East of England Performance Testing Contracts

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.

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Location Basildon Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chesterfield City of London Coventry Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Farnham Glasgow Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Hertfordshire Hounslow Kent Leeds Liverpool Livingston London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Plymouth Reading Scotland Shropshire Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington West Lothian West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	117	140
Rank change on same period last year	+23
Matching contract IT job ads	14	17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.020 %	0.017 %
As % of the category below	0.735 %	0.709 %
Daily rates quoted	3	8
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 quoted	3	0
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 %
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1905	2398
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.661 %	2.409 %
Daily rates quoted	600	810
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 quoted	225	306
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 %
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Location	Rank 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
Hertfordshire	+31	6	£350	-17.64 %
Essex	+6	5	-	-
Cambridgeshire	+23	4	£308	+7.89 %

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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.

1 15 (45.45 %) TestDirector 2 14 (42.42 %) QA 3 13 (39.39 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 12 (36.36 %) J2EE 5 9 (27.27 %) Oracle 6 8 (24.24 %) Configuration Management 7 7 (21.21 %) LoadRunner 8 4 (12.12 %) QuickTest Pro 8 4 (12.12 %) HTTP 8 4 (12.12 %) IBM 8 4 (12.12 %) ISEB 8 4 (12.12 %) SQL 8 4 (12.12 %) Client/Server 8 4 (12.12 %) Automated Testing 8 4 (12.12 %) IBM HTTP Server

8 4 (12.12 %) Test Scripting 9 3 (9.091 %) Agile Software Development 9 3 (9.091 %) Software Testing 9 3 (9.091 %) Web Testing 9 3 (9.091 %) Java 9 3 (9.091 %) SAP 9 3 (9.091 %) Citrix 9 3 (9.091 %) Oracle HTTP Server 9 3 (9.091 %) JMeter 10 2 (6.061 %) ClearQuest 10 2 (6.061 %) Extreme Programming 10 2 (6.061 %) Automotive 10 2 (6.061 %) GIS 10 2 (6.061 %) Magik 10 2 (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.

Application Development 1 12 (36.36 %) J2EE 2 2 (6.061 %) .NET 2 2 (6.061 %) CSS 2 2 (6.061 %) SOAP 2 2 (6.061 %) WebServices 2 2 (6.061 %) WebSphere 3 1 (3.030 %) WCF 3 1 (3.030 %) WPF 3 1 (3.030 %) XML 3 1 (3.030 %) XSLT 3 1 (3.030 %) XHTML 3 1 (3.030 %) AJAX 3 1 (3.030 %) HTML 3 1 (3.030 %) ASP 3 1 (3.030 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 4 (12.12 %) IBM HTTP Server 2 3 (9.091 %) Oracle HTTP Server 3 2 (6.061 %) Smallworld 3 2 (6.061 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 2 (6.061 %) JBoss
Communications & Networking 1 4 (12.12 %) HTTP 2 1 (3.030 %) 3GPP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (6.061 %) SQL Server 1 2 (6.061 %) GIS 1 2 (6.061 %) SQL Server 2005 2 1 (3.030 %) SQL Server 2000 2 1 (3.030 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 15 (45.45 %) TestDirector 2 7 (21.21 %) LoadRunner 3 4 (12.12 %) QuickTest Pro 4 3 (9.091 %) JMeter 5 2 (6.061 %) WinRunner 5 2 (6.061 %) ClearQuest 6 1 (3.030 %) Selenium 6 1 (3.030 %) FitNesse	General 1 2 (6.061 %) Pharmaceutical 1 2 (6.061 %) Automotive 2 1 (3.030 %) Manufacturing 2 1 (3.030 %) Telecoms 2 1 (3.030 %) Finance
Job Titles 1 13 (39.39 %) Analyst 2 10 (30.30 %) Test Analyst 3 8 (24.24 %) Tester 4 3 (9.091 %) Developer 4 3 (9.091 %) Performance Tester 4 3 (9.091 %) Test Manager 5 2 (6.061 %) Applications Tester 5 2 (6.061 %) QA Analyst 5 2 (6.061 %) Performance Analyst 5 2 (6.061 %) Quality Analyst 5 2 (6.061 %) Performance Test Analyst 6 1 (3.030 %) Software Team Leader 6 1 (3.030 %) Software Development Team Leader 6 1 (3.030 %) Senior Test Manager 6 1 (3.030 %) Software Consultant 6 1 (3.030 %) Service Manager 6 1 (3.030 %) Software Tester 6 1 (3.030 %) .NET Developer 6 1 (3.030 %) Systems Tester 6 1 (3.030 %) Test Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 4 (12.12 %) Client/Server 2 1 (3.030 %) Statistics
Operating Systems 1 2 (6.061 %) Windows 1 2 (6.061 %) Linux 1 2 (6.061 %) Windows XP 1 2 (6.061 %) Windows Vista 2 1 (3.030 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (39.39 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 8 (24.24 %) Configuration Management 3 4 (12.12 %) Automated Testing 3 4 (12.12 %) Test Scripting 4 3 (9.091 %) Web Testing 4 3 (9.091 %) Software Testing 4 3 (9.091 %) Agile Software Development 5 2 (6.061 %) Extreme Programming 6 1 (3.030 %) Test Management 6 1 (3.030 %) Risk Analysis 6 1 (3.030 %) Integration Testing 6 1 (3.030 %) TDD 6 1 (3.030 %) Regression Testing 6 1 (3.030 %) Scrum 6 1 (3.030 %) UML 6 1 (3.030 %) OO 6 1 (3.030 %) CRM 6 1 (3.030 %) OOD
Programming Languages 1 4 (12.12 %) SQL 2 3 (9.091 %) Java 3 2 (6.061 %) JavaScript 3 2 (6.061 %) C# 3 2 (6.061 %) Magik 4 1 (3.030 %) VB6 4 1 (3.030 %) C 4 1 (3.030 %) C++ 4 1 (3.030 %) Transact-SQL 4 1 (3.030 %) VB 4 1 (3.030 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 4 (12.12 %) ISEB 2 1 (3.030 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 14 (42.42 %) QA	Vendors 1 9 (27.27 %) Oracle 2 4 (12.12 %) IBM 3 3 (9.091 %) Citrix 3 3 (9.091 %) SAP 4 1 (3.030 %) Siebel 4 1 (3.030 %) Anite