The first table below looks at the demand for Load Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Load Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the East Midlands 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
Load Testing
Rank 81 - 81
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Load Testing 2 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.156% - 0.270%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.230% - 0.404%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £300 £289
% change year-on-year
+41.66% +3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.25 -
% change year-on-year
+0.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
868 869 989
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 67.81% 65.04% 66.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 444 495
Average daily rate £375 £375 £384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 30 45
Average hourly rate £29.50 £35.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.71% +34.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £9.67 £16.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.10 £57.50 £49.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
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Load Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Load Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Load Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Load Testing Daily Rate Trend

Load Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Load Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Load Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Load Testing within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 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
Leicestershire - 2 - -
Nottinghamshire - - - -
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Load Testing
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Load 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 Load Testing.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Load Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Load 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 Load Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Development Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
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