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 London 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 London region.

 HP TestDirector for Quality Center
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank317335227
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18Down-108
Matching permanent IT job ads175108718
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London0.450 %0.340 %0.852 %
As % of the Development Applications category4.969 %4.463 %11.98 %
Salaries quoted10994597
Average salary£52,500£45,000£52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66 %-14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£35,300£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,500£77,500£68,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£34,000
% change year-on-year
--4.410 %
London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
352224205992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London9.049 %7.621 %7.107 %
Salaries quoted298320345164
Average salary£45,000£45,000£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
--5.260 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,500£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£70,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
TestDirector EnglandTestDirector
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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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

London 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 London region.

London TestDirector Salary Trend

TestDirector
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London 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
City of LondonDown-3473£52,500+5.00 %
UxbridgeNew entry-4£100,000-
CroydonNew entry-3£29,000-
Docklands, LondonUp+32£55,000+15.78 %
West DraytonNew entry-2--
TestDirector EnglandTestDirector
England

TestDirector
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the London 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.

1111 (44.40 %)ISEB
2101 (40.40 %)QuickTest Pro
396 (38.40 %)Finance
481 (32.40 %)Banking
579 (31.60 %)QA
672 (28.80 %)WinRunner
764 (25.60 %)Test Management
863 (25.20 %)Investment Banking
863 (25.20 %)SQL
955 (22.00 %)Pensions
1052 (20.80 %)HP Quality Center
1147 (18.80 %)Project Management
1246 (18.40 %)SAP
1340 (16.00 %)Degree
1438 (15.20 %)User Acceptance Testing
1537 (14.80 %)LoadRunner
1537 (14.80 %)TCP/IP
1635 (14.00 %)Client/Server
1732 (12.80 %)UNIX
1831 (12.40 %)HP
1831 (12.40 %)Retail
1929 (11.60 %)V-Model
1929 (11.60 %)Fixed Income
1929 (11.60 %)Oracle
2028 (11.20 %)Internet
2028 (11.20 %)System Testing
2028 (11.20 %)Test Scripting
2125 (10.00 %)Automated Testing
2125 (10.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
2223 (9.200 %)OO

TestDirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
122 (8.800 %).NET
214 (5.600 %)XML
37 (2.800 %).NET Framework
44 (1.600 %)LAMP
53 (1.200 %)Spring
62 (0.800 %)XML Messaging
62 (0.800 %)J2EE
71 (0.400 %)FIXML
71 (0.400 %)FpML
London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (1.200 %)WebLogic
13 (1.200 %)SAS
London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
117 (6.800 %)MS Excel
29 (3.600 %)MS Project
36 (2.400 %)MS Office
45 (2.000 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (1.600 %)MS Visio
London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (2.400 %)SAP FI
21 (0.400 %)Endur
21 (0.400 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.400 %)SAP FI/CO
21 (0.400 %)SAP CO
London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
137 (14.80 %)TCP/IP
228 (11.20 %)Internet
31 (0.400 %)FTP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (8.400 %)SQL Server
26 (2.400 %)Reference Data
35 (2.000 %)SAP BW
44 (1.600 %)SAP BI
44 (1.600 %)Oracle Reports
44 (1.600 %)ETL
44 (1.600 %)RDBMS
44 (1.600 %)MySQL
53 (1.200 %)Datawarehouse
53 (1.200 %)Neoview
61 (0.400 %)Siebel EIM
London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1101 (40.40 %)QuickTest Pro
272 (28.80 %)WinRunner
337 (14.80 %)LoadRunner
417 (6.800 %)SilkTest
515 (6.000 %)PVCS
611 (4.400 %)Bugzilla
611 (4.400 %)Selenium
79 (3.600 %)TestPartner
88 (3.200 %)JIRA
96 (2.400 %)FitNesse
105 (2.000 %)ClearCase
114 (1.600 %)SilkCentral
123 (1.200 %)Subversion
123 (1.200 %)VSS/SourceSafe
132 (0.800 %)Visual Studio
141 (0.400 %)JUnit
141 (0.400 %)RequisitePro
141 (0.400 %)ClearQuest
141 (0.400 %)Rational Robot
141 (0.400 %)Rational Rose
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
196 (38.40 %)Finance
281 (32.40 %)Banking
363 (25.20 %)Investment Banking
455 (22.00 %)Pensions
531 (12.40 %)Retail
621 (8.400 %)Front Office
715 (6.000 %)Government
715 (6.000 %)Retail Banking
810 (4.000 %)Insurance
810 (4.000 %)Health
98 (3.200 %)Local Government
106 (2.400 %)Back Office
114 (1.600 %)Marketing
123 (1.200 %)Education
132 (0.800 %)Manufacturing
141 (0.400 %)Financial Institution
141 (0.400 %)Telecoms
141 (0.400 %)Law
141 (0.400 %)Legal
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
189 (35.60 %)Test Manager
282 (32.80 %)Analyst
363 (25.20 %)Test Analyst
454 (21.60 %)Tester
531 (12.40 %)Programme Manager
531 (12.40 %)Programme Test Manager
630 (12.00 %)SAP Test Manager
630 (12.00 %)SAP Manager
726 (10.40 %)QA Engineer
726 (10.40 %)Test Engineer
823 (9.200 %)Technical Engineer
920 (8.000 %)Senior Tester
920 (8.000 %)Senior Test Engineer
920 (8.000 %)Senior QA Engineer
1018 (7.200 %)SAP Programme Manager
1117 (6.800 %)Consultant
1213 (5.200 %)QA Analyst
1312 (4.800 %)Senior Consultant
1411 (4.400 %)Technical Tester
1411 (4.400 %)Test Consultant
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
135 (14.00 %)Client/Server
229 (11.60 %)Fixed Income
325 (10.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
420 (8.000 %)Derivative
512 (4.800 %)Equities
67 (2.800 %)Open Source
73 (1.200 %)Computer Science
73 (1.200 %)CMDB
73 (1.200 %)Chip and PIN
73 (1.200 %)EFT
73 (1.200 %)Mainframe
82 (0.800 %)Management Information System
82 (0.800 %)NHS
82 (0.800 %)Credit Risk
91 (0.400 %)PDA
91 (0.400 %)PMI
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
132 (12.80 %)UNIX
27 (2.800 %)Windows
34 (1.600 %)Solaris
42 (0.800 %)Windows XP
42 (0.800 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.400 %)Linux
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
164 (25.60 %)Test Management
247 (18.80 %)Project Management
338 (15.20 %)User Acceptance Testing
429 (11.60 %)V-Model
528 (11.20 %)Test Scripting
528 (11.20 %)System Testing
625 (10.00 %)Automated Testing
723 (9.200 %)OO
822 (8.800 %)PRINCE2
920 (8.000 %)SAP Implementation
1016 (6.400 %)Business Development
1016 (6.400 %)Test Automation
1114 (5.600 %)Business Intelligence
1213 (5.200 %)Performance Testing
1312 (4.800 %)Manual Testing
1312 (4.800 %)Agile Software Development
1312 (4.800 %)RUP
149 (3.600 %)Validation
149 (3.600 %)Configuration Management
149 (3.600 %)SOA
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
163 (25.20 %)SQL
214 (5.600 %)Java
311 (4.400 %)Shell Script
49 (3.600 %)C++
58 (3.200 %)VBScript
64 (1.600 %)VBA
73 (1.200 %)Perl
73 (1.200 %)COBOL
82 (0.800 %)C
91 (0.400 %)C#
91 (0.400 %)VB
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1111 (44.40 %)ISEB
240 (16.00 %)Degree
312 (4.800 %)Security Cleared
410 (4.000 %)PMP
410 (4.000 %)PMI Certification
54 (1.600 %)ISEB Practitioner
54 (1.600 %)ISTQB
54 (1.600 %)Siebel Certification
54 (1.600 %)SC Cleared
63 (1.200 %)HP ASE
72 (0.800 %)NVQ Level 3
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
179 (31.60 %)QA
London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.400 %)Active Directory
London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
152 (20.80 %)HP Quality Center
22 (0.800 %)AutoSys
31 (0.400 %)ServiceCenter
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
146 (18.40 %)SAP
231 (12.40 %)HP
329 (11.60 %)Oracle
414 (5.600 %)Compuware
513 (5.200 %)Microsoft
611 (4.400 %)Citrix
78 (3.200 %)Borland
87 (2.800 %)Siebel
95 (2.000 %)Retek
104 (1.600 %)Murex
113 (1.200 %)MicroStrategy
113 (1.200 %)Ab Initio
122 (0.800 %)Remedy
131 (0.400 %)OpenLink
131 (0.400 %)Perforce
131 (0.400 %)Serena
131 (0.400 %)Informatica