The first table below looks at the demand for QuickTest Pro skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 24 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 Surrey 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Rank 75 77 87
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +10
Contract jobs citing QuickTest Pro 5 18 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.434% 1.117% 0.871%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.000% 7.895% 7.882%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 3
Average daily rate £335 £285 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.54% -24.00%
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
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
125 228 203
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 10.84% 14.15% 11.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 139 114
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 9
Average hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +5.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey QuickTest Pro Hourly Rate Trend

QuickTest Pro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 9 (45.00%) ISEB
1 9 (45.00%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (40.00%) Web Testing
3 7 (35.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (30.00%) Software Testing
4 6 (30.00%) Test Scripting
4 6 (30.00%) Finance
5 5 (25.00%) TDD
5 5 (25.00%) Automated Testing
5 5 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 5 (25.00%) HP
5 5 (25.00%) Selenium
6 4 (20.00%) Web Development
6 4 (20.00%) Integration Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
6 4 (20.00%) Agile Testing
6 4 (20.00%) ColdFusion
6 4 (20.00%) LoadRunner
6 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
6 4 (20.00%) SAP
7 3 (15.00%) C#
7 3 (15.00%) SQL
7 3 (15.00%) .NET
7 3 (15.00%) SAP BW
7 3 (15.00%) CCA
7 3 (15.00%) MS Visio
7 3 (15.00%) MVC
7 3 (15.00%) ISTQB
7 3 (15.00%) Stress Testing
8 2 (10.00%) QA

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 3 (15.00%) .NET
2 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (5.000%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.00%) SAP BW
3 1 (5.000%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Selenium
2 4 (20.00%) LoadRunner
3 1 (5.000%) WebDriver
General
1 6 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.000%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Tester
2 8 (40.00%) Senior Tester
3 7 (35.00%) Analyst
3 7 (35.00%) Test Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) SAP Test Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Team Leader
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Test Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Test Manager
6 1 (5.000%) Test Specialist
6 1 (5.000%) Automation Tester
6 1 (5.000%) Automation Specialist
6 1 (5.000%) Test Automation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Web Testing
2 7 (35.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (30.00%) Software Testing
3 6 (30.00%) Test Scripting
4 5 (25.00%) TDD
4 5 (25.00%) Automated Testing
4 5 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 4 (20.00%) Web Development
5 4 (20.00%) Integration Testing
5 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 4 (20.00%) Agile Testing
6 3 (15.00%) MVC
6 3 (15.00%) Stress Testing
7 2 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (10.00%) Scrum
8 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2
8 1 (5.000%) User Stories
8 1 (5.000%) Automation Testing
8 1 (5.000%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (5.000%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) C#
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) ISEB
2 3 (15.00%) CCA
2 3 (15.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 9 (45.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) HP
2 4 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (5.000%) Oracle