The first table below looks at the demand for TestComplete skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TestComplete 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
AutomatedQA TestComplete
Rank 46 31 -
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -
Permanent jobs citing TestComplete 2 9 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 0.803% 4.737% -
As % of the Development Applications category 2.985% 13.24% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 0
Average salary £30,000 £42,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +13.33%
All Development Applications
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
67 68 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 26.91% 35.79% 12.74%
Number of salaries quoted 66 62 20
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,400 £36,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £48,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
TestComplete
Bedfordshire

TestComplete
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing TestComplete across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Bedford TestComplete Jobs Demand Trend

TestComplete
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing TestComplete across the Bedford region.

Bedford TestComplete Salary Trend

TestComplete
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing TestComplete 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 IT job ads sampled that cited TestComplete.

1 4 (100.00%) XML
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) QA
1 4 (100.00%) Wiki
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
1 4 (100.00%) Visual Studio Team System
1 4 (100.00%) Automation Testing
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (75.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (25.00%) System Testing

TestComplete
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing TestComplete also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited TestComplete. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) XML
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
1 4 (100.00%) Visual Studio Team System
2 3 (75.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (50.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Test Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Automation Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (25.00%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft