The first 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 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
HP TestDirector for Quality Center
Rank 580 584 537
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -47
Permanent jobs citing TestDirector 24 57 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.055% 0.106% 0.179%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.358% 0.790% 1.491%
Number of salaries quoted 18 51 90
Average salary £58,750 £50,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,700 £37,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £85,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £40,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year
-21.25% +21.21%
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%
TestDirector
England

TestDirector
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London TestDirector Jobs Demand Trend

TestDirector
Salary Trend

This 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

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

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 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 -2 9 £55,000 +10.00%
Croydon +2 2 £47,500 -
Bromley - 1 £60,000 -
Docklands, London - 1 £87,500 -
Canary Wharf - 1 - -
TestDirector
England

TestDirector
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 31 (52.54%) Finance
2 22 (37.29%) HP Quality Center
3 19 (32.20%) Banking
4 18 (30.51%) ISEB
4 18 (30.51%) SQL
5 16 (27.12%) UNIX
5 16 (27.12%) Test Management
6 15 (25.42%) WinRunner
7 14 (23.73%) Java
7 14 (23.73%) ISTQB
7 14 (23.73%) Degree
8 13 (22.03%) Software Testing
9 11 (18.64%) QA
9 11 (18.64%) C
9 11 (18.64%) VB
10 10 (16.95%) Perl
10 10 (16.95%) Project Management
10 10 (16.95%) Investment Banking
10 10 (16.95%) Computer Science
11 8 (13.56%) JIRA
11 8 (13.56%) User Acceptance Testing
11 8 (13.56%) QuickTest Pro
12 7 (11.86%) LoadRunner
12 7 (11.86%) Oracle
12 7 (11.86%) Equities
12 7 (11.86%) Regression Testing
12 7 (11.86%) Test Scripting
12 7 (11.86%) Change Control
13 6 (10.17%) Test Strategy
13 6 (10.17%) HP

TestDirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 6 (10.17%) .NET
2 4 (6.780%) XML
3 3 (5.085%) ASP.NET
3 3 (5.085%) WebSphere
4 2 (3.390%) .NET Framework
4 2 (3.390%) WCF
4 2 (3.390%) Web Services
5 1 (1.695%) Middleware
5 1 (1.695%) XML Messaging
5 1 (1.695%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (1.695%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.695%) Apache Flex
5 1 (1.695%) WPF
5 1 (1.695%) WF
5 1 (1.695%) Silverlight
5 1 (1.695%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
5 1 (1.695%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.085%) CICS
2 1 (1.695%) MQSeries
2 1 (1.695%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.695%) Documentum
Applications
1 3 (5.085%) MS Office
2 2 (3.390%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.695%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.695%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.085%) PeopleSoft HRMS
1 3 (5.085%) SAP HR
1 3 (5.085%) Oracle HRMS
1 3 (5.085%) Taleo
2 1 (1.695%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.695%) FTP
1 1 (1.695%) HTTP
1 1 (1.695%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.17%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.390%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (3.390%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (1.695%) Oracle 9i
3 1 (1.695%) TOAD
3 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.695%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (1.695%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.695%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (25.42%) WinRunner
2 8 (13.56%) JIRA
2 8 (13.56%) QuickTest Pro
3 7 (11.86%) LoadRunner
4 5 (8.475%) Selenium
5 3 (5.085%) ClearQuest
6 2 (3.390%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (3.390%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.695%) Visual Studio
7 1 (1.695%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 1 (1.695%) MSI
7 1 (1.695%) JMeter
7 1 (1.695%) Bugzilla
7 1 (1.695%) NUnit
7 1 (1.695%) Subversion
7 1 (1.695%) TestPartner
7 1 (1.695%) MSBuild
7 1 (1.695%) QARun
General
1 31 (52.54%) Finance
2 19 (32.20%) Banking
3 10 (16.95%) Investment Banking
4 6 (10.17%) Telecoms
5 4 (6.780%) Advertising
5 4 (6.780%) Games
6 3 (5.085%) Legal
6 3 (5.085%) Retail
7 2 (3.390%) Front Office
8 1 (1.695%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.695%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 34 (57.63%) Analyst
2 32 (54.24%) Test Analyst
3 14 (23.73%) Tester
4 10 (16.95%) Software Tester
5 6 (10.17%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (10.17%) Test Manager
6 5 (8.475%) Senior Test Analyst
6 5 (8.475%) Environment Manager
6 5 (8.475%) Test Leader
7 4 (6.780%) Test Team Leader
7 4 (6.780%) Head of Testing
7 4 (6.780%) Team Leader
8 2 (3.390%) Product Analyst
8 2 (3.390%) Lead Test Analyst
8 2 (3.390%) Test Architect
8 2 (3.390%) QA Analyst
8 2 (3.390%) Systems Tester
8 2 (3.390%) Test Consultant
8 2 (3.390%) QA Manager
8 2 (3.390%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.95%) Computer Science
2 7 (11.86%) Equities
3 4 (6.780%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (5.085%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.390%) Derivative
5 2 (3.390%) SaaS
5 2 (3.390%) Fixed Income
5 2 (3.390%) AS400
6 1 (1.695%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.695%) NHS
6 1 (1.695%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.695%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.695%) FMCG
6 1 (1.695%) iSeries
6 1 (1.695%) Open Source
6 1 (1.695%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.695%) Market Risk
6 1 (1.695%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 16 (27.12%) UNIX
2 4 (6.780%) Windows
3 3 (5.085%) Windows XP
3 3 (5.085%) Windows 7
4 2 (3.390%) Windows Vista
4 2 (3.390%) Windows 2000
5 1 (1.695%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.12%) Test Management
2 13 (22.03%) Software Testing
3 10 (16.95%) Project Management
4 8 (13.56%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (11.86%) Regression Testing
5 7 (11.86%) Test Scripting
5 7 (11.86%) Change Control
6 6 (10.17%) Test Strategy
7 5 (8.475%) Waterfall
7 5 (8.475%) Integration Testing
7 5 (8.475%) System Testing
7 5 (8.475%) V-Model
8 4 (6.780%) Automated Testing
8 4 (6.780%) Validation
8 4 (6.780%) PRINCE2
9 3 (5.085%) E-Commerce
9 3 (5.085%) Scrum
9 3 (5.085%) TMap
9 3 (5.085%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (5.085%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (30.51%) SQL
2 14 (23.73%) Java
3 11 (18.64%) C
3 11 (18.64%) VB
4 10 (16.95%) Perl
5 6 (10.17%) C#
6 2 (3.390%) C++
7 1 (1.695%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.695%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.695%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.695%) VBScript
7 1 (1.695%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.695%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.695%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (30.51%) ISEB
2 14 (23.73%) ISTQB
2 14 (23.73%) Degree
3 3 (5.085%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.64%) QA
2 1 (1.695%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 22 (37.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (11.86%) Oracle
2 6 (10.17%) HP
2 6 (10.17%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.780%) Fidessa
3 4 (6.780%) Sybase
4 3 (5.085%) PeopleSoft
4 3 (5.085%) SAP
4 3 (5.085%) Siebel
4 3 (5.085%) IBM
4 3 (5.085%) Ceridian
4 3 (5.085%) i-GRasp
5 1 (1.695%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (1.695%) Sophis