LoadRunner Contracts in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LoadRunner 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 City of London 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 190 209 208
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -1
Contract jobs citing LoadRunner 9 10 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.142% 0.127% 0.371%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.144% 1.531% 3.592%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 16
Average daily rate £370 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.46% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £302 £365 £316
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £475 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £344 £350 £355
% change year-on-year
-1.78% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Development Applications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 787 653 1030
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 12.39% 8.295% 10.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 487 777
Average daily rate £413 £428 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.50% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 7
Average hourly rate £42.00 £37.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.51% +48.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £16.20 £13.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.50 £39.70 £75.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
LoadRunner
London

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing LoadRunner across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

City of London LoadRunner Jobs Demand Trend

LoadRunner
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LoadRunner across the City of London region.

City of London LoadRunner Daily Rate Trend

LoadRunner
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LoadRunner across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London LoadRunner Daily Rate Histogram

LoadRunner
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LoadRunner across the City of London region.

City of London LoadRunner Hourly Rate Trend

LoadRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing LoadRunner 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 LoadRunner.

1 11 (68.75%) Performance Testing
2 7 (43.75%) Banking
3 6 (37.50%) HP
4 5 (31.25%) IBM
4 5 (31.25%) Finance
4 5 (31.25%) Test Scripting
4 5 (31.25%) Rational Performance Tester
5 4 (25.00%) Investment Banking
5 4 (25.00%) Web Services
6 3 (18.75%) SQL
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
6 3 (18.75%) QuickTest Pro
6 3 (18.75%) UNIX
6 3 (18.75%) Security Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Regression Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Migration
6 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (18.75%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (12.50%) Data Conversion
7 2 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (12.50%) Network Security
7 2 (12.50%) Investment Management
7 2 (12.50%) Splunk
7 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (12.50%) JMeter
7 2 (12.50%) Volume Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Ergonomics
7 2 (12.50%) QA

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing LoadRunner 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 LoadRunner. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (25.00%) Web Services
2 2 (12.50%) WebSphere
3 1 (6.250%) SOAP
3 1 (6.250%) XML
3 1 (6.250%) .NET
3 1 (6.250%) J2EE
3 1 (6.250%) JMS
3 1 (6.250%) UDDI
3 1 (6.250%) WSDL
3 1 (6.250%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) Liferay
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) DB2
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Rational Performance Tester
2 3 (18.75%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (12.50%) JMeter
3 2 (12.50%) WinRunner
4 1 (6.250%) TestDirector
4 1 (6.250%) JIRA
4 1 (6.250%) Selenium
4 1 (6.250%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 7 (43.75%) Banking
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Analyst
1 6 (37.50%) Test Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Test Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Performance Test Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Test Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Performance Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Tester
3 2 (12.50%) Performance Test Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Lead Test Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Performance Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Performance Test Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Performance Tester
4 1 (6.250%) Service Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Test Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Automation Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Data Conversion
1 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (12.50%) Ergonomics
2 1 (6.250%) Mainframe
2 1 (6.250%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) UNIX
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Performance Testing
2 5 (31.25%) Test Scripting
3 3 (18.75%) Security Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Regression Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Migration
3 3 (18.75%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (12.50%) Investment Management
4 2 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (12.50%) Volume Testing
4 2 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (6.250%) Configuration Management
5 1 (6.250%) SOA
5 1 (6.250%) Software Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Stress Testing
5 1 (6.250%) ITSM
5 1 (6.250%) Service Management
5 1 (6.250%) Change Management
5 1 (6.250%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) Shell Script
2 2 (12.50%) VBScript
2 2 (12.50%) VB
2 2 (12.50%) VBA
2 2 (12.50%) C++
2 2 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (6.250%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) ISEB
2 1 (6.250%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.250%) ISTQB
2 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (6.250%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (12.50%) Splunk
3 1 (6.250%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) HP
2 5 (31.25%) IBM
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.250%) Oracle
4 1 (6.250%) CA
4 1 (6.250%) Talend
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