The first table below looks at the demand for QuickTest Pro skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Rank 172 173 130
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -43
Permanent jobs citing QuickTest Pro 15 3 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.357% 0.080% 0.875%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.259% 0.544% 6.863%
Number of salaries quoted 15 2 35
Average salary £52,500 £32,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+61.53% -9.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £26,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £38,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £38,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-8.49% +2.00%
All Development Applications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
664 551 510
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 15.79% 14.66% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 581 492 481
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
QuickTest Pro
North West

QuickTest Pro
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester QuickTest Pro Jobs Demand Trend

QuickTest Pro
Salary Trend

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

Manchester QuickTest Pro Salary Trend

QuickTest Pro
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Manchester QuickTest Pro Salary Histogram

QuickTest Pro
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Vacancies
Altrincham - 6 £55,000 -
QuickTest Pro
North West

QuickTest Pro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing QuickTest Pro 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 QuickTest Pro.

1 18 (94.74%) Selenium
2 16 (84.21%) ISEB
3 15 (78.95%) LoadRunner
4 14 (73.68%) JUnit
4 14 (73.68%) TestPartner
4 14 (73.68%) SilkPerformer
4 14 (73.68%) QALoad
4 14 (73.68%) jMock
4 14 (73.68%) EasyMock
5 10 (52.63%) QA
5 10 (52.63%) SQL
6 9 (47.37%) Degree
6 9 (47.37%) ISTQB
6 9 (47.37%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (42.11%) Oracle
7 8 (42.11%) ISO 9001
7 8 (42.11%) Manual Testing
8 7 (36.84%) Software Testing
9 6 (31.58%) Automated Testing
9 6 (31.58%) QMS
9 6 (31.58%) Automation Testing
10 3 (15.79%) Java
10 3 (15.79%) V-Model
10 3 (15.79%) HP Quality Center
10 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
11 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
11 2 (10.53%) FitNesse
11 2 (10.53%) Test Strategy
11 2 (10.53%) Banking
11 2 (10.53%) Finance

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing QuickTest Pro 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 QuickTest Pro. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) Internet
Development Applications
1 18 (94.74%) Selenium
2 15 (78.95%) LoadRunner
3 14 (73.68%) JUnit
3 14 (73.68%) TestPartner
3 14 (73.68%) SilkPerformer
3 14 (73.68%) QALoad
3 14 (73.68%) jMock
3 14 (73.68%) EasyMock
4 2 (10.53%) FitNesse
5 1 (5.263%) TestDirector
General
1 2 (10.53%) Banking
1 2 (10.53%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (5.263%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Test Consultant
1 6 (31.58%) Consultant
1 6 (31.58%) Head of Testing
2 4 (21.05%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Test Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Test Leader
4 1 (5.263%) Software Tester
4 1 (5.263%) Test Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Tester
4 1 (5.263%) Agile Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (42.11%) Manual Testing
3 7 (36.84%) Software Testing
4 6 (31.58%) Automated Testing
4 6 (31.58%) QMS
4 6 (31.58%) Automation Testing
5 3 (15.79%) V-Model
5 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
6 2 (10.53%) Test Strategy
6 2 (10.53%) Business Analysis
7 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.263%) Programme Management
7 1 (5.263%) E-Commerce
7 1 (5.263%) SOA
7 1 (5.263%) Regression Testing
7 1 (5.263%) Benchmarking
7 1 (5.263%) Waterfall
7 1 (5.263%) Test Automation
7 1 (5.263%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) SQL
2 3 (15.79%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (84.21%) ISEB
2 9 (47.37%) Degree
2 9 (47.37%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) QA
2 8 (42.11%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Oracle
2 1 (5.263%) Cognizant
Manchester, Lancashire
The Automation Test Consultant (QACenter, LoadRunner, QALoad, JUnit, SQL, ISO9001) must have hands on, practical experience with Automation tools such as QACenter, LoadRunner, QALoad, SilkPerformer, TestPartner, Selenium, QTP...
TEKsystems
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + package
Posted: 13 June 2013