The first table below looks at the demand for Rational Robot skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Rational Robot 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
IBM Rational Robot
Rank 819 818 796
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -22
Permanent jobs citing Rational Robot 22 48 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.022% 0.042% 0.046%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.147% 0.294% 0.355%
Number of salaries quoted 22 47 53
Average salary £38,000 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.58% +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £39,000 £27,100
10% offered a salary of more than £67,250 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +23.07%
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%
Rational Robot
UK

Rational Robot
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Rational Robot Jobs Demand Trend

Rational Robot
Salary Trend

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

England Rational Robot Salary Trend

Rational Robot
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Rational Robot across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Rational Robot Salary Histogram

Rational Robot
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rational Robot 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
London +32 12 £65,000 +18.18%
South East -4 5 £35,000 -12.50%
West Midlands - 4 £35,000 -
South West - 1 £38,500 -
Rational Robot
UK

Rational Robot
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 35 (66.04%) QA
1 35 (66.04%) Selenium
2 34 (64.15%) QuickTest Pro
3 32 (60.38%) Test Automation
4 30 (56.60%) C#
5 28 (52.83%) Java
6 26 (49.06%) ISEB
7 25 (47.17%) Scrum
8 24 (45.28%) LoadRunner
8 24 (45.28%) TestComplete
9 23 (43.40%) Software Testing
10 22 (41.51%) Agile Software Development
11 20 (37.74%) Ruby
11 20 (37.74%) SQL
11 20 (37.74%) Perl
11 20 (37.74%) .NET
12 19 (35.85%) Finance
12 19 (35.85%) WebDriver
13 18 (33.96%) Python
14 17 (32.08%) Linux
15 16 (30.19%) JUnit
16 15 (28.30%) E-Commerce
16 15 (28.30%) WebLOAD
16 15 (28.30%) NUnit
17 14 (26.42%) Cucumber
18 13 (24.53%) ISTQB
18 13 (24.53%) UNIX
18 13 (24.53%) Windows
18 13 (24.53%) Oracle
18 13 (24.53%) VBScript

Rational Robot
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 20 (37.74%) .NET
2 10 (18.87%) Web Services
3 7 (13.21%) Silverlight
4 6 (11.32%) COM
5 5 (9.434%) WebSphere
6 1 (1.887%) HTML
6 1 (1.887%) JDBC
6 1 (1.887%) JSP
6 1 (1.887%) Swing
6 1 (1.887%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.887%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.660%) HTTPS
2 2 (3.774%) HTTP
3 1 (1.887%) FTP
3 1 (1.887%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.87%) SQL Server
1 10 (18.87%) RDBMS
2 6 (11.32%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (11.32%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 35 (66.04%) Selenium
2 34 (64.15%) QuickTest Pro
3 24 (45.28%) LoadRunner
3 24 (45.28%) TestComplete
4 19 (35.85%) WebDriver
5 16 (30.19%) JUnit
6 15 (28.30%) WebLOAD
6 15 (28.30%) NUnit
7 14 (26.42%) Cucumber
8 9 (16.98%) JMeter
9 7 (13.21%) WinRunner
10 6 (11.32%) JBehave
10 6 (11.32%) Rational Functional Tester
10 6 (11.32%) FitNesse
10 6 (11.32%) TestPartner
11 3 (5.660%) SilkTest
11 3 (5.660%) RSpec
11 3 (5.660%) WatiN
11 3 (5.660%) WATIR
11 3 (5.660%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (35.85%) Finance
2 8 (15.09%) Banking
2 8 (15.09%) Investment Banking
3 7 (13.21%) Financial Institution
3 7 (13.21%) Retail
4 2 (3.774%) Law
Job Titles
1 28 (52.83%) Tester
2 17 (32.08%) Automation Tester
3 13 (24.53%) Technical Tester
4 9 (16.98%) Analyst
5 8 (15.09%) Software Tester
5 8 (15.09%) Senior Analyst
6 7 (13.21%) Developer
6 7 (13.21%) QA Analyst
6 7 (13.21%) Test Engineer
7 6 (11.32%) Senior QA Analyst
7 6 (11.32%) Test Manager
8 5 (9.434%) Consultant
8 5 (9.434%) QA Manager
8 5 (9.434%) Test Consultant
8 5 (9.434%) QA Tester
9 3 (5.660%) Test Analyst
9 3 (5.660%) Senior Test Analyst
9 3 (5.660%) Senior Tester
9 3 (5.660%) Agile Test Analyst
9 3 (5.660%) Senior Automation Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Open Source
2 6 (11.32%) Mobile App
2 6 (11.32%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (11.32%) Computer Science
2 6 (11.32%) EPoS
3 4 (7.547%) Client/Server
4 3 (5.660%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (5.660%) Equities
4 3 (5.660%) Fixed Income
4 3 (5.660%) Derivative
4 3 (5.660%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (5.660%) Social Media
4 3 (5.660%) iPad
4 3 (5.660%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.887%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 17 (32.08%) Linux
2 13 (24.53%) UNIX
2 13 (24.53%) Windows
3 7 (13.21%) Solaris
4 6 (11.32%) Windows 7
4 6 (11.32%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (11.32%) Windows Vista
5 5 (9.434%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (9.434%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (60.38%) Test Automation
2 25 (47.17%) Scrum
3 23 (43.40%) Software Testing
4 22 (41.51%) Agile Software Development
5 15 (28.30%) E-Commerce
6 11 (20.75%) TDD
7 9 (16.98%) Integration Testing
7 9 (16.98%) BDD
7 9 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (13.21%) Scalability Testing
8 7 (13.21%) Automation Testing
9 6 (11.32%) Performance Testing
10 5 (9.434%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (7.547%) Automated Testing
12 3 (5.660%) OO
12 3 (5.660%) Continuous Integration
12 3 (5.660%) Manual Testing
12 3 (5.660%) Investment Management
12 3 (5.660%) Kanban
12 3 (5.660%) ATDD
Programming Languages
1 30 (56.60%) C#
2 28 (52.83%) Java
3 20 (37.74%) Ruby
3 20 (37.74%) SQL
3 20 (37.74%) Perl
4 18 (33.96%) Python
5 13 (24.53%) VBScript
6 10 (18.87%) PL/SQL
7 7 (13.21%) VB
7 7 (13.21%) VB.NET
7 7 (13.21%) Korn
8 6 (11.32%) Tcl
9 2 (3.774%) C
9 2 (3.774%) C++
10 1 (1.887%) JavaScript
10 1 (1.887%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (49.06%) ISEB
2 13 (24.53%) ISTQB
3 7 (13.21%) Degree
4 2 (3.774%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (66.04%) QA
System Software
1 5 (9.434%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (5.660%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (9.434%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 13 (24.53%) Oracle
2 12 (22.64%) IBM
3 8 (15.09%) VMware
4 7 (13.21%) Microsoft
5 6 (11.32%) Telerik
5 6 (11.32%) Compuware
6 5 (9.434%) HP
6 5 (9.434%) Red Hat
6 5 (9.434%) Citrix
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Test Analyst, Test Engineer, QA Engineer, Senior Test Analyst, Test Lead, Test Team Lead, Test Leader, automation, automated, Selenium, manual, functional, integration, UNIX, Linux, Java, ISEB, ISTQB, QuickTest...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Max overall package = £60,000.Senior Test Analyst, Test Team Lead, Team Leading, Test Team Leader, Test Lead, Test Leader, ISEB, ISTQB, Automation, Automated, Functional Testing, Performance Testing,...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 1 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
At least 4 years solid Automation experience in a tool such as QTP, Rational Robot, Compuware TestPartner or Rational Functional Tester ?At least 2 years development experience in...
Next Move IT
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013