The first table below looks at the demand for TestPartner skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TestPartner 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
Compuware TestPartner
Rank 173 174 162
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -12
Permanent jobs citing TestPartner 14 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.333% 0.053% 0.075%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.108% 0.363% 0.588%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 3
Average salary £52,500 £26,750 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+96.26% -53.47%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £40,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +3.22%
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%
TestPartner
North West

TestPartner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester TestPartner Jobs Demand Trend

TestPartner
Salary Trend

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

Manchester TestPartner Salary Trend

TestPartner
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester TestPartner Salary Histogram

TestPartner
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TestPartner 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
(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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Altrincham - 6 £55,000 -
TestPartner
North West

TestPartner
Top 24 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (100.00%) JUnit
1 14 (100.00%) ISEB
1 14 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 14 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 14 (100.00%) SilkPerformer
1 14 (100.00%) QALoad
1 14 (100.00%) Selenium
1 14 (100.00%) jMock
1 14 (100.00%) EasyMock
2 8 (57.14%) ISTQB
2 8 (57.14%) Degree
2 8 (57.14%) QA
2 8 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (57.14%) ISO 9001
2 8 (57.14%) SQL
2 8 (57.14%) Oracle
3 6 (42.86%) Automated Testing
3 6 (42.86%) Software Testing
3 6 (42.86%) Manual Testing
3 6 (42.86%) QMS
3 6 (42.86%) Automation Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Java
4 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing

TestPartner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Development Applications
1 14 (100.00%) JUnit
1 14 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 14 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 14 (100.00%) SilkPerformer
1 14 (100.00%) QALoad
1 14 (100.00%) Selenium
1 14 (100.00%) jMock
1 14 (100.00%) EasyMock
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Consultant
1 6 (42.86%) Test Consultant
1 6 (42.86%) Head of Testing
2 2 (14.29%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (42.86%) Automated Testing
2 6 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 6 (42.86%) Manual Testing
2 6 (42.86%) QMS
2 6 (42.86%) Automation Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) ISEB
2 8 (57.14%) ISTQB
2 8 (57.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) QA
1 8 (57.14%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle
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