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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Rank 80 75 88
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +13
Permanent jobs citing QuickTest Pro 7 17 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.660% 1.254% 0.525%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.268% 8.808% 7.692%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 7
Average salary £44,500 £62,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.80% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Development Applications
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
164 193 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 15.46% 14.23% 6.824%
Number of salaries quoted 106 138 84
Average salary £39,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
QuickTest Pro
Scotland

QuickTest Pro
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh QuickTest Pro Salary Trend

QuickTest Pro
Salary Histogram

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

Edinburgh QuickTest Pro Salary Histogram

QuickTest Pro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 8 (72.73%) SQL
2 8 (72.73%) Degree
3 7 (63.64%) Software Testing
3 7 (63.64%) Banking
3 7 (63.64%) ISEB
3 7 (63.64%) Java
4 6 (54.55%) C#
4 6 (54.55%) Time Management
5 5 (45.45%) Data Management
5 5 (45.45%) C++
5 5 (45.45%) UNIX
5 5 (45.45%) Linux
5 5 (45.45%) .NET
5 5 (45.45%) Migration
6 4 (36.36%) QA
6 4 (36.36%) Selenium
7 3 (27.27%) Test Scripting
7 3 (27.27%) HP Quality Center
7 3 (27.27%) Scrum
7 3 (27.27%) LoadRunner
7 3 (27.27%) HTML
8 2 (18.18%) XML
8 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (18.18%) TestDirector
8 2 (18.18%) Web Testing
8 2 (18.18%) Test Management
8 2 (18.18%) ISTQB
8 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
8 2 (18.18%) Automation Testing

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 5 (45.45%) .NET
2 3 (27.27%) HTML
3 2 (18.18%) XML
4 1 (9.091%) XSL
4 1 (9.091%) XSLT
4 1 (9.091%) Middleware
4 1 (9.091%) JSF
4 1 (9.091%) EJB
4 1 (9.091%) CSS
4 1 (9.091%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) MQSeries
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Selenium
2 3 (27.27%) LoadRunner
3 2 (18.18%) TestDirector
4 1 (9.091%) WebDriver
4 1 (9.091%) Cucumber
4 1 (9.091%) Concordion
4 1 (9.091%) Jenkins
4 1 (9.091%) Ant
4 1 (9.091%) JUnit
4 1 (9.091%) Eclipse
4 1 (9.091%) WinRunner
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) Banking
3 1 (9.091%) Retail
3 1 (9.091%) Multimedia
3 1 (9.091%) Retail Banking
3 1 (9.091%) Financial Institution
3 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
1 7 (63.64%) Test Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Senior Test Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Test Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Test Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Test Leader
4 1 (9.091%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Blackberry
1 1 (9.091%) AS400
1 1 (9.091%) iPhone
1 1 (9.091%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (9.091%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) UNIX
1 5 (45.45%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Android
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Software Testing
2 6 (54.55%) Time Management
3 5 (45.45%) Data Management
3 5 (45.45%) Migration
4 3 (27.27%) Scrum
4 3 (27.27%) Test Scripting
5 2 (18.18%) Web Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Test Management
5 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
5 2 (18.18%) Automation Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Service Delivery
6 1 (9.091%) Waterfall
6 1 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
6 1 (9.091%) TDD
6 1 (9.091%) Asset Management
6 1 (9.091%) Business Development
6 1 (9.091%) Wealth Management
6 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) SQL
2 7 (63.64%) Java
3 6 (54.55%) C#
4 5 (45.45%) C++
5 1 (9.091%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Degree
2 7 (63.64%) ISEB
3 2 (18.18%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (9.091%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) HP