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The table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPerformance Testing
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5575
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads43
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.156 %0.556 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£300£285
Average daily rate£308£285
% change on same period last year+7.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£315£285
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£350
% change on same period last year+1.03 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£43.67£42.00
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads346540
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.487 %0.546 %
Daily rates quoted79115
Average minimum daily rate£313£349
Average daily rate£339£366
% change on same period last year-7.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted6979
Average minimum hourly rate£23.13£34.42
Average hourly rate£25.19£36.83
% change on same period last year-31.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.24£39.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Performance Testing East of EnglandPerformance Testing
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Performance Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Performance Testing across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cambridgeshire Performance Testing Demand Trend

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Performance Testing Daily Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Cambridgeshire Performance Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Performance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeUp+204£308+7.89 %
Performance Testing East of EnglandPerformance Testing
East of England

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

12 (33.33 %)GIS
12 (33.33 %)Magik
12 (33.33 %)Smallworld
12 (33.33 %)JMeter
12 (33.33 %)Client/Server
12 (33.33 %)Windows XP
12 (33.33 %)JBoss
12 (33.33 %)ISEB
12 (33.33 %)QuickTest Pro
12 (33.33 %)C#
12 (33.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (33.33 %)Windows
12 (33.33 %)ClearQuest
12 (33.33 %)Automated Testing
12 (33.33 %)Software Testing
12 (33.33 %)WebSphere
12 (33.33 %)Windows Vista
21 (16.67 %)WCF
21 (16.67 %)WPF
21 (16.67 %)C
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development
21 (16.67 %)TDD
21 (16.67 %)VB6
21 (16.67 %)Linux
21 (16.67 %)UML
21 (16.67 %)OO
21 (16.67 %)ASP
21 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
21 (16.67 %)CSS

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (33.33 %)WebSphere
21 (16.67 %)WCF
21 (16.67 %)WPF
21 (16.67 %).NET
21 (16.67 %)ASP
21 (16.67 %)ASP.NET
21 (16.67 %)CSS
21 (16.67 %)XML
21 (16.67 %)XSLT
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (33.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (33.33 %)JBoss
12 (33.33 %)Smallworld
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)3GPP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (33.33 %)GIS
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (33.33 %)QuickTest Pro
12 (33.33 %)ClearQuest
12 (33.33 %)JMeter
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Telecoms
11 (16.67 %)Finance
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Analyst
14 (66.67 %)Test Analyst
22 (33.33 %)Tester
22 (33.33 %)Applications Tester
31 (16.67 %)Developer
31 (16.67 %).NET Developer
31 (16.67 %)Test Engineer
31 (16.67 %)VB.NET Developer
31 (16.67 %)Test Development Engineer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (33.33 %)Client/Server
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (33.33 %)Windows
12 (33.33 %)Windows XP
12 (33.33 %)Windows Vista
21 (16.67 %)Linux
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)Automated Testing
12 (33.33 %)Software Testing
21 (16.67 %)UML
21 (16.67 %)OO
21 (16.67 %)CRM
21 (16.67 %)OOD
21 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development
21 (16.67 %)TDD
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (33.33 %)C#
12 (33.33 %)Magik
21 (16.67 %)VB6
21 (16.67 %)C
21 (16.67 %)C++
21 (16.67 %)JavaScript
21 (16.67 %)SQL
21 (16.67 %)Transact-SQL
21 (16.67 %)VB
21 (16.67 %)VB.NET
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (33.33 %)ISEB