRunner
8 3 (21.43%) Project Planning
8 3 (21.43%) UNIX
8 3 (21.43%) SQL
8 3 (21.43%) Linux
9 2 (14.29%) UML
9 2 (14.29%) RUP
9 2 (14.29%) Solaris
9 2 (14.29%) ISO 9001

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 (14.29%) JDBC
1 2 (14.29%) ODBC
1 2 (14.29%) Middleware
2 1 (7.143%) ASP.NET
2 1 (7.143%) .NET
2 1 (7.143%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) HTTP
1 2 (14.29%) HTTPS
2 1 (7.143%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) TOAD
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Selenium
2 3 (21.43%) LoadRunner
3 2 (14.29%) WinRunner
3 2 (14.29%) TestDirector
3 2 (14.29%) Introscope
4 1 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (7.143%) WebDriver
4 1 (7.143%) JProfiler
4 1 (7.143%) JProbe
4 1 (7.143%) JIRA
4 1 (7.143%) Eclipse
General
1 4 (28.57%) Banking
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Analyst
1 7 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Senior Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Senior Test Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Test Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Tester
5 1 (7.143%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Lead Tester
5 1 (7.143%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) QA Leader
5 1 (7.143%) Automation Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Administrator
5 1 (7.143%) Performance Tester
5 1 (7.143%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) SAP Test Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Automation Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) SWIFT
2 1 (7.143%) Replication
2 1 (7.143%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) UNIX
2 3 (21.43%) Linux
3 2 (14.29%) Solaris
4 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Test Scripting
2 7 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 6 (42.86%) Software Testing
4 5 (35.71%) ITIL
5 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
5 4 (28.57%) Test Management
5 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
6 3 (21.43%) Performance Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Project Planning
7 2 (14.29%) UML
7 2 (14.29%) RUP
7 2 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
7 2 (14.29%) Regression Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Integration Testing
7 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (14.29%) System Testing
7 2 (14.29%) V-Model
8 1 (7.143%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) VB
2 2 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (7.143%) Shell Script
3 1 (7.143%) C
3 1 (7.143%) C#
3 1 (7.143%) C++
3 1 (7.143%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) ISEB
1 9 (64.29%) ISTQB
2 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 4 (28.57%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (7.143%) BC Cleared
5 1 (7.143%) DV Cleared
5 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 2 (14.29%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 9 (64.29%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (14.29%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) HP
2 5 (35.71%) SAP
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle
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