The first table below looks at the demand for QuickTest Pro skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 20 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Rank 103 74 83
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +9
Permanent jobs citing QuickTest Pro 20 41 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 1.154% 2.327% 1.637%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.491% 12.93% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 20 36 21
Average salary £40,000 £38,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.57% +9.28%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Development Applications
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
267 317 232
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 15.41% 17.99% 13.09%
Number of salaries quoted 237 280 205
Average salary £40,000 £34,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.94% -1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £26,500 £26,300
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
QuickTest Pro
South West

QuickTest Pro
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol QuickTest Pro Jobs Demand Trend

QuickTest Pro
Salary Trend

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

Bristol QuickTest Pro Salary Trend

QuickTest Pro
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Bristol QuickTest Pro Salary Histogram

QuickTest Pro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 IT job ads sampled that cited QuickTest Pro.

1 23 (74.19%) ISEB
2 19 (61.29%) Selenium
3 18 (58.06%) Test Automation
3 18 (58.06%) XML
3 18 (58.06%) SQL
4 17 (54.84%) E-Commerce
5 16 (51.61%) Finance
6 15 (48.39%) Test Scripting
7 14 (45.16%) Automated Testing
7 14 (45.16%) Software Testing
8 13 (41.94%) ISTQB
8 13 (41.94%) HP
8 13 (41.94%) Agile Software Development
8 13 (41.94%) Scrum
8 13 (41.94%) MS Excel
8 13 (41.94%) Internet
8 13 (41.94%) VBScript
8 13 (41.94%) VBA
9 11 (35.48%) QA
10 6 (19.35%) Regression Testing
11 5 (16.13%) E-business
11 5 (16.13%) Oracle EBS
11 5 (16.13%) SOA
11 5 (16.13%) Oracle
11 5 (16.13%) BPEL
11 5 (16.13%) ESB
11 5 (16.13%) JIRA
11 5 (16.13%) Integration Testing
12 4 (12.90%) HP Quality Center
12 4 (12.90%) WebDriver

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 IT job ads sampled that cited QuickTest Pro. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (58.06%) XML
2 4 (12.90%) .NET
2 4 (12.90%) J2EE
2 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (16.13%) ESB
Applications
1 13 (41.94%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (41.94%) Internet
Development Applications
1 19 (61.29%) Selenium
2 5 (16.13%) JIRA
3 4 (12.90%) LabVIEW
3 4 (12.90%) WebDriver
4 2 (6.452%) Cucumber
5 1 (3.226%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (51.61%) Finance
Job Titles
1 26 (83.87%) Analyst
2 24 (77.42%) Test Analyst
3 13 (41.94%) Automation Analyst
4 11 (35.48%) Test Automation Analyst
5 6 (19.35%) Tester
6 4 (12.90%) Agile Test Analyst
6 4 (12.90%) QA Engineer
7 2 (6.452%) QA Analyst
7 2 (6.452%) Automation Test Analyst
8 1 (3.226%) Test Leader
8 1 (3.226%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (3.226%) Senior Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (58.06%) Test Automation
2 17 (54.84%) E-Commerce
3 15 (48.39%) Test Scripting
4 14 (45.16%) Automated Testing
4 14 (45.16%) Software Testing
5 13 (41.94%) Scrum
5 13 (41.94%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (19.35%) Regression Testing
7 5 (16.13%) E-business
7 5 (16.13%) SOA
7 5 (16.13%) BPEL
7 5 (16.13%) Integration Testing
8 2 (6.452%) Automation Testing
9 1 (3.226%) Test Strategy
9 1 (3.226%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (58.06%) SQL
2 13 (41.94%) VBScript
2 13 (41.94%) VBA
3 4 (12.90%) C#
3 4 (12.90%) Java
3 4 (12.90%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 23 (74.19%) ISEB
2 13 (41.94%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (35.48%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (41.94%) HP
2 5 (16.13%) Oracle
3 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.226%) Nokia