The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LoadRunner over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Gloucestershire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 37 59 45
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -14
Contract jobs citing LoadRunner 2 8 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.730% 1.153% 0.932%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.000% 10.96% 4.444%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
Average daily rate £400 £338 £206
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51% +63.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £344 £350 £355
% change year-on-year
-1.78% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Development Applications
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
50 73 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 18.25% 10.52% 20.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 45 29
Average daily rate £400 £375 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 28
Average hourly rate £42.50 £36.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.43% +4.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
LoadRunner
South West

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire LoadRunner Daily 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Cheltenham +21 1 £400 +18.51%
LoadRunner
South West

LoadRunner
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Tester
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center