The first part of the table below looks at the demand for TestDirector skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TestDirector over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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.

HP TestDirector for Quality Center
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank658607508
Rank change year-on-year
Down-51Down-99
Matching permanent IT job ads220265257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.182 %0.216 %0.269 %
As % of the Development Applications category1.284 %1.686 %2.499 %
Number of salaries quoted191204171
Average salary£42,500£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33 %-6.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£62,500£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£33,000£34,000
% change year-on-year
+21.21 %-2.94 %
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
171321572210284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.21 %12.82 %10.77 %
Number of salaries quoted15031138058624
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,449£35,500
% change year-on-year
+1.47 %+5.49 %

TestDirector
Demand Trend

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

TestDirector Demand Trend

TestDirector
Salary Trend

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

TestDirector Salary Trend

TestDirector
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TestDirector over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

TestDirector Salary Histogram

TestDirector
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TestDirector within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. 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
EnglandDown-61201£42,500+13.33 %
South EastDown-1983£43,500+24.28 %
LondonDown-6154£50,000-
BerkshireDown-2336£47,500+35.71 %
SurreyDown-524£42,500+38.21 %
North WestUp+321£40,000+33.33 %
ReadingDown-1119£48,500+35.66 %
City of LondonDown-617£50,000-18.69 %
CheshireNew entry-17£40,000-
HampshireDown-115£33,000-3.64 %
East of EnglandDown-414£27,500-8.33 %
South WestUp+313£33,000-17.50 %
ScotlandUp+910£32,500-20.73 %
YorkshireDown-1310£27,500-
West YorkshireDown-69£27,500-4.34 %
LeedsDown-148£26,000-9.56 %
CroydonNew entry-8£47,500-
BristolUp+77£33,000-17.50 %
SouthamptonDown-227£31,000+8.77 %
SuffolkUp+86£37,500-25.00 %
GloucestershireDown-76£40,000+77.77 %
EssexDown-226£27,500+14.58 %
BrentwoodNew entry-6£27,500-
South WalesNew entry-6£35,000-
WalesNew entry-6£35,000-
Bury St EdmundsNew entry-5£37,500-
CardiffNew entry-5£35,000-
OxfordshireNo change04£43,500-
HavantNew entry-4£27,500-
GloucesterNew entry-4£40,000-

TestDirector
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector.

1252 (56.88 %)HP Quality Center
2237 (53.50 %)ISEB
3144 (32.51 %)Finance
4139 (31.38 %)QuickTest Pro
5119 (26.86 %)Test Scripting
6114 (25.73 %)Automated Testing
6114 (25.73 %)SQL
7108 (24.38 %)ISTQB
8106 (23.93 %)Oracle
997 (21.90 %)LoadRunner
1093 (20.99 %)HP
1093 (20.99 %)QA
1187 (19.64 %)Software Testing
1280 (18.06 %)Test Strategy
1369 (15.58 %)Security Cleared
1465 (14.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
1465 (14.67 %)Regression Testing
1564 (14.45 %)Java
1661 (13.77 %)Test Automation
1760 (13.54 %)Degree
1859 (13.32 %)Test Management
1859 (13.32 %).NET
1859 (13.32 %)UNIX
1859 (13.32 %)Windows
1958 (13.09 %)WinRunner
2053 (11.96 %)SQL Server
2150 (11.29 %)MS Excel
2249 (11.06 %)ITIL
2348 (10.84 %)Banking
2348 (10.84 %)Manual Testing

TestDirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
159 (13.32 %).NET
239 (8.804 %)Web Services
330 (6.772 %)XML
412 (2.709 %)J2EE
510 (2.257 %)Spring
510 (2.257 %).NET Framework
69 (2.032 %)Spring Integration
78 (1.806 %)FIX Protocol
86 (1.354 %)XML Messaging
94 (0.903 %)WebSphere
103 (0.677 %)Middleware
103 (0.677 %)ASP.NET
112 (0.451 %)XML Schema
112 (0.451 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
112 (0.451 %)WPF
112 (0.451 %)ADO.NET Entity Framework
121 (0.226 %)Silverlight
121 (0.226 %)WCF
121 (0.226 %)HTML
121 (0.226 %)ASP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
118 (4.063 %)SharePoint
25 (1.129 %)SAS
34 (0.903 %)BizTalk Server
34 (0.903 %)FileNet
43 (0.677 %)IIS
43 (0.677 %)Apache
43 (0.677 %)IBM HTTP Server
43 (0.677 %)SharePoint Server
43 (0.677 %)WebSphere Portal
52 (0.451 %)WebSphere Application Server
52 (0.451 %)WebLogic
61 (0.226 %)CMS
61 (0.226 %)Confluence
61 (0.226 %)Documentum
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
150 (11.29 %)MS Excel
242 (9.481 %)MS Office
317 (3.837 %)MS Visio
410 (2.257 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (1.129 %)SoftGrid
24 (0.903 %)Oracle EBS
32 (0.451 %)Oracle ERP
41 (0.226 %)SAP HR
41 (0.226 %)LatentZero
41 (0.226 %)Capstone
41 (0.226 %)Eagle PACE
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
119 (4.289 %)Internet
217 (3.837 %)TCP/IP
36 (1.354 %)SAN
45 (1.129 %)DSL
45 (1.129 %)Ethernet
45 (1.129 %)HTTP
54 (0.903 %)ATM
63 (0.677 %)SSL
63 (0.677 %)VLAN
63 (0.677 %)NAS
71 (0.226 %)Broadband
71 (0.226 %)GPRS
71 (0.226 %)GSM
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
153 (11.96 %)SQL Server
219 (4.289 %)TOAD
312 (2.709 %)Oracle Reports
411 (2.483 %)SQL Server 2008
57 (1.580 %)SQLPlus
66 (1.354 %)ETL
66 (1.354 %)SQL Server Integration Services
73 (0.677 %)SQL Server 2005
73 (0.677 %)RDBMS
82 (0.451 %)Data Warehouse
91 (0.226 %)MySQL
91 (0.226 %)DB2
91 (0.226 %)Oracle 8/8i
91 (0.226 %)Oracle 9i
91 (0.226 %)MS Access
91 (0.226 %)Oracle 10g
91 (0.226 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
91 (0.226 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
91 (0.226 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
91 (0.226 %)Oracle BI EE
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1139 (31.38 %)QuickTest Pro
297 (21.90 %)LoadRunner
358 (13.09 %)WinRunner
440 (9.029 %)Visual Studio
440 (9.029 %)Selenium
536 (8.126 %)JIRA
625 (5.643 %)Team Foundation Server
721 (4.740 %)ClearQuest
819 (4.289 %)Bugzilla
819 (4.289 %)ClearCase
916 (3.612 %)SilkTest
1011 (2.483 %)Subversion
119 (2.032 %)FitNesse
119 (2.032 %)Hudson
119 (2.032 %)TestComplete
126 (1.354 %)VSS/SourceSafe
135 (1.129 %)Rational Functional Tester
135 (1.129 %)QARun
144 (0.903 %)Oracle Forms
153 (0.677 %)Introscope
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1144 (32.51 %)Finance
248 (10.84 %)Banking
338 (8.578 %)Retail
429 (6.546 %)Telecoms
516 (3.612 %)Investment Banking
614 (3.160 %)Back Office
79 (2.032 %)General Ledger
87 (1.580 %)Marketing
96 (1.354 %)Retail Banking
96 (1.354 %)Advertising
105 (1.129 %)Front Office
114 (0.903 %)Manufacturing
123 (0.677 %)Financial Institution
132 (0.451 %)Electronics
141 (0.226 %)Games
141 (0.226 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1215 (48.53 %)Analyst
2206 (46.50 %)Test Analyst
373 (16.48 %)Tester
470 (15.80 %)Test Manager
546 (10.38 %)Senior Analyst
643 (9.707 %)Senior Test Analyst
737 (8.352 %)Test Engineer
831 (6.998 %)Test Leader
925 (5.643 %)Team Leader
1020 (4.515 %)Developer
1117 (3.837 %)Software Tester
1216 (3.612 %)QA Analyst
1312 (2.709 %)Software Test Analyst
1411 (2.483 %)Performance Tester
1411 (2.483 %)QA Manager
1510 (2.257 %)Programme Manager
1510 (2.257 %)QA Test Analyst
169 (2.032 %)Test Programme Manager
169 (2.032 %)Automated Test Analyst
178 (1.806 %)Performance Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
123 (5.192 %)Client/Server
218 (4.063 %)Derivative
317 (3.837 %)Computer Science
413 (2.935 %)Management Information System
413 (2.935 %)AS400
58 (1.806 %)Replication
58 (1.806 %)Wiki
66 (1.354 %)MPEG
75 (1.129 %)Mainframe
75 (1.129 %)Chip and PIN
75 (1.129 %)CMDB
84 (0.903 %)Fixed Income
84 (0.903 %)Visualisation
84 (0.903 %)Mathematics
93 (0.677 %)Credit Risk
93 (0.677 %)Clustering
93 (0.677 %)Data Protection Act
93 (0.677 %)EPoS
102 (0.451 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
102 (0.451 %)Freedom of Information Act
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
159 (13.32 %)UNIX
159 (13.32 %)Windows
231 (6.998 %)Linux
316 (3.612 %)Windows XP
410 (2.257 %)AIX
58 (1.806 %)VMS
58 (1.806 %)Windows Server 2003
66 (1.354 %)Windows 7
74 (0.903 %)Windows Server 2008
82 (0.451 %)Windows 2000
82 (0.451 %)Windows NT
82 (0.451 %)Solaris
91 (0.226 %)Windows Vista
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1119 (26.86 %)Test Scripting
2114 (25.73 %)Automated Testing
387 (19.64 %)Software Testing
480 (18.06 %)Test Strategy
565 (14.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
565 (14.67 %)Regression Testing
661 (13.77 %)Test Automation
759 (13.32 %)Test Management
849 (11.06 %)ITIL
948 (10.84 %)Manual Testing
1040 (9.029 %)Agile Software Development
1137 (8.352 %)Project Management
1236 (8.126 %)Performance Testing
1334 (7.675 %)PRINCE2
1433 (7.449 %)Problem Management
1531 (6.998 %)Workflow
1624 (5.418 %)Service Delivery
1624 (5.418 %)Waterfall
1723 (5.192 %)Web Testing
1822 (4.966 %)Integration Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1114 (25.73 %)SQL
264 (14.45 %)Java
321 (4.740 %)C#
420 (4.515 %)C++
518 (4.063 %)Shell Script
617 (3.837 %)Python
713 (2.935 %)VB.NET
812 (2.709 %)T-SQL
910 (2.257 %)Perl
109 (2.032 %)VB
116 (1.354 %)Bash shell
125 (1.129 %)VBA
134 (0.903 %)C
143 (0.677 %)VBScript
143 (0.677 %)Korn
143 (0.677 %)AWK
143 (0.677 %)Jython
152 (0.451 %)VB6
152 (0.451 %)PL/SQL
152 (0.451 %)JavaScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1237 (53.50 %)ISEB
2108 (24.38 %)ISTQB
369 (15.58 %)Security Cleared
460 (13.54 %)Degree
529 (6.546 %)SC Cleared
624 (5.418 %)DV Cleared
719 (4.289 %)ISEB Practitioner
85 (1.129 %)MBA
93 (0.677 %)ITIL Certification
101 (0.226 %)MCTS
101 (0.226 %)MCITP
101 (0.226 %)Microsoft Certification
101 (0.226 %)MCSE
101 (0.226 %)MCSA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
193 (20.99 %)QA
29 (2.032 %)WAI
32 (0.451 %)Solvency II
41 (0.226 %)ISO 9000
41 (0.226 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.226 %)TickIT
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (1.129 %)VMware Infrastructure
23 (0.677 %)Tivoli Directory Server
31 (0.226 %)Active Directory
31 (0.226 %)Hyper-V
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1252 (56.88 %)HP Quality Center
217 (3.837 %)OpenView
33 (0.677 %)Tivoli
33 (0.677 %)Netcool
33 (0.677 %)OpenView Configuration Management
33 (0.677 %)McAfee ePO
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1106 (23.93 %)Oracle
293 (20.99 %)HP
337 (8.352 %)Microsoft
411 (2.483 %)IBM
58 (1.806 %)Citrix
65 (1.129 %)SAP
65 (1.129 %)VMware
65 (1.129 %)Altiris
74 (0.903 %)Informatica
74 (0.903 %)MicroStrategy
83 (0.677 %)Veritas
83 (0.677 %)SunGard
83 (0.677 %)McAfee
92 (0.451 %)Fundtech
92 (0.451 %)Siebel
101 (0.226 %)Cisco
101 (0.226 %)Compuware
101 (0.226 %)JBoss
101 (0.226 %)Business Objects
101 (0.226 %)PeopleSoft