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This section looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills within the City of London 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPerformance Testing
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008		Same period last year
Rank168187
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads5211
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.011 %
As % of the category below1.046 %0.311 %
Daily rates quoted321
Average minimum daily rate£363£250
Average daily rate£402£275
% change on same period last year+46.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£442£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£356
% change on same period last year+3.37 %
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£44.02£39.90
% change on same period last year+10.33 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads49713533
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.626 %3.524 %
Daily rates quoted28661556
Average minimum daily rate£425£439
Average daily rate£467£473
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£508£507
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted10185
Average minimum hourly rate£26.24£24.68
Average hourly rate£28.21£26.91
% change on same period last year+4.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.17£29.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Performance Testing LondonPerformance Testing
London

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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Performance Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

128 (40.00 %)LoadRunner
215 (21.43 %)UNIX
313 (18.57 %)WinRunner
412 (17.14 %)HP
412 (17.14 %)SQL
412 (17.14 %)V-Model
511 (15.71 %)Oracle
511 (15.71 %)Finance
610 (14.29 %).NET
79 (12.86 %)Linux
79 (12.86 %)User Acceptance Testing
88 (11.43 %)Test Scripting
88 (11.43 %)Windows
88 (11.43 %)ISEB
88 (11.43 %)Business Analysis
97 (10.00 %)DNS
97 (10.00 %)QuickTest Pro
97 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
97 (10.00 %)XML
106 (8.571 %)ASP.NET
106 (8.571 %)SQL Server
106 (8.571 %)IIS
106 (8.571 %)Active Directory
106 (8.571 %)SQL Server 2005
106 (8.571 %)Banking
106 (8.571 %)Regression Testing
106 (8.571 %)Firewall
106 (8.571 %)Clustering
106 (8.571 %)Load Balancing
106 (8.571 %)QA

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (14.29 %).NET
27 (10.00 %)XML
36 (8.571 %)ASP.NET
44 (5.714 %)HTML
53 (4.286 %)J2EE
62 (2.857 %)FIX Protocol
71 (1.429 %)XSLT
71 (1.429 %)J2SE
71 (1.429 %)SOAP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (8.571 %)IIS
24 (5.714 %)CMS
31 (1.429 %)WebLogic
31 (1.429 %)JBoss
31 (1.429 %)Apache
31 (1.429 %)NetWeaver
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (5.714 %)MS Excel
23 (4.286 %)MS Office
32 (2.857 %)MS PowerPoint
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.429 %)Oracle Financials
11 (1.429 %)Microsoft CRM
11 (1.429 %)SAP Oil and Gas
11 (1.429 %)Dynamics CRM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (10.00 %)DNS
26 (8.571 %)Firewall
35 (7.143 %)Internet
43 (4.286 %)TCP/IP
43 (4.286 %)Ethereal
51 (1.429 %)Intranet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (8.571 %)SQL Server
16 (8.571 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (1.429 %)Oracle Reports
21 (1.429 %)Datawarehouse
21 (1.429 %)RDBMS
21 (1.429 %)BusinessObjects
21 (1.429 %)SAP BW
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
128 (40.00 %)LoadRunner
213 (18.57 %)WinRunner
37 (10.00 %)QuickTest Pro
44 (5.714 %)Oracle Forms
44 (5.714 %)Selenium
44 (5.714 %)FitNesse
53 (4.286 %)ClearQuest
53 (4.286 %)Rational Robot
62 (2.857 %)TestDirector
71 (1.429 %)Visual Studio
71 (1.429 %)Visual Studio Team System
71 (1.429 %)Rational Performance Tester
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (15.71 %)Finance
26 (8.571 %)Banking
34 (5.714 %)Government
34 (5.714 %)Publishing
43 (4.286 %)Front Office
43 (4.286 %)Investment Banking
51 (1.429 %)General Ledger
51 (1.429 %)Telecoms
51 (1.429 %)Retail
51 (1.429 %)Home Office
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
133 (47.14 %)Analyst
229 (41.43 %)Test Analyst
320 (28.57 %)Tester
413 (18.57 %)Performance Tester
54 (5.714 %)Architect
54 (5.714 %)Developer
63 (4.286 %)Senior Analyst
63 (4.286 %)Java Developer
63 (4.286 %)Senior Test Analyst
63 (4.286 %)QA Analyst
72 (2.857 %)Performance Analyst
72 (2.857 %)Java Programmer
72 (2.857 %)Applications Tester
72 (2.857 %)Infrastructure Specialist
72 (2.857 %)Web Architect
72 (2.857 %)Performance Test Analyst
72 (2.857 %)Programmer
72 (2.857 %)Technical Architect
81 (1.429 %)Consultant
81 (1.429 %)Network Engineer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (8.571 %)Clustering
24 (5.714 %)Web 2.0
24 (5.714 %)Derivative
33 (4.286 %)Equities
41 (1.429 %)Blackberry
41 (1.429 %)Statistics
41 (1.429 %)Computer Science
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (21.43 %)UNIX
29 (12.86 %)Linux
38 (11.43 %)Windows
47 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (1.429 %)Windows Mobile
51 (1.429 %)Windows Vista
51 (1.429 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (1.429 %)Windows XP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (17.14 %)V-Model
29 (12.86 %)User Acceptance Testing
38 (11.43 %)Business Analysis
38 (11.43 %)Test Scripting
46 (8.571 %)Load Balancing
46 (8.571 %)Regression Testing
55 (7.143 %)Content Management
55 (7.143 %)Release Management
64 (5.714 %)Supplier Management
64 (5.714 %)Software Testing
64 (5.714 %)Agile Software Development
64 (5.714 %)Manual Testing
64 (5.714 %)System Testing
64 (5.714 %)Security Cleared
73 (4.286 %)Test Management
73 (4.286 %)Load Testing
82 (2.857 %)Integration Testing
82 (2.857 %)Incident Management
82 (2.857 %)Business Continuity
82 (2.857 %)Disaster Recovery
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (17.14 %)SQL
25 (7.143 %)Java
34 (5.714 %)C
43 (4.286 %)C++
52 (2.857 %)VB
61 (1.429 %)Perl
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (11.43 %)ISEB
22 (2.857 %)Degree
31 (1.429 %)ISTQB
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (8.571 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (8.571 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (17.14 %)HP
211 (15.71 %)Oracle
33 (4.286 %)IBM
33 (4.286 %)Microsoft
33 (4.286 %)Compuware
42 (2.857 %)SAP
42 (2.857 %)TIBCO
42 (2.857 %)Patsystems
42 (2.857 %)GL TRADE
51 (1.429 %)Reuters
51 (1.429 %)Blue Coat
51 (1.429 %)VERITAS
51 (1.429 %)Red Hat
51 (1.429 %)Cognos
51 (1.429 %)Siebel
51 (1.429 %)Chordiant
51 (1.429 %)Symbian
51 (1.429 %)Cisco
51 (1.429 %)Business Objects
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