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

The first table below looks at the demand for Performance 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 Performance Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 102 121 105
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -16
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 19 11 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.798% 0.354% 0.834%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.189% 0.548% 1.298%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 6
Average daily rate £450 £375 £323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +16.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £333 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £344 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
-14.06% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+3.22% -11.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1598 2007 1926
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 67.14% 64.51% 64.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 674 794 782
Average daily rate £400 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 49 73
Average hourly rate £28.75 £27.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.48% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.45 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.30 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Performance Testing
South East

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Performance Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Performance Testing Daily Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Berkshire Performance Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Performance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Performance Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Testing within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +4 7 £450 +12.50% 5
Bracknell - 2 £450 -
Performance Testing
South East

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Performance 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 Performance Testing.

1 14 (46.67%) Automated Testing
2 12 (40.00%) Java
2 12 (40.00%) SQL
2 12 (40.00%) XML
3 11 (36.67%) CSS
3 11 (36.67%) JMS
3 11 (36.67%) JUnit
3 11 (36.67%) HTML
3 11 (36.67%) JavaScript
3 11 (36.67%) Software Testing
4 10 (33.33%) Ajax
4 10 (33.33%) WebSphere
4 10 (33.33%) JSTL
4 10 (33.33%) J2EE
4 10 (33.33%) EJB
4 10 (33.33%) E-Commerce
4 10 (33.33%) JSP
5 8 (26.67%) Visual Studio
5 8 (26.67%) C#
6 7 (23.33%) Test Automation
6 7 (23.33%) Windows Azure
7 6 (20.00%) UNIX
8 5 (16.67%) SQL Server
8 5 (16.67%) Siebel
8 5 (16.67%) HP
8 5 (16.67%) ISTQB
9 4 (13.33%) Load Testing
9 4 (13.33%) Test Scripting
9 4 (13.33%) Degree
9 4 (13.33%) Retail

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Performance 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 Performance Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (40.00%) XML
2 11 (36.67%) CSS
2 11 (36.67%) JMS
2 11 (36.67%) HTML
3 10 (33.33%) Ajax
3 10 (33.33%) WebSphere
3 10 (33.33%) JSTL
3 10 (33.33%) J2EE
3 10 (33.33%) EJB
3 10 (33.33%) JSP
4 1 (3.333%) .NET
4 1 (3.333%) XSLT
4 1 (3.333%) SOAP
4 1 (3.333%) Web Services
4 1 (3.333%) Hibernate
4 1 (3.333%) soapUI
4 1 (3.333%) REST
4 1 (3.333%) Velocity
4 1 (3.333%) Silverlight
4 1 (3.333%) FreeMarker
Application Platforms
1 7 (23.33%) Windows Azure
2 2 (6.667%) Commerce Server
3 1 (3.333%) Tomcat
3 1 (3.333%) Jetty
Applications
1 1 (3.333%) MS Office
1 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (10.00%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) BSS
2 1 (3.333%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (13.33%) DB2
3 1 (3.333%) MS Access
3 1 (3.333%) DbVisualizer
Development Applications
1 11 (36.67%) JUnit
2 8 (26.67%) Visual Studio
3 3 (10.00%) LoadRunner
3 3 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (3.333%) Ant
4 1 (3.333%) Bugzilla
4 1 (3.333%) TestDirector
4 1 (3.333%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (3.333%) JProfiler
4 1 (3.333%) Selenium
4 1 (3.333%) JIRA
General
1 4 (13.33%) Retail
1 4 (13.33%) Games
1 4 (13.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.333%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Developer
2 9 (30.00%) Tester
3 7 (23.33%) Java Developer
4 6 (20.00%) WebSphere Developer
4 6 (20.00%) Performance Tester
5 5 (16.67%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 4 (13.33%) Software Development Engineer
6 4 (13.33%) Development Engineer
6 4 (13.33%) Software Engineer
7 3 (10.00%) Systems Developer
7 3 (10.00%) Analyst
7 3 (10.00%) Test Analyst
8 2 (6.667%) Non-Functional Tester
8 2 (6.667%) Consultant
9 1 (3.333%) Desktop Analyst
9 1 (3.333%) Performance Engineer
9 1 (3.333%) Test Engineer
9 1 (3.333%) Siebel Consultant
9 1 (3.333%) Senior Tester
9 1 (3.333%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Cloud Computing
1 4 (13.33%) Open Source
2 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.333%) Handset
3 1 (3.333%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.333%) DTV
3 1 (3.333%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.333%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.333%) STB
3 1 (3.333%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) UNIX
2 3 (10.00%) Windows
3 1 (3.333%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.333%) Android
3 1 (3.333%) Windows Phone 8
3 1 (3.333%) Windows Phone
3 1 (3.333%) Windows Phone 7
3 1 (3.333%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Automated Testing
2 11 (36.67%) Software Testing
3 10 (33.33%) E-Commerce
4 7 (23.33%) Test Automation
5 4 (13.33%) Load Testing
5 4 (13.33%) Test Scripting
5 4 (13.33%) Test Strategy
5 4 (13.33%) ETL
5 4 (13.33%) RAD
6 3 (10.00%) ERP
6 3 (10.00%) Data Management
6 3 (10.00%) Web Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Security Testing
7 2 (6.667%) Scrum
7 2 (6.667%) Workflow
8 1 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (3.333%) HOOD
8 1 (3.333%) Multithreading
8 1 (3.333%) System Testing
8 1 (3.333%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (40.00%) Java
1 12 (40.00%) SQL
2 11 (36.67%) JavaScript
3 8 (26.67%) C#
4 2 (6.667%) C
5 1 (3.333%) XAML
5 1 (3.333%) Shell Script
5 1 (3.333%) Groovy
5 1 (3.333%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 4 (13.33%) Degree
3 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.667%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 2 (6.667%) SCOM
1 2 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) Siebel
1 5 (16.67%) HP
2 4 (13.33%) Adobe
2 4 (13.33%) IBM
3 3 (10.00%) SAP
3 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
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