The first table below looks at the demand for QuickTest Pro skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford 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 Watford 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 13 - 17
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing QuickTest Pro 2 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 2.632% - 4.110%
As % of the Development Applications category 22.22% - 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
9 13 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 11.84% 12.15% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 3
Average daily rate £488 £375 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% +33.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £280 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £578 £450 £422
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
QuickTest Pro
Hertfordshire

QuickTest Pro
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford QuickTest Pro Daily Rate Trend

QuickTest Pro
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) J2EE
1 3 (100.00%) DB2
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Flash
1 3 (100.00%) MQSeries
1 3 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
1 3 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
1 3 (100.00%) DbVisualizer
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) J2EE
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) Flash
1 3 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) MQSeries
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) DB2
1 3 (100.00%) DbVisualizer
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) IBM
1 3 (100.00%) HP