Load Testing Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Load Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Load Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Testing
Rank 115 137 120
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -17
Contract jobs citing Load Testing 8 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.331% 0.066% 0.168%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.502% 0.105% 0.267%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £475 £120 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+295.83% -66.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £289
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +47.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £29.50 -
% change year-on-year
+10.16% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1593 1907 1872
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.83% 62.55% 62.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 723 742
Average daily rate £388 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.16% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £495 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 63 75
Average hourly rate £17.00 £19.00 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% -41.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.93 £11.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Load Testing
South East

Load Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Load Testing across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire Load Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Load Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Load Testing across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Load Testing Daily Rate Trend

Load Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Load Testing across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Load Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Load Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Load Testing within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +13 4 £475 +295.83%
Bracknell - 1 - -
Load Testing
South East

Load Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Load Testing 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Load Testing.

1 7 (63.64%) C#
2 6 (54.55%) SQL Server
2 6 (54.55%) Visual Studio
2 6 (54.55%) Games
2 6 (54.55%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
2 6 (54.55%) Test Strategy
3 4 (36.36%) Windows Azure
3 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
3 4 (36.36%) Automated Testing
3 4 (36.36%) ISTQB
3 4 (36.36%) Degree
3 4 (36.36%) Windows
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) C
4 3 (27.27%) QA
4 3 (27.27%) Performance Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Android
4 3 (27.27%) Apple iOS
5 2 (18.18%) Game Development
5 2 (18.18%) Kinect
5 2 (18.18%) REST
5 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
5 2 (18.18%) iPad
5 2 (18.18%) iPhone
5 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) WCF
5 2 (18.18%) XenDesktop

Load Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Load Testing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Load Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (18.18%) Web Services
1 2 (18.18%) WCF
1 2 (18.18%) REST
2 1 (9.091%) JSON
2 1 (9.091%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) Windows Azure
2 2 (18.18%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
1 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) SQL Server
2 2 (18.18%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Visual Studio
2 1 (9.091%) Selenium
General
1 6 (54.55%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Software Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Software Development Engineer
1 6 (54.55%) Development Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) QA Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) QA Test Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) QA Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Citrix Specialist
3 1 (9.091%) Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Test Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Citrix Architect
3 1 (9.091%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
3 2 (18.18%) iPhone
3 2 (18.18%) iPad
3 2 (18.18%) Kinect
3 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
4 1 (9.091%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Android
2 3 (27.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (9.091%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
1 6 (54.55%) Test Strategy
2 4 (36.36%) Automated Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Performance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Software Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Process Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Game Development
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Code Coverage
5 1 (9.091%) Scrum
5 1 (9.091%) Stress Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) C#
2 3 (27.27%) C
3 2 (18.18%) C++
3 2 (18.18%) SQL
4 1 (9.091%) Objective-C
4 1 (9.091%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) ISTQB
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 2 (18.18%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix
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