The first table below looks at the demand for SilkTest skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SilkTest over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Borland SilkTest
Rank 600 617 632
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +15
Permanent jobs citing SilkTest 4 24 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.009% 0.045% 0.017%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.060% 0.333% 0.142%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 10
Average salary £30,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% -5.55%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £52,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +40.00%
All Development Applications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
6697 7212 7041
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 15.38% 13.45% 11.99%
Number of salaries quoted 5750 6364 6136
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 £66,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
SilkTest
England

SilkTest
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London SilkTest Jobs Demand Trend

SilkTest
Salary Trend

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

London SilkTest Salary Trend

SilkTest
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SilkTest across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London SilkTest Salary Histogram

SilkTest
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SilkTest within the London region over the 3 months to 23 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
City of London +7 2 £37,500 -29.90%
SilkTest
England

SilkTest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing SilkTest 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 SilkTest.

1 9 (81.82%) Agile Software Development
1 9 (81.82%) QA
2 8 (72.73%) Selenium
2 8 (72.73%) QuickTest Pro
3 6 (54.55%) Java
3 6 (54.55%) Automated Testing
3 6 (54.55%) Cucumber
4 5 (45.45%) Ruby
4 5 (45.45%) Finance
4 5 (45.45%) C#
4 5 (45.45%) C++
5 4 (36.36%) SQL
5 4 (36.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (36.36%) Rational Robot
5 4 (36.36%) Equities
5 4 (36.36%) Derivative
5 4 (36.36%) Manual Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
6 3 (27.27%) TestComplete
6 3 (27.27%) F#
6 3 (27.27%) Degree
6 3 (27.27%) Performance Testing
6 3 (27.27%) HTTP
6 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
6 3 (27.27%) Python
6 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
7 2 (18.18%) Web Services
7 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
7 2 (18.18%) OOP
7 2 (18.18%) OO

SilkTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing SilkTest 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 SilkTest. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (18.18%) Web Services
2 1 (9.091%) COM
2 1 (9.091%) J2EE
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) HTTP
1 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (72.73%) Selenium
1 8 (72.73%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (54.55%) Cucumber
3 4 (36.36%) Rational Robot
4 3 (27.27%) TestComplete
5 2 (18.18%) NUnit
5 2 (18.18%) Robotium
6 1 (9.091%) Jenkins
6 1 (9.091%) Hudson
6 1 (9.091%) Git (software)
6 1 (9.091%) WATIR
6 1 (9.091%) JIRA
6 1 (9.091%) Subversion
6 1 (9.091%) Bugzilla
6 1 (9.091%) JMeter
6 1 (9.091%) JUnit
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Tester
2 6 (54.55%) QA Tester
3 4 (36.36%) Test Specialist
3 4 (36.36%) Automation Specialist
3 4 (36.36%) Test Automation Specialist
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Tester
5 1 (9.091%) QA Automation Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Test Leader
5 1 (9.091%) QA Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) QA Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) QA Test Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 4 (36.36%) Equities
1 4 (36.36%) Derivative
2 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) UNIX
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (54.55%) Automated Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Manual Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
4 3 (27.27%) Performance Testing
5 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
5 2 (18.18%) OOP
5 2 (18.18%) OO
5 2 (18.18%) TDD
5 2 (18.18%) Integration Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Software Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Computer Architecture
5 2 (18.18%) BDD
5 2 (18.18%) Automation Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Web Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
6 1 (9.091%) Multithreading
6 1 (9.091%) Software Engineering
6 1 (9.091%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Java
2 5 (45.45%) Ruby
2 5 (45.45%) C#
2 5 (45.45%) C++
3 4 (36.36%) SQL
4 3 (27.27%) F#
4 3 (27.27%) Python
5 2 (18.18%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (81.82%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
London
As a QA Test Analyst / Technical Tester you will test newly developed software, existing software upgrades and deployments to ensure quality is maintained; including manual testing (exploratory, negative...
Client Server
Salary: £35k to £40k + bonus (c15%) + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Understanding of networking TCP/IP and SQL Server. Experience with a scripting or programming language (C#, C++, Java, Python, Ruby) This is an excellent opportunity to establish your...
Client Server
Salary: £35k to £40k + bonus (c15%) + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013