The first table below looks at the demand for OpenSTA skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OpenSTA 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenSTA
Rank 837 - 843
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing OpenSTA 4 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.004% - 0.006%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.027% - 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
Average salary £37,500 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 - -
All Development Applications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
14966 16345 15205
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 14.80% 14.42% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 12942 14368 13424
Average salary £43,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.35% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
OpenSTA
UK

OpenSTA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England OpenSTA Jobs Demand Trend

OpenSTA
Salary Trend

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

England OpenSTA Salary Trend

OpenSTA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenSTA within the England 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
Yorkshire - 4 £37,500 -
OpenSTA
UK

OpenSTA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing OpenSTA 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 OpenSTA.

1 24 (88.89%) JMeter
2 23 (85.19%) Performance Testing
2 23 (85.19%) LoadRunner
3 13 (48.15%) Non-Functional Testing
3 13 (48.15%) E-Commerce
4 8 (29.63%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
6 4 (14.81%) UNIX
7 3 (11.11%) Solaris
7 3 (11.11%) Perl
7 3 (11.11%) GSM
7 3 (11.11%) PSTN
7 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
7 3 (11.11%) Test Scripting
8 2 (7.407%) Time Management
8 2 (7.407%) Test Automation
8 2 (7.407%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (7.407%) Migration
8 2 (7.407%) Use Case
8 2 (7.407%) Software Testing
8 2 (7.407%) Huawei
8 2 (7.407%) QA
8 2 (7.407%) Shell Script
8 2 (7.407%) Data Modelling
8 2 (7.407%) HP
9 1 (3.704%) ISEB
9 1 (3.704%) QuickTest Pro
9 1 (3.704%) Oracle
9 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio
9 1 (3.704%) Python

OpenSTA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing OpenSTA 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 OpenSTA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) GSM
1 3 (11.11%) PSTN
2 1 (3.704%) Internet
Development Applications
1 24 (88.89%) JMeter
2 23 (85.19%) LoadRunner
3 1 (3.704%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.704%) Selenium
General
1 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.704%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Test Leader
1 15 (55.56%) Performance Test Leader
2 9 (33.33%) Analyst
2 9 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
4 7 (25.93%) Senior Analyst
4 7 (25.93%) Senior Test Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Test Manager
6 1 (3.704%) Performance Test Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Performance Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Agile Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.704%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) UNIX
2 3 (11.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (85.19%) Performance Testing
2 13 (48.15%) Non-Functional Testing
2 13 (48.15%) E-Commerce
3 8 (29.63%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (11.11%) Test Scripting
5 2 (7.407%) Time Management
5 2 (7.407%) Test Automation
5 2 (7.407%) Migration
5 2 (7.407%) Use Case
5 2 (7.407%) Software Testing
5 2 (7.407%) Data Modelling
6 1 (3.704%) Load Testing
6 1 (3.704%) Stress Testing
6 1 (3.704%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Perl
2 2 (7.407%) Shell Script
3 1 (3.704%) Python
3 1 (3.704%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (3.704%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.407%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (7.407%) Huawei
1 2 (7.407%) HP
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle