The first table below looks at the demand for QARun skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QARun over the 3 months to 22 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Compuware QARun
Rank - 176 163
Permanent jobs citing QARun 0 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester - 0.027% 0.154%
As % of the Development Applications category - 0.188% 1.188%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 6
Average salary - £21,500 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -65.60%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
% change year-on-year
+10.09% -0.90%
All Development Applications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
664 533 505
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 16.17% 14.46% 13.00%
Number of salaries quoted 597 481 471
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,150 £57,500 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
QARun
North West

QARun
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester QARun Jobs Demand Trend

QARun
Salary Trend

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

Manchester QARun Salary Trend

QARun
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing QARun 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 QARun.

1 1 (100.00%) WinRunner
1 1 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) TestPartner
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

QARun
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing QARun 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 QARun. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) WinRunner
1 1 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (100.00%) TestPartner
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation