The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing 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 Performance Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Processes & Methodologies 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 33 50 41
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -9
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 4 19 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.460% 2.840% 0.932%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.235% 3.770% 1.504%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 4
Average daily rate £313 £425 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.47% +61.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £425 £247
10% offered a daily rate of more than £383 £425 £271
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.58% -10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
179 504 266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 65.33% 75.34% 62.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 304 106
Average daily rate £380 £425 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.58% +17.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £501 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 22 36
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.90 £25.00 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Performance Testing
South West

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Performance Testing across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Gloucestershire Performance Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Performance Testing Daily Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Gloucestershire Performance Testing Daily 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Tewkesbury +20 1 - -
Cheltenham +15 1 £400 -5.88%
Performance Testing
South West

Performance Testing
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Rational Performance Tester
2 4 (57.14%) Java
2 4 (57.14%) IBM
3 2 (28.57%) LoadRunner
4 1 (14.29%) C
4 1 (14.29%) ISEB
4 1 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Kanban
4 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) JIRA
4 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Rational Performance Tester
2 2 (28.57%) LoadRunner
3 1 (14.29%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Tester
2 5 (71.43%) Performance Tester
3 4 (57.14%) Test Consultant
3 4 (57.14%) Consultant
3 4 (57.14%) Performance Test Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Integration Tester
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
1 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
1 1 (14.29%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) IBM