The first table below looks at the demand for Rational Functional Tester skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Rational Functional Tester over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational Functional Tester
Rank 857 887 850
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -37
Permanent jobs citing Rational Functional Tester 5 11 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.005% 0.009% 0.018%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.032% 0.064% 0.143%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 18
Average salary £35,000 £27,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.27% -21.42%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £27,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -21.42%
All Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15867 17081 16112
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 14.75% 14.15% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 13540 14965 14169
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 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%

Rational Functional Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rational Functional Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Rational Functional Tester
Salary Trend

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

Rational Functional Tester Salary Trend

Rational Functional Tester
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rational Functional Tester within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +18 5 £35,000 +27.27%
West Midlands - 4 £35,000 -
Solihull - 4 £35,000 -
Cheltenham - 1 - -
South West - 1 - -
Gloucestershire - 1 - -

Rational Functional Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Rational Functional Tester 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 Rational Functional Tester.

1 8 (61.54%) QuickTest Pro
1 8 (61.54%) Software Testing
1 8 (61.54%) Test Automation
2 7 (53.85%) ISTQB
2 7 (53.85%) ISEB
3 6 (46.15%) SQL
3 6 (46.15%) VB.NET
3 6 (46.15%) .NET
3 6 (46.15%) Rational Robot
3 6 (46.15%) TestPartner
3 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
3 6 (46.15%) Retail
3 6 (46.15%) Compuware
4 5 (38.46%) Oracle
5 4 (30.77%) C
5 4 (30.77%) Java
5 4 (30.77%) UNIX
5 4 (30.77%) Test Scripting
6 3 (23.08%) SaaS
6 3 (23.08%) Subversion
6 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management
6 3 (23.08%) Shell Script
6 3 (23.08%) ProC
6 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
6 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
6 3 (23.08%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (23.08%) ERP
6 3 (23.08%) PL/SQL
6 3 (23.08%) Web Services
7 2 (15.38%) Waterfall

Rational Functional Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Rational Functional Tester 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 Rational Functional Tester. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (46.15%) .NET
2 3 (23.08%) Web Services
3 1 (7.692%) ODBC
Development Applications
1 8 (61.54%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (46.15%) Rational Robot
2 6 (46.15%) TestPartner
3 3 (23.08%) Subversion
3 3 (23.08%) ProC
3 3 (23.08%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (15.38%) Selenium
5 1 (7.692%) SilkPerformer
5 1 (7.692%) LoadRunner
5 1 (7.692%) TestDirector
General
1 6 (46.15%) Retail
2 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
2 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.692%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Tester
2 6 (46.15%) Software Tester
2 6 (46.15%) Automation Tester
3 4 (30.77%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Test Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Configuration Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Test Automation Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Systems Tester
5 1 (7.692%) Performance Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Performance Test Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Release Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
2 3 (23.08%) SaaS
3 1 (7.692%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) UNIX
2 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
2 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
2 1 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Software Testing
1 8 (61.54%) Test Automation
2 4 (30.77%) Test Scripting
3 3 (23.08%) Configuration Management
3 3 (23.08%) ERP
4 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
4 2 (15.38%) Functional Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Performance Testing
5 1 (7.692%) System Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Software Deployment
5 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (7.692%) Service Management
5 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.692%) Scrum
5 1 (7.692%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
1 6 (46.15%) VB.NET
2 4 (30.77%) C
2 4 (30.77%) Java
3 3 (23.08%) Shell Script
3 3 (23.08%) PL/SQL
4 1 (7.692%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) ISTQB
1 7 (53.85%) ISEB
2 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (7.692%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Compuware
2 5 (38.46%) Oracle
3 1 (7.692%) Altiris
3 1 (7.692%) IBM
3 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.692%) Citrix
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