The first table below looks at the demand for TestComplete skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TestComplete over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
AutomatedQA TestComplete
Rank 801 774 813
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +39
Permanent jobs citing TestComplete 61 125 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.056% 0.104% 0.055%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.383% 0.731% 0.428%
Number of salaries quoted 55 119 65
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £29,400 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,250 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-11.58% +2.50%
All Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15947 17092 15900
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 14.75% 14.16% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 13623 14969 13983
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%

TestComplete
Jobs Demand Trend

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

TestComplete Jobs Demand Trend

TestComplete
Salary Trend

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

TestComplete Salary Trend

TestComplete
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TestComplete over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

TestComplete Salary Histogram

TestComplete
Top 28 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TestComplete within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 -40 59 £37,500 -11.76%
South East -36 19 £50,000 +25.00%
London +32 17 £60,000 +26.31%
Surrey -4 12 £50,000 +2.56%
Reigate - 10 £50,000 -
City of London +3 9 £65,000 -21.21%
Manchester - 7 £29,000 -
West Midlands - 7 £37,500 -
North West - 7 £29,000 -
East of England -5 5 £30,000 -29.41%
Berkshire -19 5 £35,000 +2.94%
Bedford -13 4 £30,000 -29.41%
Bedfordshire -19 4 £30,000 -29.41%
East Midlands - 4 £56,250 -
Birmingham - 4 £37,500 -
Reading - 3 £35,000 -
Nottinghamshire - 3 £56,250 -
Nottingham - 3 £56,250 -
Scotland +3 2 - -
Oxfordshire -17 2 £36,250 -9.37%
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Chertsey - 2 - -
West Bromwich - 2 £36,250 -
Cambridgeshire +5 1 £32,500 -23.52%
Cambridge -7 1 £32,500 -23.52%
Newbury -15 1 £35,000 +2.94%
Oxford -25 1 £37,500 -6.25%
Solihull - 1 £37,500 -

TestComplete
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing TestComplete 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 TestComplete.

1 86 (72.27%) QA
2 62 (52.10%) ISEB
3 61 (51.26%) QuickTest Pro
3 61 (51.26%) Selenium
4 55 (46.22%) C#
5 53 (44.54%) Degree
6 48 (40.34%) SQL
7 46 (38.66%) Finance
8 45 (37.82%) Automated Testing
9 42 (35.29%) Test Automation
10 41 (34.45%) Software Testing
11 40 (33.61%) Java
12 38 (31.93%) .NET
13 33 (27.73%) SQL Server
14 32 (26.89%) ISTQB
15 29 (24.37%) Agile Software Development
16 28 (23.53%) Manual Testing
17 27 (22.69%) Python
18 24 (20.17%) Scrum
18 24 (20.17%) Rational Robot
18 24 (20.17%) VBScript
19 23 (19.33%) C++
19 23 (19.33%) WinRunner
19 23 (19.33%) Front Office
20 22 (18.49%) Microsoft
20 22 (18.49%) LoadRunner
20 22 (18.49%) Automation Testing
21 21 (17.65%) Windows
21 21 (17.65%) JIRA
21 21 (17.65%) Mathematics

TestComplete
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing TestComplete 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 TestComplete. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 38 (31.93%) .NET
2 14 (11.76%) XML
3 8 (6.723%) Silverlight
3 8 (6.723%) XSLT
3 8 (6.723%) Web Services
4 6 (5.042%) COM
5 2 (1.681%) WPF
5 2 (1.681%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.840%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.840%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (10.92%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.361%) MS Office
3 3 (2.521%) Photoshop
3 3 (2.521%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.681%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.521%) HTTP
1 3 (2.521%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (27.73%) SQL Server
2 19 (15.97%) SQL Server 2008
3 18 (15.13%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (5.882%) RDBMS
5 5 (4.202%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.840%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 61 (51.26%) QuickTest Pro
1 61 (51.26%) Selenium
2 24 (20.17%) Rational Robot
3 23 (19.33%) WinRunner
4 22 (18.49%) LoadRunner
5 21 (17.65%) JIRA
6 18 (15.13%) NUnit
7 15 (12.61%) WebDriver
8 12 (10.08%) JUnit
9 11 (9.244%) WebLOAD
10 9 (7.563%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (5.042%) Visual Studio Team System
12 5 (4.202%) SilkTest
12 5 (4.202%) Cucumber
13 4 (3.361%) Visual Studio
14 3 (2.521%) JBehave
14 3 (2.521%) Hudson
14 3 (2.521%) Jenkins
15 2 (1.681%) TestNG
15 2 (1.681%) Robotium
General
1 46 (38.66%) Finance
2 23 (19.33%) Front Office
3 20 (16.81%) Banking
4 9 (7.563%) Investment Banking
5 7 (5.882%) Financial Institution
6 6 (5.042%) Law
7 4 (3.361%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.681%) Back Office
8 2 (1.681%) Retail
9 1 (0.840%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.840%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 68 (57.14%) Analyst
2 54 (45.38%) Test Analyst
3 26 (21.85%) QA Analyst
4 23 (19.33%) Tester
5 20 (16.81%) Test Engineer
6 15 (12.61%) Developer
7 13 (10.92%) QA Engineer
8 12 (10.08%) Senior Analyst
8 12 (10.08%) Software Test Analyst
8 12 (10.08%) Software Developer
9 10 (8.403%) Technical Tester
10 9 (7.563%) QA Tester
10 9 (7.563%) Automation Tester
11 8 (6.723%) Software Engineer
12 6 (5.042%) Senior QA Analyst
13 5 (4.202%) Software Test Engineer
13 5 (4.202%) Senior Test Analyst
13 5 (4.202%) Agile Test Analyst
14 4 (3.361%) Automated Test Analyst
15 3 (2.521%) Credit Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 21 (17.65%) Mathematics
2 19 (15.97%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (6.723%) Credit Risk
3 8 (6.723%) Open Source
4 7 (5.882%) Client/Server
5 6 (5.042%) Mobile App
5 6 (5.042%) Wiki
5 6 (5.042%) Physics
5 6 (5.042%) Computer Science
5 6 (5.042%) EPoS
6 5 (4.202%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (3.361%) Derivative
8 3 (2.521%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (2.521%) iPad
8 3 (2.521%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 21 (17.65%) Windows
2 14 (11.76%) Linux
2 14 (11.76%) UNIX
3 7 (5.882%) Solaris
4 6 (5.042%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (5.042%) Windows 7
4 6 (5.042%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.840%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.840%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (37.82%) Automated Testing
2 42 (35.29%) Test Automation
3 41 (34.45%) Software Testing
4 29 (24.37%) Agile Software Development
5 28 (23.53%) Manual Testing
6 24 (20.17%) Scrum
7 22 (18.49%) Automation Testing
8 14 (11.76%) Test Scripting
8 14 (11.76%) OO
9 11 (9.244%) Algorithmic Trading
10 10 (8.403%) Financial Modelling
10 10 (8.403%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (8.403%) Test Strategy
10 10 (8.403%) Analytics
11 9 (7.563%) Multithreading
12 8 (6.723%) Agile Testing
12 8 (6.723%) E-Commerce
13 7 (5.882%) Scalability Testing
14 6 (5.042%) Integration Testing
15 5 (4.202%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (46.22%) C#
2 48 (40.34%) SQL
3 40 (33.61%) Java
4 27 (22.69%) Python
5 24 (20.17%) VBScript
6 23 (19.33%) C++
7 20 (16.81%) Ruby
8 19 (15.97%) Perl
9 12 (10.08%) VB
10 11 (9.244%) Delphi
11 9 (7.563%) JavaScript
11 9 (7.563%) VBA
12 8 (6.723%) PL/SQL
13 4 (3.361%) Korn
14 3 (2.521%) Tcl
14 3 (2.521%) C
14 3 (2.521%) Bash shell
15 2 (1.681%) VB.NET
15 2 (1.681%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.840%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (52.10%) ISEB
2 53 (44.54%) Degree
3 32 (26.89%) ISTQB
4 5 (4.202%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (1.681%) HND
6 1 (0.840%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (72.27%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.202%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.681%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 22 (18.49%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.92%) Oracle
3 7 (5.882%) Citrix
4 6 (5.042%) Perforce
5 5 (4.202%) VMware
6 3 (2.521%) Adobe
7 2 (1.681%) SunGard
8 1 (0.840%) MKS
Birmingham, West Midlands
Automated Test Analyst, Tester, Software Engineer, Developer, Programmer, Selenium/Ranorex/Testcomplete, Software Development Engineer in Test, SDET, SWET, QA Lead, Test Analyst, Lead Tester, ISEB, C#, .Net, Java,...
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Automated Test Analyst, Tester, Software Engineer, Developer, Programmer, Selenium/Ranorex/Testcomplete, Software Development Engineer in Test, SDET, SWET, QA Lead, Test Analyst, Lead Tester, ISEB, C#, .Net, Java,...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Automated Test Analyst, Selenium/Ranorex/Testcomplete, Software Development Engineer in Test, SDET, QA Lead, Test Analyst, Lead Tester, ISEB, C#, .Net, Java, C++, Automated, Desktop, Agile/Scrum, Functional/...
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Automated Test Analyst, Selenium/Ranorex/Testcomplete, Software Development Engineer in Test, SDET, QA Lead, Test Analyst, Lead Tester, ISEB, C#, .Net, Java, C++, Automated, Desktop, Agile/Scrum, Functional/...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Test Analyst Salary £38k Location- Central London Experience with QTP OR TestComplete The Role Looking for an experienced test analyst with a good knowledge of system and functional...
OCC Computing
Salary: £0 - 38k per year + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
The successful Senior Agile Test Analyst - Selenium, Java/C#, Unix - will have expert skills in unit testing, exploratory testing, automated testing and continuous integration.Skills required include test...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £55000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Selenium, QTP, TestComplete) Experience of working within an Agile environment... Strong SQL knowledge and experience (Postgresql an advantage) Experience of Server OS (Linux, Windows Server, Suse and Ubuntu)...
Experis IT
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
You will be educated to a HND or Degree level, preferably in an Engineering related field, along with having at least 5+ years relevant Software Testing experience. You...
Executive Resource Group
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 21 May 2013