The first table below looks at the demand for Load Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Load Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 Hampshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Testing
Rank 100 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Load Testing 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.197% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.291% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £388 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £388 £290
% change year-on-year
+16.12% +33.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.25 -
% change year-on-year
+0.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1032 1014 1189
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 67.63% 63.73% 64.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 583 476 533
Average daily rate £370 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £265 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 99 130
Average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £14.43 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Load Testing
South East

Load Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Load Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Load Testing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Load Testing Daily Rate Trend

Load Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Load Testing across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Load Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Load Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Load Testing within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Southampton - 2 £375 -
Load Testing
South East

Load Testing
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Load 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 Load Testing.

1 2 (40.00%) Scrum
1 2 (40.00%) Xcode
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
1 2 (40.00%) Android
1 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) WebCenter
2 1 (20.00%) Release Management
2 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Spring
2 1 (20.00%) Capita
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Hibernate
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) JSP
2 1 (20.00%) JMS

Load Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Load 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 Load Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) WebCenter
1 1 (20.00%) Spring
1 1 (20.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (20.00%) JSP
1 1 (20.00%) JMS
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Xcode
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Test Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Web Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Android
1 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Scrum
1 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Capita
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
Southampton, Hampshire
Essential Technical Skills Current performance / volume / load testing experience with HP Loadrunner V11, including script customisation Current security / penetration testing experience using HP Webinspect V9.3 Current regression...
Lorien Resourcing
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Posted: 22 May 2013