The first table below looks at the demand for TestPartner skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TestPartner over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Compuware TestPartner
Rank 844 867 855
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -12
Permanent jobs citing TestPartner 27 34 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.024% 0.028% 0.031%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.166% 0.202% 0.243%
Number of salaries quoted 27 32 34
Average salary £30,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £60,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +6.66%
All Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
16243 16798 16479
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 14.72% 13.98% 12.80%
Number of salaries quoted 13896 14653 14519
Average salary £44,000 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.52% +3.65%
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 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -

TestPartner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

TestPartner Jobs Demand Trend

TestPartner
Salary Trend

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

TestPartner Salary Trend

TestPartner
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TestPartner over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 within the UK.

TestPartner Salary Histogram

TestPartner
Top 20 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TestPartner within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +26 27 £30,000 -29.41% 1
North West +20 14 £52,500 +96.26% 1
Manchester -4 14 £52,500 +96.26% 1
South East +2 10 £30,000 -25.00%
Surrey - 7 £30,000 -
Altrincham - 6 £55,000 -
Redhill - 5 £57,500 -
London +39 3 £30,000 -50.00%
Berkshire -2 3 £35,000 -12.50%
West Midlands -15 2 £35,000 -30.00%
Solihull - 2 £35,000 -
West Sussex - 2 £30,000 -
Reigate - 2 £30,000 -
Newbury - 2 £33,750 -
Caterham - 2 £30,000 -
Crawley - 2 £30,000 -
Croydon - 2 £30,000 -
Dorking - 2 £30,000 -
Horley - 2 £30,000 -
Slough - 1 £40,000 -

TestPartner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing TestPartner 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 TestPartner.

1 31 (83.78%) QuickTest Pro
2 30 (81.08%) ISEB
3 21 (56.76%) LoadRunner
3 21 (56.76%) Selenium
4 18 (48.65%) jMock
4 18 (48.65%) QA
4 18 (48.65%) QALoad
4 18 (48.65%) EasyMock
4 18 (48.65%) JUnit
4 18 (48.65%) SilkPerformer
5 17 (45.95%) Software Testing
6 15 (40.54%) ISTQB
7 13 (35.14%) Oracle
7 13 (35.14%) SQL
8 12 (32.43%) Test Automation
9 10 (27.03%) Degree
9 10 (27.03%) Automated Testing
9 10 (27.03%) Manual Testing
9 10 (27.03%) QMS
10 9 (24.32%) Automation Testing
10 9 (24.32%) ISO 9001
11 8 (21.62%) .NET
11 8 (21.62%) Agile Software Development
12 6 (16.22%) Retail
12 6 (16.22%) Computer Science
12 6 (16.22%) VB.NET
12 6 (16.22%) Compuware
12 6 (16.22%) Rational Robot
12 6 (16.22%) Rational Functional Tester
12 6 (16.22%) System Testing

TestPartner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing TestPartner 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 TestPartner. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (21.62%) .NET
2 1 (2.703%) XML
2 1 (2.703%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.703%) HTML
Applications
1 1 (2.703%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.703%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) TOAD
2 2 (5.405%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.703%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 31 (83.78%) QuickTest Pro
2 21 (56.76%) LoadRunner
2 21 (56.76%) Selenium
3 18 (48.65%) QALoad
3 18 (48.65%) jMock
3 18 (48.65%) EasyMock
3 18 (48.65%) JUnit
3 18 (48.65%) SilkPerformer
4 6 (16.22%) Rational Robot
4 6 (16.22%) Rational Functional Tester
5 3 (8.108%) TestDirector
5 3 (8.108%) QARun
6 2 (5.405%) QADirector
7 1 (2.703%) WebLOAD
7 1 (2.703%) Visual Studio
7 1 (2.703%) WinRunner
7 1 (2.703%) JMeter
General
1 6 (16.22%) Retail
2 4 (10.81%) Finance
3 1 (2.703%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Tester
2 11 (29.73%) Software Tester
3 9 (24.32%) Head of Testing
4 6 (16.22%) Automation Tester
4 6 (16.22%) Test Consultant
4 6 (16.22%) Consultant
5 5 (13.51%) Analyst
5 5 (13.51%) Test Analyst
6 3 (8.108%) QA Tester
6 3 (8.108%) QA Analyst
6 3 (8.108%) Test Leader
7 2 (5.405%) QA Engineer
7 2 (5.405%) QA Test Analyst
7 2 (5.405%) Quality Engineer
8 1 (2.703%) Manual Tester
8 1 (2.703%) QA Manager
8 1 (2.703%) Test Manager
8 1 (2.703%) Software Engineer
8 1 (2.703%) Quality Analyst
8 1 (2.703%) Automation Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Computer Science
2 4 (10.81%) Firmware
2 4 (10.81%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.81%) Windows
2 3 (8.108%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Software Testing
2 12 (32.43%) Test Automation
3 10 (27.03%) QMS
3 10 (27.03%) Automated Testing
3 10 (27.03%) Manual Testing
4 9 (24.32%) Automation Testing
5 8 (21.62%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (16.22%) System Testing
7 5 (13.51%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (8.108%) Project Management
8 3 (8.108%) Test Scripting
9 2 (5.405%) E-Commerce
9 2 (5.405%) Content Management
9 2 (5.405%) Regression Testing
9 2 (5.405%) Performance Testing
9 2 (5.405%) Business Analysis
9 2 (5.405%) Requirements Analysis
9 2 (5.405%) Web Development
10 1 (2.703%) Risk Management
10 1 (2.703%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 13 (35.14%) SQL
2 6 (16.22%) VB.NET
3 4 (10.81%) Python
3 4 (10.81%) VB
3 4 (10.81%) Java
4 3 (8.108%) VBScript
5 2 (5.405%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 30 (81.08%) ISEB
2 15 (40.54%) ISTQB
3 10 (27.03%) Degree
4 1 (2.703%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (48.65%) QA
2 9 (24.32%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (2.703%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (35.14%) Oracle
2 6 (16.22%) Compuware
3 1 (2.703%) Microsoft
Manchester, Lancashire
The Automation Test Consultant (QACenter, LoadRunner, QALoad, JUnit, SQL, ISO9001) must have hands on, practical experience with Automation tools such as QACenter, LoadRunner, QALoad, SilkPerformer, TestPartner, Selenium, QTP...
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Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + package
Posted: 13 June 2013