The first table below looks at the demand for OpenSTA skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OpenSTA over the 3 months to 17 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenSTA
Rank 852 - 864
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing OpenSTA 6 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% - 0.006%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.038% - 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
Average salary £37,500 - £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 - -
All Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15950 17226 15715
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 14.80% 14.24% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13613 15130 13800
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%

OpenSTA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing OpenSTA within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

OpenSTA Jobs Demand Trend

OpenSTA
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OpenSTA within the UK.

OpenSTA Salary Trend

OpenSTA
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenSTA within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England - 6 £37,500 -
Yorkshire - 6 £37,500 -
West Yorkshire - 6 £37,500 -
Leeds - 6 £37,500 -

OpenSTA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing OpenSTA 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 OpenSTA.

1 24 (88.89%) JMeter
2 23 (85.19%) Performance Testing
2 23 (85.19%) LoadRunner
3 13 (48.15%) Non-Functional Testing
3 13 (48.15%) E-Commerce
4 8 (29.63%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
6 4 (14.81%) UNIX
7 3 (11.11%) Solaris
7 3 (11.11%) Perl
7 3 (11.11%) GSM
7 3 (11.11%) PSTN
7 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
7 3 (11.11%) Test Scripting
8 2 (7.407%) Time Management
8 2 (7.407%) Test Automation
8 2 (7.407%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (7.407%) Migration
8 2 (7.407%) Use Case
8 2 (7.407%) Software Testing
8 2 (7.407%) Huawei
8 2 (7.407%) QA
8 2 (7.407%) Shell Script
8 2 (7.407%) Data Modelling
8 2 (7.407%) HP
9 1 (3.704%) ISEB
9 1 (3.704%) QuickTest Pro
9 1 (3.704%) Oracle
9 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio
9 1 (3.704%) Python

OpenSTA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing OpenSTA 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 OpenSTA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) GSM
1 3 (11.11%) PSTN
2 1 (3.704%) Internet
Development Applications
1 24 (88.89%) JMeter
2 23 (85.19%) LoadRunner
3 1 (3.704%) Selenium
3 1 (3.704%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.704%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.704%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Test Leader
1 15 (55.56%) Performance Test Leader
2 9 (33.33%) Analyst
2 9 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
4 7 (25.93%) Senior Analyst
4 7 (25.93%) Senior Test Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Test Manager
6 1 (3.704%) Agile Test Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Performance Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Performance Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.704%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) UNIX
2 3 (11.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (85.19%) Performance Testing
2 13 (48.15%) E-Commerce
2 13 (48.15%) Non-Functional Testing
3 8 (29.63%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (11.11%) Test Scripting
5 2 (7.407%) Time Management
5 2 (7.407%) Test Automation
5 2 (7.407%) Data Modelling
5 2 (7.407%) Migration
5 2 (7.407%) Software Testing
5 2 (7.407%) Use Case
6 1 (3.704%) Load Testing
6 1 (3.704%) Stress Testing
6 1 (3.704%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Perl
2 2 (7.407%) Shell Script
3 1 (3.704%) Java
3 1 (3.704%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (3.704%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.407%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (7.407%) HP
1 2 (7.407%) Huawei
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle