Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for QuickTest Pro skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category.

LinkHP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank306410377
Rank change year-on-year
Up+104Down-33
Matching permanent IT job ads481282875
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.560 %0.333 %0.429 %
As % of the Development Applications category6.247 %4.181 %5.633 %
Salaries quoted391219721
Average salary£45,000£39,750£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.20 %+6.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£27,500£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£55,000£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£32,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
+4.610 %-7.140 %
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
7700674415533
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.962 %7.952 %7.611 %
Salaries quoted6515566013099
Average salary£40,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

QuickTest Pro
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

QuickTest Pro Demand Trend

QuickTest Pro
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro within the UK.

QuickTest Pro Salary Trend

QuickTest Pro
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

QuickTest Pro Salary Histogram

QuickTest Pro
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+99455£45,000+13.92 %
LondonUp+83327£52,500+10.52 %
City of LondonUp+15102£52,500+5.00 %
South EastDown-366£32,500-6.47 %
SurreyUp+2229£42,000+40.00 %
East of EnglandUp+1418£27,000-12.19 %
South WestUp+614£36,250+36.79 %
WalesNew entry-14£34,000-
South WalesNew entry-12£34,500-
CambridgeshireUp+211£27,500-5.63 %
North WestUp+2010£37,500-5.06 %
M4 CorridorUp+310£31,000-18.42 %
NewportNew entry-10£35,000-
CroydonNew entry-10£65,000-
Docklands, LondonUp+79£65,000+30.00 %
YorkshireUp+59£34,000+21.42 %
HampshireUp+308£30,000-
West YorkshireUp+148£34,000+30.76 %
BerkshireDown-228£41,500+19.42 %
OxfordshireDown-57£31,500-28.81 %
West MidlandsUp+246£32,500+30.00 %
ScotlandUp+136£32,000-42.34 %
Canary WharfUp+96£67,500+35.00 %
GlasgowDown-25--
CambridgeDown-65£26,000-10.78 %
StainesNew entry-5£42,000-
AvonNew entry-5£37,500-
LeedsUp+204£34,000+30.76 %
BristolUp+134£42,500+65.04 %
East MidlandsUp+44£29,000-22.66 %

QuickTest Pro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1431 (44.57 %)Finance
2370 (38.26 %)QA
3346 (35.78 %)SQL
4286 (29.58 %)ISEB
5225 (23.27 %)LoadRunner
6210 (21.72 %)WinRunner
7208 (21.51 %)HP
8181 (18.72 %)UNIX
9180 (18.61 %)Automated Testing
10179 (18.51 %)Banking
11177 (18.30 %)Test Automation
12157 (16.24 %)Java
12157 (16.24 %)TestDirector
13154 (15.93 %)Test Scripting
14142 (14.68 %)Pensions
15131 (13.55 %).NET
16126 (13.03 %)Degree
17118 (12.20 %)Test Management
18117 (12.10 %)Oracle
19116 (12.00 %)Investment Banking
20111 (11.48 %)VBScript
21106 (10.96 %)Selenium
22102 (10.55 %)Agile Software Development
2392 (9.514 %)HP Quality Center
2392 (9.514 %)VB
2491 (9.411 %)Perl
2590 (9.307 %)Derivative
2685 (8.790 %)C#
2780 (8.273 %)Client/Server
2879 (8.170 %)Scrum

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1131 (13.55 %).NET
264 (6.618 %)XML
334 (3.516 %)WebSphere
426 (2.689 %)Web Services
523 (2.378 %).NET Framework
523 (2.378 %)Spring
621 (2.172 %)Hibernate
717 (1.758 %)HTML
816 (1.655 %)AJAX
912 (1.241 %)J2EE
1011 (1.138 %)ASP
1110 (1.034 %)ASP.NET
1110 (1.034 %)Middleware
126 (0.620 %)JMS
126 (0.620 %)Java SE
126 (0.620 %)EJB 3.0
126 (0.620 %)EJB
126 (0.620 %)JDBC
126 (0.620 %)Swing
135 (0.517 %)Flash
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
115 (1.551 %)IIS
210 (1.034 %)Apache
210 (1.034 %)WebSphere Message Broker
39 (0.931 %)WebLogic
46 (0.620 %)MQSeries
46 (0.620 %)SharePoint
55 (0.517 %)Tomcat
63 (0.310 %)JCAPS
63 (0.310 %)BizTalk Server
63 (0.310 %)CMS
71 (0.103 %)Confluence
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
136 (3.723 %)MS Excel
226 (2.689 %)MS Office
33 (0.310 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (1.034 %)Singl.eView
26 (0.620 %)SunGard Martini
33 (0.310 %)SAP CRM
42 (0.207 %)SAP IS-U
51 (0.103 %)Siebel Analytics
51 (0.103 %)Summit
51 (0.103 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.103 %)Oracle Applications
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
134 (3.516 %)TCP/IP
228 (2.896 %)Internet
311 (1.138 %)NGN
47 (0.724 %)DSLAM
47 (0.724 %)BSS
53 (0.310 %)HTTP
62 (0.207 %)Intranet
71 (0.103 %)TDMA
71 (0.103 %)FTP
71 (0.103 %)SAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
154 (5.584 %)SQL Server
217 (1.758 %)MySQL
315 (1.551 %)RDBMS
411 (1.138 %)Oracle 8/8i
510 (1.034 %)TOAD
69 (0.931 %)Datawarehouse
69 (0.931 %)Reference Data
78 (0.827 %)ETL
85 (0.517 %)Oracle Reports
93 (0.310 %)DTS
93 (0.310 %)BusinessObjects
93 (0.310 %)SAP BW
93 (0.310 %)Siebel EIM
102 (0.207 %)BODI
102 (0.207 %)SQL Server 2005
102 (0.207 %)SQL Server 2000
111 (0.103 %)PowerCenter
111 (0.103 %)Data Mart
111 (0.103 %)SQL Navigator
111 (0.103 %)DB2
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1225 (23.27 %)LoadRunner
2210 (21.72 %)WinRunner
3157 (16.24 %)TestDirector
4106 (10.96 %)Selenium
568 (7.032 %)JUnit
649 (5.067 %)NUnit
728 (2.896 %)JIRA
827 (2.792 %)Bugzilla
926 (2.689 %)Ant
1024 (2.482 %)Rational Robot
1121 (2.172 %)FitNesse
1218 (1.861 %)TestPartner
1315 (1.551 %)PVCS
1414 (1.448 %)SilkTest
1512 (1.241 %)Subversion
168 (0.827 %)QARun
168 (0.827 %)Visual Studio
168 (0.827 %)Eclipse
168 (0.827 %)CruiseControl
175 (0.517 %)WATIR
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1431 (44.57 %)Finance
2179 (18.51 %)Banking
3142 (14.68 %)Pensions
4116 (12.00 %)Investment Banking
558 (5.998 %)Insurance
648 (4.964 %)Health
745 (4.654 %)Front Office
835 (3.619 %)Telecoms
934 (3.516 %)Financial Institution
1029 (2.999 %)Government
1121 (2.172 %)Education
1218 (1.861 %)Retail
1317 (1.758 %)Back Office
1415 (1.551 %)Private Banking
1512 (1.241 %)Billing
169 (0.931 %)Retail Banking
169 (0.931 %)Law
177 (0.724 %)Games
177 (0.724 %)Marketing
186 (0.620 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1365 (37.75 %)Analyst
2308 (31.85 %)Test Analyst
3288 (29.78 %)Tester
496 (9.928 %)QA Analyst
589 (9.204 %)Senior Tester
685 (8.790 %)Test Engineer
780 (8.273 %)Senior Analyst
879 (8.170 %)Test Manager
976 (7.859 %)Senior Test Analyst
1074 (7.653 %)QA Engineer
1153 (5.481 %)Team Leader
1251 (5.274 %)Lead Test Analyst
1350 (5.171 %)Test Team Leader
1448 (4.964 %)QA Test Analyst
1546 (4.757 %)Consultant
1642 (4.343 %)Developer
1734 (3.516 %)Test Specialist
1832 (3.309 %)Test Consultant
1930 (3.102 %)Senior QA Engineer
2029 (2.999 %)QA Tester
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
190 (9.307 %)Derivative
280 (8.273 %)Client/Server
363 (6.515 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
453 (5.481 %)Fixed Income
529 (2.999 %)Equities
625 (2.585 %)Mainframe
722 (2.275 %)N-Tier
821 (2.172 %)Computer Science
917 (1.758 %)Open Source
109 (0.931 %)Chemistry
118 (0.827 %)AS400
127 (0.724 %)iSeries
136 (0.620 %)Replication
145 (0.517 %)Data Extraction
145 (0.517 %)Equity Derivative
154 (0.414 %)PACS
154 (0.414 %)iDTV
154 (0.414 %)NHS
163 (0.310 %)EPoS
163 (0.310 %)Mathematics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1181 (18.72 %)UNIX
270 (7.239 %)Linux
360 (6.205 %)Windows
418 (1.861 %)Solaris
511 (1.138 %)Windows Server 2003
69 (0.931 %)Windows XP
72 (0.207 %)HPUX
72 (0.207 %)Windows Server 2008
72 (0.207 %)Mac OS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1180 (18.61 %)Automated Testing
2177 (18.30 %)Test Automation
3154 (15.93 %)Test Scripting
4118 (12.20 %)Test Management
5102 (10.55 %)Agile Software Development
679 (8.170 %)Scrum
679 (8.170 %)User Acceptance Testing
778 (8.066 %)Regression Testing
876 (7.859 %)Software Testing
969 (7.135 %)Performance Testing
1057 (5.895 %)OO
1150 (5.171 %)Manual Testing
1245 (4.654 %)Web Testing
1341 (4.240 %)Project Management
1440 (4.137 %)SOA
1538 (3.930 %)Validation
1538 (3.930 %)System Testing
1632 (3.309 %)TDD
1731 (3.206 %)Integration Testing
1731 (3.206 %)V-Model
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1346 (35.78 %)SQL
2157 (16.24 %)Java
3111 (11.48 %)VBScript
492 (9.514 %)VB
591 (9.411 %)Perl
685 (8.790 %)C#
748 (4.964 %)C++
842 (4.343 %)C
936 (3.723 %)JavaScript
1033 (3.413 %)Shell Script
1131 (3.206 %)VBA
1218 (1.861 %)PL/SQL
1316 (1.655 %)PHP
1414 (1.448 %)Python
1513 (1.344 %)XPath
1610 (1.034 %)RPG
179 (0.931 %)T-SQL
186 (0.620 %)VB.NET
195 (0.517 %)JCL
203 (0.310 %)PowerHouse
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1286 (29.58 %)ISEB
2126 (13.03 %)Degree
350 (5.171 %)Security Cleared
448 (4.964 %)ISTQB
529 (2.999 %)SC Cleared
621 (2.172 %)ISEB Practitioner
75 (0.517 %)PRINCE2 Certification
83 (0.310 %)PMP
83 (0.310 %)PMI Certification
83 (0.310 %)HP ASE
92 (0.207 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
101 (0.103 %)SAP Certification
101 (0.103 %)BC Cleared
101 (0.103 %)DV Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1370 (38.26 %)QA
26 (0.620 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.103 %)HL7
31 (0.103 %)ISO9000
31 (0.103 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (0.517 %)ISA Server
24 (0.414 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.103 %)Oracle RAC
31 (0.103 %)MSMQ
31 (0.103 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
192 (9.514 %)HP Quality Center
21 (0.103 %)Tivoli
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1208 (21.51 %)HP
2117 (12.10 %)Oracle
353 (5.481 %)SAP
448 (4.964 %)Microsoft
530 (3.102 %)IBM
629 (2.999 %)Sybase
719 (1.965 %)Compuware
814 (1.448 %)Citrix
99 (0.931 %)PeopleSoft
99 (0.931 %)Siebel
99 (0.931 %)VMware
108 (0.827 %)Cramer
116 (0.620 %)SunGard
123 (0.310 %)Actuate
123 (0.310 %)Business Objects
123 (0.310 %)JBoss
123 (0.310 %)Perforce
123 (0.310 %)Mediasurface
123 (0.310 %)Redknee
123 (0.310 %)Atlassian