Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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

 HP TestDirector for Quality Center
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank419386252
Rank change year-on-year
Down-33Down-134
Matching permanent IT job ads2633031438
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England0.324 %0.378 %0.748 %
As % of the Development Applications category3.609 %4.753 %9.792 %
Salaries quoted1822471232
Average salary£49,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.66 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£52,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£34,000
% change year-on-year
--4.410 %
England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
7288637514685
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England8.968 %7.950 %7.635 %
Salaries quoted6230537912523
Average salary£40,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
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TestDirector
Demand Trend

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

England TestDirector Demand Trend

TestDirector
Salary Trend

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

England TestDirector Salary Trend

TestDirector
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TestDirector across the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

England TestDirector Salary Histogram

TestDirector
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TestDirector within the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+18175£52,500+16.66 %
South EastDown-7148£31,750-3.78 %
East MidlandsUp+1415£55,000+144.44 %
East of EnglandUp+19£32,500-7.14 %
YorkshireNo change07£28,500-20.83 %
West MidlandsUp+174£38,375-4.06 %
South WestDown-172£25,500-7.27 %
North WestNew entry-2£30,000-
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the England region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector.

1188 (42.25 %)ISEB
2151 (33.93 %)Finance
3141 (31.69 %)QuickTest Pro
4117 (26.29 %)WinRunner
5113 (25.39 %)Banking
6108 (24.27 %)QA
7106 (23.82 %)HP Quality Center
887 (19.55 %)SQL
981 (18.20 %)LoadRunner
1078 (17.53 %)Test Management
1173 (16.40 %)Test Scripting
1266 (14.83 %)SAP
1365 (14.61 %)HP
1464 (14.38 %)User Acceptance Testing
1563 (14.16 %)Investment Banking
1662 (13.93 %)Degree
1761 (13.71 %)Pensions
1858 (13.03 %)Automated Testing
1954 (12.13 %)Project Management
2051 (11.46 %)Retail
2146 (10.34 %)System Testing
2245 (10.11 %)TCP/IP
2343 (9.663 %)UNIX
2442 (9.438 %)Client/Server
2538 (8.539 %)Oracle
2637 (8.315 %)Insurance
2637 (8.315 %)Security Cleared
2736 (8.090 %)Manual Testing
2736 (8.090 %)PRINCE2
2835 (7.865 %).NET

TestDirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the England region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
135 (7.865 %).NET
221 (4.719 %)XML
310 (2.247 %)Web Services
47 (1.573 %).NET Framework
56 (1.348 %)J2EE
65 (1.124 %)HTML
74 (0.899 %)ASP.NET
74 (0.899 %)XHTML
74 (0.899 %)LAMP
83 (0.674 %)Spring
83 (0.674 %)ASP
92 (0.449 %)Flash
92 (0.449 %)WebSphere
92 (0.449 %)XML Messaging
92 (0.449 %)Oracle ADF
101 (0.225 %)FIXML
101 (0.225 %)FpML
England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (0.899 %)SAS
23 (0.674 %)JCAPS
23 (0.674 %)WebLogic
32 (0.449 %)IIS
32 (0.449 %)Apache
32 (0.449 %)Tomcat
32 (0.449 %)Oracle 10gAS
41 (0.225 %)Oracle Workflow
England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
125 (5.618 %)MS Excel
29 (2.022 %)MS Project
37 (1.573 %)MS Office
46 (1.348 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (0.899 %)MS Visio
England IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (1.348 %)SAP FI
22 (0.449 %)SAP GRC
31 (0.225 %)Oracle Financials
31 (0.225 %)Endur
31 (0.225 %)Oracle EBS
31 (0.225 %)SAP FI/CO
31 (0.225 %)SAP CO
England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
145 (10.11 %)TCP/IP
235 (7.865 %)Internet
35 (1.124 %)DNS
44 (0.899 %)DHCP
52 (0.449 %)Intranet
61 (0.225 %)Ethernet
61 (0.225 %)FTP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
130 (6.742 %)SQL Server
218 (4.045 %)Datawarehouse
314 (3.146 %)ETL
46 (1.348 %)MySQL
46 (1.348 %)Oracle Reports
46 (1.348 %)SAP BW
46 (1.348 %)Reference Data
54 (0.899 %)RDBMS
54 (0.899 %)SAP BI
63 (0.674 %)Oracle 10g
63 (0.674 %)Oracle Discoverer
63 (0.674 %)Neoview
72 (0.449 %)SQL Server 2000
72 (0.449 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (0.225 %)Base SAS
81 (0.225 %)Siebel EIM
81 (0.225 %)OLTP
81 (0.225 %)Oracle 9i
81 (0.225 %)MS Access
England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1141 (31.69 %)QuickTest Pro
2117 (26.29 %)WinRunner
381 (18.20 %)LoadRunner
418 (4.045 %)PVCS
517 (3.820 %)SilkTest
613 (2.921 %)Selenium
711 (2.472 %)Bugzilla
89 (2.022 %)TestPartner
98 (1.798 %)ClearCase
98 (1.798 %)StarTeam
98 (1.798 %)JIRA
106 (1.348 %)FitNesse
106 (1.348 %)TestComplete
106 (1.348 %)Team Foundation Server
115 (1.124 %)WATIR
115 (1.124 %)Rational Robot
124 (0.899 %)ClearQuest
124 (0.899 %)VSS/SourceSafe
124 (0.899 %)SilkCentral
133 (0.674 %)Subversion
England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1151 (33.93 %)Finance
2113 (25.39 %)Banking
363 (14.16 %)Investment Banking
461 (13.71 %)Pensions
551 (11.46 %)Retail
637 (8.315 %)Insurance
727 (6.067 %)Government
823 (5.169 %)Retail Banking
921 (4.719 %)Front Office
1016 (3.596 %)Telecoms
1113 (2.921 %)Health
128 (1.798 %)Local Government
136 (1.348 %)Back Office
145 (1.124 %)Automotive
154 (0.899 %)Marketing
163 (0.674 %)Legal
163 (0.674 %)Education
163 (0.674 %)Military
172 (0.449 %)Manufacturing
172 (0.449 %)Construction
England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1136 (30.56 %)Analyst
2134 (30.11 %)Test Manager
3123 (27.64 %)Tester
4111 (24.94 %)Test Analyst
544 (9.888 %)Test Engineer
641 (9.213 %)SAP Manager
641 (9.213 %)SAP Test Manager
738 (8.539 %)Programme Test Manager
738 (8.539 %)Programme Manager
826 (5.843 %)QA Engineer
925 (5.618 %)SAP Programme Manager
925 (5.618 %)Senior Tester
1023 (5.169 %)Technical Engineer
1121 (4.719 %)Senior Test Engineer
1220 (4.494 %)Senior QA Engineer
1220 (4.494 %)Consultant
1316 (3.596 %)QA Analyst
1413 (2.921 %)Test Consultant
1512 (2.697 %)Senior Consultant
1611 (2.472 %)Technical Tester
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
142 (9.438 %)Client/Server
229 (6.517 %)Fixed Income
325 (5.618 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
420 (4.494 %)Derivative
514 (3.146 %)Equities
68 (1.798 %)Open Source
76 (1.348 %)PDA
76 (1.348 %)CMDB
84 (0.899 %)Mathematics
84 (0.899 %)Computer Science
84 (0.899 %)MPEG
84 (0.899 %)Mainframe
93 (0.674 %)EPoS
93 (0.674 %)Chip and PIN
93 (0.674 %)EFT
93 (0.674 %)DTV
93 (0.674 %)IPTV
93 (0.674 %)Video on Demand
102 (0.449 %)Credit Risk
102 (0.449 %)NHS
England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
143 (9.663 %)UNIX
234 (7.640 %)Windows
326 (5.843 %)Windows Server 2003
424 (5.393 %)Windows XP
55 (1.124 %)Windows 2000
64 (0.899 %)Solaris
73 (0.674 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (0.225 %)Linux
England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
178 (17.53 %)Test Management
273 (16.40 %)Test Scripting
364 (14.38 %)User Acceptance Testing
458 (13.03 %)Automated Testing
554 (12.13 %)Project Management
646 (10.34 %)System Testing
736 (8.090 %)Manual Testing
736 (8.090 %)PRINCE2
832 (7.191 %)Software Testing
931 (6.966 %)V-Model
1027 (6.067 %)SAP Implementation
1126 (5.843 %)Test Automation
1223 (5.169 %)OO
1319 (4.270 %)Regression Testing
1418 (4.045 %)Agile Software Development
1418 (4.045 %)Performance Testing
1516 (3.596 %)Web Testing
1516 (3.596 %)Business Development
1615 (3.371 %)Business Intelligence
1713 (2.921 %)RUP
England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
187 (19.55 %)SQL
218 (4.045 %)Java
311 (2.472 %)Shell Script
410 (2.247 %)C++
59 (2.022 %)C#
59 (2.022 %)VBScript
65 (1.124 %)VBA
74 (0.899 %)C
74 (0.899 %)Perl
83 (0.674 %)COBOL
83 (0.674 %)PL/SQL
92 (0.449 %)VB
92 (0.449 %)VB.NET
92 (0.449 %)T-SQL
92 (0.449 %)PHP
92 (0.449 %)JavaScript
92 (0.449 %)XPath
101 (0.225 %)JCL
England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1188 (42.25 %)ISEB
262 (13.93 %)Degree
337 (8.315 %)Security Cleared
412 (2.697 %)SC Cleared
412 (2.697 %)PMP
412 (2.697 %)PMI Certification
412 (2.697 %)ISTQB
511 (2.472 %)ISEB Practitioner
68 (1.798 %)DV Cleared
75 (1.124 %)MCP
75 (1.124 %)Microsoft Certification
84 (0.899 %)Siebel Certification
93 (0.674 %)HP ASE
102 (0.449 %)NVQ Level 3
111 (0.225 %)BC Cleared
111 (0.225 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
111 (0.225 %)ITIL Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1108 (24.27 %)QA
England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (2.022 %)Active Directory
21 (0.225 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
England IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1106 (23.82 %)HP Quality Center
24 (0.899 %)OpenView Configuration Management
32 (0.449 %)AutoSys
32 (0.449 %)Tivoli
41 (0.225 %)ServiceCenter
England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
166 (14.83 %)SAP
265 (14.61 %)HP
338 (8.539 %)Oracle
427 (6.067 %)Microsoft
516 (3.596 %)Borland
614 (3.146 %)Compuware
711 (2.472 %)Citrix
88 (1.798 %)Dell
88 (1.798 %)IBM
97 (1.573 %)Siebel
105 (1.124 %)Retek
114 (0.899 %)Murex
114 (0.899 %)Ab Initio
123 (0.674 %)MicroStrategy
132 (0.449 %)Informatica
132 (0.449 %)Remedy
141 (0.225 %)OpenLink
141 (0.225 %)Perforce
141 (0.225 %)Serena
141 (0.225 %)Teradata