The first table below looks at the demand for QuickTest Pro skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Rank 122 119 113
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -6
Permanent jobs citing QuickTest Pro 1 9 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.056% 0.448% 0.363%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.357% 2.647% 2.335%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 6
Average salary £60,000 £47,500 £41,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.31% +15.15%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Development Applications
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
280 340 257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 15.56% 16.93% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 229 306 248
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
QuickTest Pro
North West

QuickTest Pro
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire QuickTest Pro Salary Trend

QuickTest Pro
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Warrington, Cheshire
This is an excellent opening for an experienced Senior Portfolio Test Manager with proven experience of using leading edge tools such as ALM and QTP to provide line...
Experis IT
Salary: £39570 - £44151 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013