Wiltshire QuickTest Pro Contracts

This section looks at the demand for HP QuickTest Professional (QTP) skills within the Wiltshire region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Location Aberdeen Andover Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Godalming Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Havant Hertfordshire Ipswich Leeds London M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Reading Redhill Scotland Shropshire South East South Lanarkshire South West Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	62	64
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	4	12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.012 %
As % of the category below	4.762 %	7.792 %
Daily rates quoted	2	9
Average minimum daily rate	£288	£303
Average daily rate	£294	£321
% change on same period last year	-8.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£340
UK excluding London average daily rate	£321	£318
% change on same period last year	+1.17 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£40.00
Average hourly rate	-	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.39	£32.08
% change on same period last year	-2.15 %
Development Applications Wiltshire
Matching contract IT job ads	84	154
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.112 %	0.156 %
Daily rates quoted	19	38
Average minimum daily rate	£359	£320
Average daily rate	£390	£339
% change on same period last year	+15.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£421	£358
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£331
% change on same period last year	-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	25
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.50	£35.19
Average hourly rate	£35.17	£37.12
% change on same period last year	-5.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.83	£39.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.89	£34.13
% change on same period last year	-3.63 %
QuickTest Pro South West

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Swindon	-4	2	£294	+5.69 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 (90.91 %) WinRunner 2 6 (54.55 %) Finance 3 5 (45.45 %) TestDirector 3 5 (45.45 %) .NET 3 5 (45.45 %) Test Scripting 4 4 (36.36 %) Oracle 4 4 (36.36 %) SQL Server 4 4 (36.36 %) IIS 4 4 (36.36 %) PRINCE2 4 4 (36.36 %) RAD 4 4 (36.36 %) DSDM 4 4 (36.36 %) Microsoft 4 4 (36.36 %) Oracle 10g 4 4 (36.36 %) HP 4 4 (36.36 %) ISEB

4 4 (36.36 %) SQL Server 2000 4 4 (36.36 %) SQL Server 2005 4 4 (36.36 %) .NET Framework 5 3 (27.27 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 5 3 (27.27 %) VMware 5 3 (27.27 %) VMware GSX 5 3 (27.27 %) VMware ESX 5 3 (27.27 %) Time Management 5 3 (27.27 %) VMware Infrastructure 6 2 (18.18 %) SC Cleared 6 2 (18.18 %) Security Cleared 6 2 (18.18 %) LoadRunner 6 2 (18.18 %) Resource Management 7 1 (9.091 %) Oracle APEX 7 1 (9.091 %) Degree

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 5 (45.45 %) .NET 2 4 (36.36 %) .NET Framework 3 1 (9.091 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 4 (36.36 %) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (36.36 %) SQL Server 1 4 (36.36 %) Oracle 10g 1 4 (36.36 %) SQL Server 2000 1 4 (36.36 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 10 (90.91 %) WinRunner 2 5 (45.45 %) TestDirector 3 2 (18.18 %) LoadRunner 4 1 (9.091 %) Oracle APEX
General 1 6 (54.55 %) Finance 2 1 (9.091 %) Military	Job Titles 1 6 (54.55 %) Tester 2 3 (27.27 %) Test Manager 3 2 (18.18 %) Performance Manager 3 2 (18.18 %) Performance Test Manager 3 2 (18.18 %) Web Tester 4 1 (9.091 %) Automation Test Analyst 4 1 (9.091 %) Analyst 4 1 (9.091 %) Test Analyst 4 1 (9.091 %) Systems Tester 4 1 (9.091 %) Test Engineer 4 1 (9.091 %) Applications Tester
Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (45.45 %) Test Scripting 2 4 (36.36 %) PRINCE2 2 4 (36.36 %) RAD 2 4 (36.36 %) DSDM 3 3 (27.27 %) Time Management 4 2 (18.18 %) SC Cleared 4 2 (18.18 %) Security Cleared 4 2 (18.18 %) Resource Management	Qualifications 1 4 (36.36 %) ISEB 2 1 (9.091 %) Degree
System Software 1 3 (27.27 %) VMware GSX 1 3 (27.27 %) VMware ESX 1 3 (27.27 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 1 3 (27.27 %) VMware Infrastructure	Vendors 1 4 (36.36 %) Oracle 1 4 (36.36 %) Microsoft 1 4 (36.36 %) HP 2 3 (27.27 %) VMware