The first table below looks at the demand for QuickTest Pro skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QuickTest Pro 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 for the Wiltshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Rank 68 79 84
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +5
Permanent jobs citing QuickTest Pro 8 8 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.914% 0.787% 0.181%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.081% 3.791% 1.942%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 0
Average salary £27,500 £25,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Development Applications
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
99 211 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 11.31% 20.77% 9.313%
Number of salaries quoted 86 175 94
Average salary £36,000 £38,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +16.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £42,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
QuickTest Pro
South West

QuickTest Pro
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the Wiltshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Wiltshire QuickTest Pro Jobs Demand Trend

QuickTest Pro
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire QuickTest Pro Salary Trend

QuickTest Pro
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Wiltshire QuickTest Pro Salary Histogram

QuickTest Pro
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 Wiltshire region 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
Swindon +3 5 £30,000 +20.00%
QuickTest Pro
South West

QuickTest Pro
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire region 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.

1 16 (100.00%) VBScript
1 16 (100.00%) QA
2 13 (81.25%) SQL
2 13 (81.25%) VB
3 12 (75.00%) Automated Testing
4 10 (62.50%) MS Office
5 9 (56.25%) XML
5 9 (56.25%) OOP
5 9 (56.25%) OO
5 9 (56.25%) MS Excel
5 9 (56.25%) Computer Science
5 9 (56.25%) Manual Testing
6 5 (31.25%) ISTQB
6 5 (31.25%) Requirements Analysis
6 5 (31.25%) Degree
6 5 (31.25%) ISEB
7 4 (25.00%) Sun
7 4 (25.00%) HP
7 4 (25.00%) UNIX
7 4 (25.00%) Solaris
7 4 (25.00%) VBA
7 4 (25.00%) Legal
7 4 (25.00%) Scrum
7 4 (25.00%) System Testing
7 4 (25.00%) Test Automation
7 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
8 2 (12.50%) Oracle
8 2 (12.50%) Finance
8 2 (12.50%) Software Testing

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire region 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.

Application Development
1 9 (56.25%) XML
Applications
1 10 (62.50%) MS Office
2 9 (56.25%) MS Excel
General
1 4 (25.00%) Legal
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) QA Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Quality Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Test Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) VB Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Software Test Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Software Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Developer
3 3 (18.75%) VBA Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Developer Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Test Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Junior
4 1 (6.250%) Junior Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Junior VB Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) UNIX
1 4 (25.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Automated Testing
2 9 (56.25%) OOP
2 9 (56.25%) OO
2 9 (56.25%) Manual Testing
3 5 (31.25%) Requirements Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Scrum
4 4 (25.00%) System Testing
4 4 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
5 2 (12.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) VBScript
2 13 (81.25%) SQL
2 13 (81.25%) VB
3 4 (25.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) ISTQB
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
1 5 (31.25%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Sun
1 4 (25.00%) HP
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle
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