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The table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills within the East of England 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPerformance Testing
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank117140
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads1417
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.017 %
As % of the category below0.735 %0.709 %
Daily rates quoted38
Average minimum daily rate£317£297
Average daily rate£322£322
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£327£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£349
% change on same period last year+2.85 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£32.10-
Average hourly rate£32.43-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£32.76-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£43.67£44.17
% change on same period last year-1.13 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads19052398
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.661 %2.409 %
Daily rates quoted600810
Average minimum daily rate£368£354
Average daily rate£393£374
% change on same period last year+5.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£418£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted225306
Average minimum hourly rate£27.94£31.87
Average hourly rate£29.50£33.42
% change on same period last year-11.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.06£34.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£30.27
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Performance Testing EnglandPerformance Testing
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.

Performance Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Performance Testing across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Performance Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

East of England Performance Testing Hourly Rate Histogram

Performance Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Testing within the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 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+316£350-17.64 %
EssexUp+65--
CambridgeshireUp+234£308+7.89 %
Performance Testing EnglandPerformance Testing
England

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

115 (45.45 %)TestDirector
214 (42.42 %)QA
313 (39.39 %)User Acceptance Testing
412 (36.36 %)J2EE
59 (27.27 %)Oracle
68 (24.24 %)Configuration Management
77 (21.21 %)LoadRunner
84 (12.12 %)QuickTest Pro
84 (12.12 %)HTTP
84 (12.12 %)IBM
84 (12.12 %)ISEB
84 (12.12 %)SQL
84 (12.12 %)Client/Server
84 (12.12 %)Automated Testing
84 (12.12 %)IBM HTTP Server
84 (12.12 %)Test Scripting
93 (9.091 %)Agile Software Development
93 (9.091 %)Software Testing
93 (9.091 %)Web Testing
93 (9.091 %)Java
93 (9.091 %)SAP
93 (9.091 %)Citrix
93 (9.091 %)Oracle HTTP Server
93 (9.091 %)JMeter
102 (6.061 %)ClearQuest
102 (6.061 %)Extreme Programming
102 (6.061 %)Automotive
102 (6.061 %)GIS
102 (6.061 %)Magik
102 (6.061 %)Smallworld

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (36.36 %)J2EE
22 (6.061 %).NET
22 (6.061 %)CSS
22 (6.061 %)SOAP
22 (6.061 %)WebServices
22 (6.061 %)WebSphere
31 (3.030 %)WCF
31 (3.030 %)WPF
31 (3.030 %)XML
31 (3.030 %)XSLT
31 (3.030 %)XHTML
31 (3.030 %)AJAX
31 (3.030 %)HTML
31 (3.030 %)ASP
31 (3.030 %)ASP.NET
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (12.12 %)IBM HTTP Server
23 (9.091 %)Oracle HTTP Server
32 (6.061 %)Smallworld
32 (6.061 %)WebSphere Application Server
32 (6.061 %)JBoss
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (12.12 %)HTTP
21 (3.030 %)3GPP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (6.061 %)SQL Server
12 (6.061 %)GIS
12 (6.061 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (3.030 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (3.030 %)MySQL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (45.45 %)TestDirector
27 (21.21 %)LoadRunner
34 (12.12 %)QuickTest Pro
43 (9.091 %)JMeter
52 (6.061 %)WinRunner
52 (6.061 %)ClearQuest
61 (3.030 %)Selenium
61 (3.030 %)FitNesse
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (6.061 %)Pharmaceutical
12 (6.061 %)Automotive
21 (3.030 %)Manufacturing
21 (3.030 %)Telecoms
21 (3.030 %)Finance
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (39.39 %)Analyst
210 (30.30 %)Test Analyst
38 (24.24 %)Tester
43 (9.091 %)Developer
43 (9.091 %)Performance Tester
43 (9.091 %)Test Manager
52 (6.061 %)Applications Tester
52 (6.061 %)QA Analyst
52 (6.061 %)Performance Analyst
52 (6.061 %)Quality Analyst
52 (6.061 %)Performance Test Analyst
61 (3.030 %)Software Team Leader
61 (3.030 %)Software Development Team Leader
61 (3.030 %)Senior Test Manager
61 (3.030 %)Software Consultant
61 (3.030 %)Service Manager
61 (3.030 %)Software Tester
61 (3.030 %).NET Developer
61 (3.030 %)Systems Tester
61 (3.030 %)Test Engineer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (12.12 %)Client/Server
21 (3.030 %)Statistics
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (6.061 %)Windows
12 (6.061 %)Linux
12 (6.061 %)Windows XP
12 (6.061 %)Windows Vista
21 (3.030 %)UNIX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (39.39 %)User Acceptance Testing
28 (24.24 %)Configuration Management
34 (12.12 %)Automated Testing
34 (12.12 %)Test Scripting
43 (9.091 %)Web Testing
43 (9.091 %)Software Testing
43 (9.091 %)Agile Software Development
52 (6.061 %)Extreme Programming
61 (3.030 %)Test Management
61 (3.030 %)Risk Analysis
61 (3.030 %)Integration Testing
61 (3.030 %)TDD
61 (3.030 %)Regression Testing
61 (3.030 %)Scrum
61 (3.030 %)UML
61 (3.030 %)OO
61 (3.030 %)CRM
61 (3.030 %)OOD
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (12.12 %)SQL
23 (9.091 %)Java
32 (6.061 %)JavaScript
32 (6.061 %)C#
32 (6.061 %)Magik
41 (3.030 %)VB6
41 (3.030 %)C
41 (3.030 %)C++
41 (3.030 %)Transact-SQL
41 (3.030 %)VB
41 (3.030 %)VB.NET
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (12.12 %)ISEB
21 (3.030 %)Degree
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (42.42 %)QA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (27.27 %)Oracle
24 (12.12 %)IBM
33 (9.091 %)Citrix
33 (9.091 %)SAP
41 (3.030 %)Siebel
41 (3.030 %)Anite