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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for QuickTest Pro skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category for the City of London region.

 HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank198213239
Rank change year-on-year
Up+15Up+26
Matching permanent IT job ads1022596
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London0.874 %0.303 %0.500 %
As % of the Development Applications category8.839 %4.216 %6.508 %
Salaries quoted912385
Average salary£52,500£50,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.000 %+17.64 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£41,000£35,500£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£55,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£32,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.610 %-7.140 %
City of London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
11545931475
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London9.892 %7.189 %7.682 %
Salaries quoted10865101302
Average salary£47,500£50,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.000 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,000£35,000£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
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QuickTest Pro
Demand Trend

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

City of London QuickTest Pro Demand Trend

QuickTest Pro
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the City of London region.

City of London QuickTest Pro Salary Trend

QuickTest Pro
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

City of London QuickTest Pro Salary Histogram

QuickTest Pro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

181 (55.48 %)Finance
258 (39.73 %)QA
356 (38.36 %)Banking
450 (34.25 %)SQL
549 (33.56 %)ISEB
642 (28.77 %)Investment Banking
738 (26.03 %)UNIX
833 (22.60 %)HP
833 (22.60 %)TestDirector
931 (21.23 %)Fixed Income
1030 (20.55 %).NET
1129 (19.86 %)Test Management
1228 (19.18 %)LoadRunner
1325 (17.12 %)Oracle
1424 (16.44 %)SOA
1523 (15.75 %)C++
1523 (15.75 %)Java
1523 (15.75 %)Equities
1523 (15.75 %)Insurance
1622 (15.07 %)Performance Testing
1622 (15.07 %)HP Quality Center
1721 (14.38 %)Degree
1721 (14.38 %)Agile Software Development
1820 (13.70 %)ISTQB
1919 (13.01 %)Derivative
2017 (11.64 %)Automated Testing
2116 (10.96 %)Front Office
2215 (10.27 %)XML
2314 (9.589 %)Shell Script
2314 (9.589 %)User Acceptance Testing

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
130 (20.55 %).NET
215 (10.27 %)XML
35 (3.425 %)J2EE
35 (3.425 %).NET Framework
43 (2.055 %)Java SE
43 (2.055 %)EJB 3.0
43 (2.055 %)Hibernate
43 (2.055 %)Spring
43 (2.055 %)WebSphere
43 (2.055 %)EJB
43 (2.055 %)JDBC
43 (2.055 %)Swing
43 (2.055 %)JMS
51 (0.685 %)WAP
51 (0.685 %)Middleware
51 (0.685 %)Web Services
51 (0.685 %)ASP.NET
City of London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (3.425 %)MQSeries
23 (2.055 %)WebLogic
31 (0.685 %)SharePoint
City of London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (6.849 %)MS Excel
25 (3.425 %)MS Office
City of London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.685 %)Singl.eView
11 (0.685 %)Summit
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (1.370 %)Internet
12 (1.370 %)BSS
21 (0.685 %)FTP
21 (0.685 %)TCP/IP
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (4.110 %)SQL Server
23 (2.055 %)Oracle 8/8i
23 (2.055 %)MySQL
23 (2.055 %)SAP BW
31 (0.685 %)TOAD
31 (0.685 %)SQL Navigator
31 (0.685 %)DB2
31 (0.685 %)Oracle Reports
City of London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
133 (22.60 %)TestDirector
228 (19.18 %)LoadRunner
313 (8.904 %)WinRunner
412 (8.219 %)JUnit
59 (6.164 %)PVCS
59 (6.164 %)Bugzilla
59 (6.164 %)Selenium
65 (3.425 %)TestPartner
74 (2.740 %)SilkTest
74 (2.740 %)FitNesse
83 (2.055 %)Rational Robot
83 (2.055 %)Ant
92 (1.370 %)JIRA
92 (1.370 %)Subversion
101 (0.685 %)NUnit
City of London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
181 (55.48 %)Finance
256 (38.36 %)Banking
342 (28.77 %)Investment Banking
423 (15.75 %)Insurance
516 (10.96 %)Front Office
613 (8.904 %)Financial Institution
712 (8.219 %)Government
810 (6.849 %)Pensions
96 (4.110 %)Retail Banking
96 (4.110 %)Retail
96 (4.110 %)Telecoms
103 (2.055 %)Back Office
103 (2.055 %)Education
112 (1.370 %)Health
112 (1.370 %)Billing
121 (0.685 %)Games
City of London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
164 (43.84 %)Analyst
241 (28.08 %)Test Analyst
335 (23.97 %)Tester
434 (23.29 %)QA Analyst
523 (15.75 %)Test Manager
612 (8.219 %)Senior Analyst
612 (8.219 %)Senior Tester
711 (7.534 %)Senior Test Analyst
711 (7.534 %)Quality Analyst
89 (6.164 %)Consultant
98 (5.479 %)Programme Manager
98 (5.479 %)Test Consultant
98 (5.479 %)QA Test Analyst
98 (5.479 %)Programme Test Manager
106 (4.110 %)Senior Consultant
114 (2.740 %)QA Engineer
114 (2.740 %)Technical Tester
114 (2.740 %)Systems Tester
114 (2.740 %)Senior QA Analyst
123 (2.055 %)Senior QA Tester
City of London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
131 (21.23 %)Fixed Income
223 (15.75 %)Equities
319 (13.01 %)Derivative
411 (7.534 %)Client/Server
56 (4.110 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
65 (3.425 %)Open Source
71 (0.685 %)Computer Science
71 (0.685 %)Data Extraction
71 (0.685 %)iDTV
71 (0.685 %)Credit Derivative
City of London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
138 (26.03 %)UNIX
28 (5.479 %)Linux
35 (3.425 %)Windows
43 (2.055 %)Solaris
43 (2.055 %)Windows XP
43 (2.055 %)Windows Server 2003
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
129 (19.86 %)Test Management
224 (16.44 %)SOA
322 (15.07 %)Performance Testing
421 (14.38 %)Agile Software Development
517 (11.64 %)Automated Testing
614 (9.589 %)User Acceptance Testing
614 (9.589 %)Manual Testing
614 (9.589 %)Test Automation
713 (8.904 %)Test Scripting
713 (8.904 %)Regression Testing
811 (7.534 %)Project Management
99 (6.164 %)Business Intelligence
107 (4.795 %)Asset Management
107 (4.795 %)System Testing
115 (3.425 %)Software Testing
115 (3.425 %)Scrum
124 (2.740 %)Continuous Integration
133 (2.055 %)Code Coverage
133 (2.055 %)PRINCE2
133 (2.055 %)UML
City of London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
150 (34.25 %)SQL
223 (15.75 %)C++
223 (15.75 %)Java
314 (9.589 %)Shell Script
411 (7.534 %)Perl
411 (7.534 %)Python
59 (6.164 %)VBScript
68 (5.479 %)VB
68 (5.479 %)XPath
76 (4.110 %)C
76 (4.110 %)C#
85 (3.425 %)PHP
93 (2.055 %)PL/SQL
93 (2.055 %)VBA
101 (0.685 %)JavaScript
101 (0.685 %)Bash shell
City of London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
149 (33.56 %)ISEB
221 (14.38 %)Degree
320 (13.70 %)ISTQB
49 (6.164 %)ISEB Practitioner
53 (2.055 %)PMP
53 (2.055 %)PMI Certification
53 (2.055 %)SC Cleared
53 (2.055 %)Security Cleared
61 (0.685 %)BC Cleared
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
158 (39.73 %)QA
City of London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.685 %)MSMQ
City of London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
122 (15.07 %)HP Quality Center
City of London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
133 (22.60 %)HP
225 (17.12 %)Oracle
313 (8.904 %)Microsoft
410 (6.849 %)Sybase
59 (6.164 %)SAP
59 (6.164 %)Compuware
64 (2.740 %)PeopleSoft
64 (2.740 %)Citrix
71 (0.685 %)TIBCO
71 (0.685 %)Accenture
71 (0.685 %)Redknee
71 (0.685 %)IBM