The first table below looks at the demand for OpenSTA skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OpenSTA over the 3 months to 21 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenSTA
Rank - - 617
Permanent jobs citing OpenSTA 0 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London - - 0.012%
As % of the Development Applications category - - 0.103%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 5
Average salary - - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 - -
All Development Applications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
6812 7314 6780
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 15.49% 13.58% 11.92%
Number of salaries quoted 5842 6459 5894
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
OpenSTA
England

OpenSTA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London OpenSTA Salary Trend

OpenSTA
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 3 (75.00%) Perl
1 3 (75.00%) UNIX
1 3 (75.00%) Solaris
1 3 (75.00%) GSM
1 3 (75.00%) PSTN
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Huawei
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) Use Case
2 2 (50.00%) HP
2 2 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) JMeter

OpenSTA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 (75.00%) GSM
1 3 (75.00%) PSTN
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JMeter
General
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) UNIX
1 3 (75.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Use Case
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Perl
2 2 (50.00%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Huawei
1 2 (50.00%) HP