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The table below looks at the demand for HP LoadRunner skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited LoadRunner over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHP LoadRunner
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank104142
Rank change on same period last yearUp+38
Matching contract IT job ads2921
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.021 %
As % of the category below9.477 %3.318 %
Daily rates quoted1114
Average minimum daily rate£320£345
Average daily rate£337£345
% change on same period last year-2.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£343
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.54£55.00
% change on same period last year-24.46 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads306633
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.435 %0.639 %
Daily rates quoted104184
Average minimum daily rate£293£316
Average daily rate£312£331
% change on same period last year-5.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£329
% change on same period last year-1.13 %
Hourly rates quoted4997
Average minimum hourly rate£33.78£34.03
Average hourly rate£34.95£35.24
% change on same period last year-0.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.13£36.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.64£31.42
% change on same period last year+3.89 %
LoadRunner EnglandLoadRunner
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.

LoadRunner
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing LoadRunner across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

East of England LoadRunner Demand Trend

LoadRunner
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LoadRunner across the East of England region.

East of England LoadRunner Daily Rate Trend

LoadRunner
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing LoadRunner across the East of England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

East of England LoadRunner Daily Rate Histogram

LoadRunner
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LoadRunner across the East of England region.

East of England LoadRunner Hourly Rate Trend

LoadRunner
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LoadRunner within the East of England region over the 3 months to 7 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
HertfordshireUp+2317£331-
CambridgeshireNew entry-5£425-
EssexNew entry-4--
SuffolkNew entry-2£263-
NorfolkDown-81--
BedfordshireUp+191£365+25.86 %
LoadRunner EnglandLoadRunner
England

LoadRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

125 (45.45 %)TestDirector
222 (40.00 %)SAP
321 (38.18 %)Test Scripting
417 (30.91 %)PRINCE2
515 (27.27 %)CRM
515 (27.27 %)SAP CRM
612 (21.82 %)QuickTest Pro
612 (21.82 %)eCATT
711 (20.00 %)V-Model
810 (18.18 %)ISEB
810 (18.18 %)WinRunner
99 (16.36 %)Citrix
107 (12.73 %)Performance Testing
107 (12.73 %)Web Testing
116 (10.91 %).NET
125 (9.091 %)Finance
125 (9.091 %)Retail
125 (9.091 %)Automated Testing
134 (7.273 %)QA
134 (7.273 %)Load Testing
143 (5.455 %)Test Management
143 (5.455 %)Selenium
143 (5.455 %)FitNesse
143 (5.455 %)AJAX
143 (5.455 %)Games
143 (5.455 %)Agile Software Development
143 (5.455 %)JMeter
143 (5.455 %)Scrum
143 (5.455 %)Extreme Programming
143 (5.455 %)Internet

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (10.91 %).NET
23 (5.455 %)CSS
23 (5.455 %)WebServices
23 (5.455 %)XHTML
23 (5.455 %)AJAX
23 (5.455 %)HTML
32 (3.636 %)WebSphere
41 (1.818 %)SAP PI
41 (1.818 %)SAP ALE
41 (1.818 %)SAP XI
41 (1.818 %)SOAP
41 (1.818 %)J2EE
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (5.455 %)IIS
22 (3.636 %)SharePoint
31 (1.818 %)JBoss
31 (1.818 %)Apache
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (5.455 %)MS Visio
22 (3.636 %)MS PowerPoint
22 (3.636 %)MS Office
22 (3.636 %)MS Excel
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
115 (27.27 %)SAP CRM
21 (1.818 %)Dynamics AX
21 (1.818 %)SAP HR
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (5.455 %)Internet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (5.455 %)SQL Server
21 (1.818 %)DB2
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
125 (45.45 %)TestDirector
212 (21.82 %)QuickTest Pro
212 (21.82 %)eCATT
310 (18.18 %)WinRunner
43 (5.455 %)Selenium
43 (5.455 %)FitNesse
43 (5.455 %)JMeter
52 (3.636 %)PVCS
61 (1.818 %)SilkPerformer
61 (1.818 %)QARun
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (9.091 %)Finance
15 (9.091 %)Retail
23 (5.455 %)Games
32 (3.636 %)Banking
32 (3.636 %)Government
32 (3.636 %)Pharmaceutical
41 (1.818 %)Pensions
41 (1.818 %)Retail Banking
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (41.82 %)Tester
222 (40.00 %)Analyst
321 (38.18 %)Test Analyst
410 (18.18 %)Performance Tester
58 (14.55 %)SAP Test Analyst
58 (14.55 %)SAP Analyst
63 (5.455 %)SAP Tester
63 (5.455 %)Performance Analyst
63 (5.455 %)Performance Test Analyst
63 (5.455 %)Performance Engineer
63 (5.455 %)Test Engineer
63 (5.455 %)Architect
72 (3.636 %)Test Coordinator
72 (3.636 %).NET Architect
72 (3.636 %)Coordinator
72 (3.636 %)Systems Tester
72 (3.636 %)Senior Test Engineer
72 (3.636 %)Web Tester
81 (1.818 %)Functional Test Analyst
81 (1.818 %)Functional Tester
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.818 %)Thin Client
11 (1.818 %)Mainframe
11 (1.818 %)Polish Language
11 (1.818 %)Fat Client
11 (1.818 %)IBM Mainframe
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (5.455 %)UNIX
21 (1.818 %)AIX
21 (1.818 %)Linux
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (38.18 %)Test Scripting
217 (30.91 %)PRINCE2
315 (27.27 %)CRM
411 (20.00 %)V-Model
57 (12.73 %)Web Testing
57 (12.73 %)Performance Testing
65 (9.091 %)Automated Testing
74 (7.273 %)Load Testing
83 (5.455 %)Scrum
83 (5.455 %)Extreme Programming
83 (5.455 %)Agile Software Development
83 (5.455 %)Test Management
92 (3.636 %)Software Testing
92 (3.636 %)Project Planning
92 (3.636 %)Project Management
92 (3.636 %)Change Management
92 (3.636 %)User Acceptance Testing
92 (3.636 %)System Testing
92 (3.636 %)SC Cleared
92 (3.636 %)Security Cleared
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (5.455 %)Java
13 (5.455 %)JavaScript
22 (3.636 %)SQL
31 (1.818 %)C
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (18.18 %)ISEB
21 (1.818 %)ISEB Practitioner
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (7.273 %)QA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (40.00 %)SAP
29 (16.36 %)Citrix
33 (5.455 %)Microsoft
33 (5.455 %)Oracle
42 (3.636 %)IBM
42 (3.636 %)HP
51 (1.818 %)Mercator
51 (1.818 %)ATG
51 (1.818 %)Siebel