The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LoadRunner 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 Development Applications category for the Glasgow 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
HP LoadRunner
Rank 72 - 54
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing LoadRunner 3 0 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.334% - 1.299%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.125% - 8.130%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
Average daily rate - - £323
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £360
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Development Applications
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
96 55 123
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 10.68% 6.757% 15.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 25 85
Average daily rate £338 £300 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £201 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £363 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
LoadRunner
Scotland

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing LoadRunner across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Glasgow LoadRunner Jobs Demand Trend

LoadRunner
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LoadRunner across the Glasgow region.

Glasgow LoadRunner Daily Rate Trend

LoadRunner
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (33.33%) Talend
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Siebel
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Talend Open Studio
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Talend
2 1 (33.33%) Siebel
2 1 (33.33%) HP
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