The first table below looks at the demand for the Performance Test Analyst role 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 Performance Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 Job Titles advertised 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Test Analyst
Rank 208 207 247
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Test Analyst 2 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.029% 0.065% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.071% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
Average daily rate £275 £413 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +26.92%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £413 £390
% change year-on-year
-10.30% +5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6270 7082 9182
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.48% 91.49% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4641 5158 6680
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £285 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 170 217
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.15 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.90 £41.85 £43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Performance Test Analyst
London

Performance Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Performance Test Analyst across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Performance Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Performance Test Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Performance Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Performance Test Analyst in their job title 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 with Performance Test Analyst in their job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Rational Performance Tester
2 2 (33.33%) V-Model
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Stress Testing
2 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (33.33%) IBM
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) LoadRunner
2 2 (33.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) HTTP
3 1 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) UNIX
3 1 (16.67%) SAP CRM
3 1 (16.67%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (16.67%) Load Testing

Performance Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Performance Test Analyst in their job title 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 with Performance Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP CRM
1 1 (16.67%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 2 (33.33%) Rational Performance Tester
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
1 2 (33.33%) LoadRunner
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) V-Model
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Stress Testing
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) Load Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
1 2 (33.33%) Java
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) IBM
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) SAP