The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Consultant
Rank 709 797 700
Rank change year-on-year
+88 -97
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Consultant 121 66 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.120% 0.058% 0.137%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.127% 0.061% 0.145%
Number of salaries quoted 84 51 118
Average salary £46,000 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.22% -18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,800 £30,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £72,500 £79,250
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £40,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -30.43%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95250 107641 110251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.45% 94.76% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 80210 93021 93605
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Consultant
UK

Test Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Test Consultant across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Test Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Test Consultant
Salary Trend

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

England Test Consultant Salary Trend

Test Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Consultant across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Test Consultant Salary Histogram

Test Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Consultant within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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 +59 58 £47,500 -21.81%
South West +17 14 £46,000 +15.00%
South East +4 14 £58,750 +56.66%
Yorkshire -13 12 £50,000 +38.88%
North West - 12 £27,500 -
East of England +7 7 £45,000 -41.93%
West Midlands -21 2 - -
Test Consultant
UK

Test Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Test Consultant in their job title 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 with Test Consultant in their job title.

1 80 (33.06%) HP
2 75 (30.99%) ISEB
3 74 (30.58%) LoadRunner
3 74 (30.58%) Java
4 68 (28.10%) HP Quality Center
5 66 (27.27%) Selenium
6 59 (24.38%) Oracle
7 55 (22.73%) Degree
8 51 (21.07%) Test Management
8 51 (21.07%) QuickTest Pro
9 49 (20.25%) QA
10 48 (19.83%) User Acceptance Testing
10 48 (19.83%) Security Cleared
11 46 (19.01%) SQL
12 45 (18.60%) Performance Testing
13 42 (17.36%) Software Testing
14 39 (16.12%) UNIX
15 38 (15.70%) Test Automation
16 37 (15.29%) Test Scripting
17 36 (14.88%) Finance
18 34 (14.05%) SAP
18 34 (14.05%) C#
19 32 (13.22%) C++
19 32 (13.22%) E-Commerce
19 32 (13.22%) Agile Software Development
20 31 (12.81%) Test Strategy
21 30 (12.40%) Linux
22 29 (11.98%) HTTP
22 29 (11.98%) JIRA
23 27 (11.16%) Microsoft

Test Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Test Consultant in their job title 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 with Test Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (8.678%) XML
2 17 (7.025%) soapUI
3 16 (6.612%) .NET
4 15 (6.198%) SOAP
4 15 (6.198%) Web Services
4 15 (6.198%) HTML
5 14 (5.785%) REST
6 5 (2.066%) Middleware
6 5 (2.066%) WebSphere
7 3 (1.240%) Qt
8 1 (0.413%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 4 (1.653%) IIS
1 4 (1.653%) Tomcat
2 3 (1.240%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.826%) MS Exchange
3 2 (0.826%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (0.826%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 10 (4.132%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.240%) MS Office
3 2 (0.826%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.413%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.240%) SAP SD
1 3 (1.240%) SAP FI
1 3 (1.240%) SAP MM
1 3 (1.240%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.240%) SAP CRM
1 3 (1.240%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (1.240%) SAP CO
1 3 (1.240%) SAP IS-U
2 2 (0.826%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.413%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.413%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.98%) HTTP
2 19 (7.851%) LAN
2 19 (7.851%) WAN
3 8 (3.306%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.826%) Internet
5 1 (0.413%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.612%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.893%) Oracle 8/8i
3 5 (2.066%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.653%) SAP HANA
4 4 (1.653%) Big Data
5 3 (1.240%) MS Access
6 2 (0.826%) MySQL
7 1 (0.413%) DB2
7 1 (0.413%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.413%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.413%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 74 (30.58%) LoadRunner
2 66 (27.27%) Selenium
3 51 (21.07%) QuickTest Pro
4 29 (11.98%) JIRA
5 15 (6.198%) FitNesse
6 14 (5.785%) WATIR
7 11 (4.545%) Metasploit
8 5 (2.066%) Rational Robot
8 5 (2.066%) SilkTest
9 3 (1.240%) Hudson
9 3 (1.240%) JMeter
9 3 (1.240%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.240%) Subversion
9 3 (1.240%) Maven
10 2 (0.826%) WebDriver
10 2 (0.826%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.826%) Rational Functional Tester
10 2 (0.826%) WinRunner
10 2 (0.826%) TestDirector
10 2 (0.826%) JUnit
General
1 36 (14.88%) Finance
2 22 (9.091%) Retail
3 20 (8.264%) Telecoms
4 6 (2.479%) Games
5 5 (2.066%) Banking
6 3 (1.240%) Investment Banking
6 3 (1.240%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.413%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.785%) Mobile App
2 7 (2.893%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.066%) Digital Media
3 5 (2.066%) NHS
3 5 (2.066%) Open Source
4 3 (1.240%) Computer Science
4 3 (1.240%) Wiki
5 2 (0.826%) SaaS
5 2 (0.826%) Client/Server
5 2 (0.826%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.413%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.413%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 39 (16.12%) UNIX
2 30 (12.40%) Linux
3 24 (9.917%) Windows
4 7 (2.893%) Windows 7
5 5 (2.066%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (2.066%) Windows XP
5 5 (2.066%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (2.066%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (2.066%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.413%) HPUX
6 1 (0.413%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (21.07%) Test Management
2 48 (19.83%) User Acceptance Testing
3 45 (18.60%) Performance Testing
4 42 (17.36%) Software Testing
5 38 (15.70%) Test Automation
6 37 (15.29%) Test Scripting
7 32 (13.22%) Agile Software Development
7 32 (13.22%) E-Commerce
8 31 (12.81%) Test Strategy
9 26 (10.74%) Penetration Testing
10 25 (10.33%) Asset Management
10 25 (10.33%) System Testing
11 24 (9.917%) Content Management
12 22 (9.091%) Project Management
12 22 (9.091%) Waterfall
13 21 (8.678%) Unit Testing
14 19 (7.851%) Stakeholder Management
15 16 (6.612%) Regression Testing
16 15 (6.198%) ITIL
17 14 (5.785%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 74 (30.58%) Java
2 46 (19.01%) SQL
3 34 (14.05%) C#
4 32 (13.22%) C++
5 18 (7.438%) Ruby
6 17 (7.025%) C
7 16 (6.612%) Python
8 15 (6.198%) PHP
9 14 (5.785%) Shell Script
10 11 (4.545%) VBA
11 5 (2.066%) VBScript
12 2 (0.826%) Perl
13 1 (0.413%) VB
Qualifications
1 75 (30.99%) ISEB
2 55 (22.73%) Degree
3 48 (19.83%) Security Cleared
4 25 (10.33%) SC Cleared
5 22 (9.091%) ISTQB
6 14 (5.785%) DV Cleared
6 14 (5.785%) SAP Certification
7 9 (3.719%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (0.413%) CISSP
8 1 (0.413%) PhD
8 1 (0.413%) HP ASE
8 1 (0.413%) HP MASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (20.25%) QA
2 4 (1.653%) Solvency II
3 2 (0.826%) Basel II
System Software
1 8 (3.306%) Nmap
2 7 (2.893%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.066%) VMware ESX
3 5 (2.066%) VMware Workstation
3 5 (2.066%) Oracle RAC
3 5 (2.066%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 68 (28.10%) HP Quality Center
2 11 (4.545%) Nessus
3 5 (2.066%) HP SiteScope
4 3 (1.240%) CORE IMPACT
Vendors
1 80 (33.06%) HP
2 59 (24.38%) Oracle
3 34 (14.05%) SAP
4 27 (11.16%) Microsoft
5 23 (9.504%) Citrix
6 12 (4.959%) Siebel
7 11 (4.545%) IBM
8 10 (4.132%) VMware
8 10 (4.132%) Cisco
9 5 (2.066%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.653%) Fujitsu
11 1 (0.413%) Cognizant
11 1 (0.413%) JDA
11 1 (0.413%) MicroStrategy
11 1 (0.413%) Compuware
11 1 (0.413%) EMC
Redhill, Surrey
A leading software provider requires a Test Consultant, this is an exceptional opportunity to join a dynamic, fast paced organisation is a varied and exciting role. You'll...
ISL
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: up to 46k + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
South East
Strong Test Automation experience with tools like QTP, Selenium (Primary Skill) - Strong experience in Performance testing using tools like loadrunner, Jmeter, silkperformer etc... ISEB/ISTQB qualification is essential.
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 6 May 2013