The first table below looks at the demand for TestPartner skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TestPartner 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
Compuware TestPartner
Rank 817 836 802
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -34
Permanent jobs citing TestPartner 24 30 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.024% 0.026% 0.041%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.160% 0.184% 0.316%
Number of salaries quoted 24 29 45
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,800 £30,400 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £62,500 £70,000
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%
TestPartner
UK

TestPartner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England TestPartner Jobs Demand Trend

TestPartner
Salary Trend

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

England TestPartner Salary Trend

TestPartner
Salary Histogram

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

England TestPartner Salary Histogram

TestPartner
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TestPartner 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
North West +11 9 £55,000 +105.60%
South East +4 9 £31,250 -21.87%
West Midlands - 4 £35,000 -
London +46 3 £43,500 -27.50%
TestPartner
UK

TestPartner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 28 (80.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 28 (80.00%) ISEB
2 18 (51.43%) Software Testing
3 17 (48.57%) QA
4 15 (42.86%) Selenium
4 15 (42.86%) LoadRunner
5 14 (40.00%) Test Automation
6 13 (37.14%) EasyMock
6 13 (37.14%) jMock
6 13 (37.14%) QALoad
6 13 (37.14%) SilkPerformer
6 13 (37.14%) JUnit
7 11 (31.43%) ISTQB
8 10 (28.57%) Automated Testing
9 9 (25.71%) Oracle
9 9 (25.71%) Manual Testing
9 9 (25.71%) QMS
10 8 (22.86%) Automation Testing
10 8 (22.86%) SQL
11 7 (20.00%) .NET
11 7 (20.00%) Python
11 7 (20.00%) Firmware
11 7 (20.00%) System Testing
12 6 (17.14%) Rational Functional Tester
12 6 (17.14%) User Acceptance Testing
12 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
12 6 (17.14%) Rational Robot
12 6 (17.14%) Windows
12 6 (17.14%) Compuware
12 6 (17.14%) VB.NET

TestPartner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (2.857%) HTML
2 1 (2.857%) XML
Applications
1 1 (2.857%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.857%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.571%) TOAD
2 1 (2.857%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (80.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 15 (42.86%) Selenium
2 15 (42.86%) LoadRunner
3 13 (37.14%) EasyMock
3 13 (37.14%) jMock
3 13 (37.14%) QALoad
3 13 (37.14%) SilkPerformer
3 13 (37.14%) JUnit
4 6 (17.14%) Rational Functional Tester
4 6 (17.14%) Rational Robot
5 3 (8.571%) QARun
6 2 (5.714%) QADirector
6 2 (5.714%) WinRunner
6 2 (5.714%) TestDirector
7 1 (2.857%) WebLOAD
General
1 6 (17.14%) Retail
2 3 (8.571%) Finance
3 1 (2.857%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Tester
2 12 (34.29%) Software Tester
3 8 (22.86%) Head of Testing
4 6 (17.14%) Automation Tester
5 5 (14.29%) Test Analyst
5 5 (14.29%) Analyst
6 3 (8.571%) QA Analyst
6 3 (8.571%) QA Tester
6 3 (8.571%) Test Leader
7 2 (5.714%) Quality Engineer
7 2 (5.714%) Test Engineer
7 2 (5.714%) Consultant
7 2 (5.714%) Test Consultant
7 2 (5.714%) QA Engineer
7 2 (5.714%) QA Test Analyst
7 2 (5.714%) Software Test Engineer
7 2 (5.714%) Software Engineer
8 1 (2.857%) Test Manager
8 1 (2.857%) Automation Test Analyst
8 1 (2.857%) Quality Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Firmware
2 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
2 6 (17.14%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) Windows
2 3 (8.571%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) Software Testing
2 14 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 10 (28.57%) Automated Testing
4 9 (25.71%) Manual Testing
4 9 (25.71%) QMS
5 8 (22.86%) Automation Testing
6 7 (20.00%) System Testing
7 6 (17.14%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (8.571%) Project Management
9 3 (8.571%) Test Scripting
10 2 (5.714%) Web Development
10 2 (5.714%) Performance Testing
10 2 (5.714%) Regression Testing
10 2 (5.714%) Content Management
10 2 (5.714%) Business Analysis
10 2 (5.714%) Requirements Analysis
10 2 (5.714%) E-Commerce
11 1 (2.857%) Configuration Management
11 1 (2.857%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.86%) SQL
2 7 (20.00%) Python
3 6 (17.14%) VB.NET
4 4 (11.43%) Java
5 3 (8.571%) VB
6 2 (5.714%) VBScript
7 1 (2.857%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.857%) C
7 1 (2.857%) C++
Qualifications
1 28 (80.00%) ISEB
2 11 (31.43%) ISTQB
3 5 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (2.857%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (48.57%) QA
2 5 (14.29%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (2.857%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Oracle
2 6 (17.14%) Compuware
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
With in-depth technical knowledge and capability, particularly around Java and Oracle based solutions, you will challenge test partner decisions and define strategies that encompass the full testing...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 14 May 2013
Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands
As the single point of contact for Load and Performance QA projects, you'll ensure adherence to our framework, manage any deviations and drive continuous improvement including reduced...
Sainsburys
Salary: attractive
Posted: 25 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
You should ideally have experience in some of the following; commercial test tools QACenter, LoadRunner, QALoad, SilkPerformer, TestPartner, Selenium, QTP (and similar), and unit test frameworks such as...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 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