The first table below looks at the demand for QuickTest Pro skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QuickTest Pro over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP QuickTest Professional (QTP)
Rank 168 195 182
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -13
Permanent jobs citing QuickTest Pro 45 13 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.811% 0.249% 0.422%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.196% 1.740% 3.013%
Number of salaries quoted 45 11 19
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.35%
All Development Applications
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
866 747 697
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 15.61% 14.30% 14.02%
Number of salaries quoted 691 667 616
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
QuickTest Pro
England

QuickTest Pro
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire QuickTest Pro Salary Trend

QuickTest Pro
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QuickTest Pro across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
West Yorkshire +28 43 £34,000 -9.93%
North Yorkshire +8 11 £35,000 +25.00%
QuickTest Pro
England

QuickTest Pro
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 77 (71.96%) Selenium
2 71 (66.36%) QA
3 57 (53.27%) Test Automation
4 53 (49.53%) Cucumber
5 48 (44.86%) Agile Software Development
6 41 (38.32%) Java
7 38 (35.51%) Test Management
8 32 (29.91%) LoadRunner
9 31 (28.97%) Test Scripting
10 26 (24.30%) HP
10 26 (24.30%) C#
10 26 (24.30%) Logistics
11 24 (22.43%) Automated Testing
12 22 (20.56%) .NET
13 21 (19.63%) ISEB
13 21 (19.63%) FitNesse
14 20 (18.69%) JUnit
15 18 (16.82%) Open Source
16 17 (15.89%) Team Foundation Server
16 17 (15.89%) Qt
16 17 (15.89%) JavaFX
16 17 (15.89%) GWT
16 17 (15.89%) Vaadin
16 17 (15.89%) OSGi
16 17 (15.89%) JFace
16 17 (15.89%) JProfiler
16 17 (15.89%) Eclipse RCP
16 17 (15.89%) Eclipse
16 17 (15.89%) Subversion
16 17 (15.89%) Web Development

QuickTest Pro
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 22 (20.56%) .NET
2 17 (15.89%) Qt
2 17 (15.89%) JavaFX
2 17 (15.89%) GWT
2 17 (15.89%) Vaadin
2 17 (15.89%) OSGi
2 17 (15.89%) JFace
2 17 (15.89%) Hibernate
3 15 (14.02%) soapUI
4 14 (13.08%) Swing
5 12 (11.21%) XML
6 8 (7.477%) SOAP
6 8 (7.477%) Web Services
7 7 (6.542%) XSD
8 5 (4.673%) WSDL
9 4 (3.738%) ASP.NET
10 3 (2.804%) J2EE
11 1 (0.935%) Gherkin
Applications
1 8 (7.477%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.935%) MS Office
2 1 (0.935%) Mingle
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.935%) FTP
1 1 (0.935%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.21%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.935%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 77 (71.96%) Selenium
2 53 (49.53%) Cucumber
3 32 (29.91%) LoadRunner
4 21 (19.63%) FitNesse
5 20 (18.69%) JUnit
6 17 (15.89%) Team Foundation Server
6 17 (15.89%) JProfiler
6 17 (15.89%) Eclipse RCP
6 17 (15.89%) Eclipse
6 17 (15.89%) Subversion
7 16 (14.95%) SpecFlow
8 6 (5.607%) Visual Studio
9 4 (3.738%) MSTest
9 4 (3.738%) JMeter
10 2 (1.869%) Jenkins
10 2 (1.869%) Hudson
10 2 (1.869%) JIRA
10 2 (1.869%) Bugzilla
11 1 (0.935%) TestDirector
11 1 (0.935%) OpenSTA
General
1 13 (12.15%) Finance
2 3 (2.804%) Retail
3 1 (0.935%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.935%) Banking
3 1 (0.935%) Investment Banking
3 1 (0.935%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (54.21%) Tester
2 40 (37.38%) Analyst
2 40 (37.38%) Test Analyst
3 33 (30.84%) Automated Tester
4 23 (21.50%) Web Tester
5 17 (15.89%) Developer
5 17 (15.89%) Java Developer
6 13 (12.15%) Automation Tester
7 7 (6.542%) Technical Tester
8 6 (5.607%) QA Tester
9 4 (3.738%) Agile Test Analyst
9 4 (3.738%) Test Leader
9 4 (3.738%) Manual Tester
10 3 (2.804%) Senior Tester
10 3 (2.804%) QA Analyst
10 3 (2.804%) Automation Test Analyst
10 3 (2.804%) Automation Analyst
10 3 (2.804%) Functional Tester
11 2 (1.869%) Java Swing Developer
11 2 (1.869%) QA Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.82%) Open Source
2 3 (2.804%) Client/Server
2 3 (2.804%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.869%) Chemistry
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.869%) UNIX
2 1 (0.935%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (53.27%) Test Automation
2 48 (44.86%) Agile Software Development
3 38 (35.51%) Test Management
4 31 (28.97%) Test Scripting
5 26 (24.30%) Logistics
6 24 (22.43%) Automated Testing
7 17 (15.89%) Web Development
8 13 (12.15%) Software Testing
9 12 (11.21%) Usability Testing
10 10 (9.346%) User Stories
10 10 (9.346%) Automation Testing
11 7 (6.542%) Web Testing
12 6 (5.607%) BDD
12 6 (5.607%) Performance Testing
12 6 (5.607%) Stress Testing
12 6 (5.607%) ATDD
12 6 (5.607%) DSDM
13 5 (4.673%) Load Testing
14 4 (3.738%) Continuous Integration
15 3 (2.804%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 41 (38.32%) Java
2 26 (24.30%) C#
3 14 (13.08%) SQL
4 1 (0.935%) VB
4 1 (0.935%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (19.63%) ISEB
2 12 (11.21%) ISTQB
3 1 (0.935%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (66.36%) QA
Systems Management
1 16 (14.95%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 26 (24.30%) HP
2 16 (14.95%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.935%) Oracle
Leeds, Yorkshire
My client is looking for a Test Analyst with the following experience:-Proven testing background-Automation testing experience (strong plus)-Experience with UNIX/Linux and/or Java considered...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Test Analyst, Test Engineer, QA Engineer, Senior Test Analyst, Test Lead, Test Team Lead, Test Leader, automation, automated, Selenium, manual, functional, integration, UNIX, Linux, Java, ISEB, ISTQB, QuickTest...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Automation/Tester/Agile/QA/Harrogate/Selenium/QTP/Loadrunner/Cucumber... You will have an excellent knowledge of automated test tools ( Selenium, QTP, Loadrunner, Cucumber etc ) to work on their...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
You must have: Java 6 Knowledge and experience of Swing HP Quick Test Professional Automated quality assurance techniques GUI toolkits This role offers up £38K depending on experience...
greywood
Salary: £38000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 8 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... Preferred: - Use of test management tools (eg HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (eg HP QTP, Selenium,...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Developing tools through coding using various vbscript based software... Exposure to QTP and NICE Interaction is a distinct advantage, in addition to Access, SQL and an in-depth...
Santander
Salary: £25000 - £29999 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Leeds, Bradford, Yorkshire, York, Wakefield,...
Job Title: Java Developer Location: Yorkshire Key Skills: Java Developer, JUnit, Swing, Eclipse IDE My clients, a leader in their chosen field are seeking additional Java experience in...
CMA Group
Salary: £30,000 - £38,000 per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Key Words: Software Developer, Software development, Java, Java 6, Unit Tests, JUnit, Eclipse IDE, Continuous intergration environment, SVN, Hibernate persistence technology, Eclipse RCP / OSGi / JFace, Open Source Tools,...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £28000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013