The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the London 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Consultant
Rank 524 608 561
Rank change year-on-year
+84 -47
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Consultant 60 28 89
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.137% 0.052% 0.153%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.147% 0.056% 0.164%
Number of salaries quoted 45 19 74
Average salary £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,700 £29,800 £43,250
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £70,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £40,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -30.43%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40860 50394 54260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.43% 93.96% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 34360 43737 45781
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Consultant
England

Test Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Test Consultant Salary Trend

Test Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London 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
City of London -4 5 £44,000 -34.81%
Test Consultant
England

Test Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 62 (43.06%) HP
2 59 (40.97%) HP Quality Center
3 56 (38.89%) Degree
4 44 (30.56%) Selenium
4 44 (30.56%) Test Management
5 41 (28.47%) ISEB
6 36 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
6 36 (25.00%) LoadRunner
6 36 (25.00%) QA
7 34 (23.61%) Test Strategy
7 34 (23.61%) Software Testing
8 32 (22.22%) E-Commerce
9 30 (20.83%) SAP
9 30 (20.83%) Finance
9 30 (20.83%) Test Scripting
10 29 (20.14%) JIRA
11 24 (16.67%) Performance Testing
11 24 (16.67%) Asset Management
12 23 (15.97%) Test Automation
13 22 (15.28%) Content Management
14 21 (14.58%) User Acceptance Testing
15 19 (13.19%) Java
15 19 (13.19%) SQL
16 17 (11.81%) Oracle
16 17 (11.81%) SAP Certification
16 17 (11.81%) Project Management
17 16 (11.11%) .NET
18 15 (10.42%) Security Cleared
19 13 (9.028%) Retail
19 13 (9.028%) Agile Software Development

Test Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 16 (11.11%) .NET
2 10 (6.944%) HTML
3 7 (4.861%) XML
4 3 (2.083%) Qt
5 1 (0.694%) ASP
5 1 (0.694%) SOAP
5 1 (0.694%) Middleware
5 1 (0.694%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.083%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.389%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (1.389%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (1.389%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 9 (6.250%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.389%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.389%) MS Office
3 1 (0.694%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.083%) SAP CO
1 3 (2.083%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (2.083%) SAP CRM
1 3 (2.083%) SAP SD
1 3 (2.083%) SAP FI
1 3 (2.083%) SAP MM
1 3 (2.083%) SAP IS-U
2 2 (1.389%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.389%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.694%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.250%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.472%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (3.472%) Big Data
1 5 (3.472%) SAP HANA
2 4 (2.778%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.389%) DB2
3 2 (1.389%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (1.389%) MS Access
4 1 (0.694%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.694%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.694%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.694%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (0.694%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 44 (30.56%) Selenium
2 36 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 36 (25.00%) LoadRunner
3 29 (20.14%) JIRA
4 3 (2.083%) Maven
4 3 (2.083%) Subversion
4 3 (2.083%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.083%) TestDirector
4 3 (2.083%) Hudson
4 3 (2.083%) Metasploit
5 2 (1.389%) Rational Functional Tester
5 2 (1.389%) WebDriver
5 2 (1.389%) WinRunner
5 2 (1.389%) ClearQuest
5 2 (1.389%) JUnit
5 2 (1.389%) NUnit
6 1 (0.694%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.694%) FitNesse
General
1 30 (20.83%) Finance
2 13 (9.028%) Retail
2 13 (9.028%) Telecoms
3 6 (4.167%) Games
4 5 (3.472%) Banking
5 4 (2.778%) Retail Banking
5 4 (2.778%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.694%) Advertising
6 1 (0.694%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.861%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (3.472%) NHS
2 5 (3.472%) Digital Media
3 3 (2.083%) Open Source
3 3 (2.083%) Wiki
4 2 (1.389%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.389%) SaaS
4 2 (1.389%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.389%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.694%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.694%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.639%) Windows
2 5 (3.472%) UNIX
3 2 (1.389%) Windows 7
3 2 (1.389%) Linux
4 1 (0.694%) AIX
4 1 (0.694%) HPUX
4 1 (0.694%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (30.56%) Test Management
2 34 (23.61%) Test Strategy
2 34 (23.61%) Software Testing
3 32 (22.22%) E-Commerce
4 30 (20.83%) Test Scripting
5 24 (16.67%) Performance Testing
5 24 (16.67%) Asset Management
6 23 (15.97%) Test Automation
7 22 (15.28%) Content Management
8 21 (14.58%) User Acceptance Testing
9 17 (11.81%) Project Management
10 13 (9.028%) Agile Software Development
11 12 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (7.639%) Integration Testing
12 11 (7.639%) System Testing
12 11 (7.639%) CRM
13 9 (6.250%) TMap
14 8 (5.556%) Waterfall
14 8 (5.556%) Manual Testing
14 8 (5.556%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.19%) Java
1 19 (13.19%) SQL
2 10 (6.944%) VBA
3 5 (3.472%) C#
4 4 (2.778%) C
5 3 (2.083%) C++
5 3 (2.083%) VBScript
5 3 (2.083%) Ruby
6 2 (1.389%) Perl
6 2 (1.389%) Python
Qualifications
1 56 (38.89%) Degree
2 41 (28.47%) ISEB
3 17 (11.81%) SAP Certification
4 15 (10.42%) Security Cleared
5 12 (8.333%) ISTQB
6 6 (4.167%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.778%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (0.694%) PhD
8 1 (0.694%) CISSP
8 1 (0.694%) HP ASE
8 1 (0.694%) HP MASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (25.00%) QA
2 4 (2.778%) Solvency II
3 2 (1.389%) Basel II
System Software
1 2 (1.389%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 59 (40.97%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (2.083%) Nessus
2 3 (2.083%) CORE IMPACT
Vendors
1 62 (43.06%) HP
2 30 (20.83%) SAP
3 17 (11.81%) Oracle
4 13 (9.028%) Microsoft
5 9 (6.250%) Siebel
5 9 (6.250%) Citrix
6 3 (2.083%) IBM
7 2 (1.389%) Cisco
8 1 (0.694%) MicroStrategy
8 1 (0.694%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.694%) EMC
8 1 (0.694%) Compuware
London
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits Package
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London
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London
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