The first table below looks at the demand for QuickTest Pro skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Rank 125 135 91
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -44
Permanent jobs citing QuickTest Pro 14 16 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.545% 0.556% 1.869%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.365% 3.019% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 14 13 45
Average salary £45,000 £31,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.16% -6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,700 £30,000 £26,236
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £34,000 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Development Applications
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
416 530 476
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 16.20% 18.43% 15.89%
Number of salaries quoted 382 465 402
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £49,900
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
QuickTest Pro
East of England

QuickTest Pro
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire QuickTest Pro Salary Trend

QuickTest Pro
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire QuickTest Pro Salary Histogram

QuickTest Pro
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge 0 13 £45,000 +45.16%
Peterborough -4 1 £55,000 +57.14%
QuickTest Pro
East of England

QuickTest Pro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 43 (89.58%) Selenium
2 39 (81.25%) Software Testing
3 37 (77.08%) Test Scripting
4 32 (66.67%) JIRA
5 24 (50.00%) Automated Testing
5 24 (50.00%) Manual Testing
6 23 (47.92%) ISEB
7 19 (39.58%) Python
7 19 (39.58%) C
7 19 (39.58%) C++
7 19 (39.58%) Perl
7 19 (39.58%) Linux
7 19 (39.58%) Cloud Computing
7 19 (39.58%) HP Quality Center
8 17 (35.42%) QA
8 17 (35.42%) Finance
9 16 (33.33%) HP
9 16 (33.33%) SQL
10 15 (31.25%) UNIX
11 13 (27.08%) Java
12 12 (25.00%) HTML
12 12 (25.00%) XML
12 12 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
13 8 (16.67%) .NET
14 7 (14.58%) Degree
15 6 (12.50%) ISTQB
16 5 (10.42%) User Acceptance Testing
16 5 (10.42%) Test Management
16 5 (10.42%) VB
16 5 (10.42%) Internet

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 12 (25.00%) HTML
1 12 (25.00%) XML
2 8 (16.67%) .NET
3 4 (8.333%) Web Services
3 4 (8.333%) J2EE
Applications
1 1 (2.083%) Photoshop
1 1 (2.083%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.167%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 43 (89.58%) Selenium
2 32 (66.67%) JIRA
3 4 (8.333%) LoadRunner
3 4 (8.333%) TestComplete
3 4 (8.333%) NUnit
4 1 (2.083%) QALoad
General
1 17 (35.42%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (41.67%) Analyst
1 20 (41.67%) Test Analyst
2 19 (39.58%) Senior Developer
2 19 (39.58%) Software Developer
2 19 (39.58%) Developer
2 19 (39.58%) Senior Software Developer
3 7 (14.58%) Test Engineer
4 4 (8.333%) QA Engineer
5 3 (6.250%) Software Test Engineer
5 3 (6.250%) Tester
5 3 (6.250%) Software Engineer
6 2 (4.167%) Automation Analyst
6 2 (4.167%) Automation Test Analyst
7 1 (2.083%) Senior Test Analyst
7 1 (2.083%) Senior Tester
7 1 (2.083%) Test Specialist
7 1 (2.083%) Automation Specialist
7 1 (2.083%) Test Automation Analyst
7 1 (2.083%) Automation Tester
7 1 (2.083%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 19 (39.58%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 19 (39.58%) Linux
2 15 (31.25%) UNIX
3 2 (4.167%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (81.25%) Software Testing
2 37 (77.08%) Test Scripting
3 24 (50.00%) Automated Testing
3 24 (50.00%) Manual Testing
4 12 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (10.42%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (10.42%) Test Management
6 4 (8.333%) SOA
6 4 (8.333%) Test Strategy
6 4 (8.333%) V-Model
7 3 (6.250%) System Testing
7 3 (6.250%) Waterfall
7 3 (6.250%) PRINCE2
7 3 (6.250%) DSDM
8 2 (4.167%) Automation Testing
9 1 (2.083%) Load Testing
9 1 (2.083%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 19 (39.58%) Python
1 19 (39.58%) C
1 19 (39.58%) C++
1 19 (39.58%) Perl
2 16 (33.33%) SQL
3 13 (27.08%) Java
4 5 (10.42%) VB
5 4 (8.333%) C#
6 1 (2.083%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 23 (47.92%) ISEB
2 7 (14.58%) Degree
3 6 (12.50%) ISTQB
4 3 (6.250%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (35.42%) QA
Systems Management
1 19 (39.58%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (2.083%) Adobe
Cambridge, East Anglia
Suitable candidates will demonstrate the following: Educated to degree level either in a science or engineering based subject Formal qualifications in testing (Foundation level of ISEB Software Testing) -...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Suitable candidates will demonstrate the following:-Educated to degree level either in a science or engineering based subject -Formal qualifications in testing (Foundation level of ISEB Software Testing) -...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The role includes the line and task management of the team, helping define and implement the test strategy, producing test effort estimates and resourcing and scheduling requests for...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The role includes the line and task management of the team, helping define and implement the test strategy, producing test effort estimates and resourcing and scheduling requests for...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013