The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner 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 LoadRunner over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 88 91 98
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +7
Contract jobs citing LoadRunner 12 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.739% 0.198% 0.211%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.381% 1.571% 1.521%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 2
Average daily rate £319 £325 £378
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.92% -13.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £285 £376
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £325 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £355
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Development Applications
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
223 191 263
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 13.74% 12.58% 13.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 85 78
Average daily rate £338 £350 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £263 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £406 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 31 62
Average hourly rate £39.50 £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.25% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.15 £31.00 £32.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £46.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
LoadRunner
South East

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire LoadRunner Daily Rate Trend

LoadRunner
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire LoadRunner Hourly Rate Trend

LoadRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 14 (82.35%) HP
1 14 (82.35%) QuickTest Pro
2 13 (76.47%) Oracle
3 12 (70.59%) Performance Testing
4 9 (52.94%) Test Scripting
4 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
4 9 (52.94%) HP Quality Center
4 9 (52.94%) Oracle 8/8i
4 9 (52.94%) SQL
4 9 (52.94%) Penetration Testing
5 8 (47.06%) VMware
5 8 (47.06%) Windows
5 8 (47.06%) ISEB
5 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
5 8 (47.06%) Test Automation
6 7 (41.18%) Oracle BI EE
6 7 (41.18%) SQL Server 2008
6 7 (41.18%) Test Management
6 7 (41.18%) Oracle 11g
6 7 (41.18%) Oracle APEX
6 7 (41.18%) Oracle RAC
6 7 (41.18%) Oracle 10g
6 7 (41.18%) SharePoint
6 7 (41.18%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (41.18%) Terminal Services
6 7 (41.18%) Linux
6 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
6 7 (41.18%) IIS
6 7 (41.18%) ISEB Practitioner
6 7 (41.18%) SQL Server 2005

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (11.76%) ASP.NET
1 2 (11.76%) COM
1 2 (11.76%) JSP
1 2 (11.76%) .NET
1 2 (11.76%) HTML
2 1 (5.882%) WF
2 1 (5.882%) WebCenter
2 1 (5.882%) Middleware
2 1 (5.882%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (41.18%) SharePoint
1 7 (41.18%) IIS
2 1 (5.882%) Magento
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) HTTP
2 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.882%) DNS
2 1 (5.882%) HTTPS
2 1 (5.882%) SAN
2 1 (5.882%) LDAP
2 1 (5.882%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (52.94%) Oracle 8/8i
2 7 (41.18%) Oracle BI EE
2 7 (41.18%) SQL Server 2008
2 7 (41.18%) Oracle 11g
2 7 (41.18%) Oracle 10g
2 7 (41.18%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
2 7 (41.18%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (41.18%) Oracle OWB
3 5 (29.41%) SQL Server 2012
3 5 (29.41%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (5.882%) DB2
Development Applications
1 14 (82.35%) QuickTest Pro
2 7 (41.18%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (5.882%) Talend Open Studio
3 1 (5.882%) TestDirector
General
1 3 (17.65%) Military
2 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.882%) Billing
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Analyst
1 6 (35.29%) Test Analyst
1 6 (35.29%) Test Leader
2 4 (23.53%) Consultant
2 4 (23.53%) Test Consultant
3 3 (17.65%) Performance Test Leader
3 3 (17.65%) DBA
4 2 (11.76%) Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Performance Tester
4 2 (11.76%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Performance Test Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Data Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Developer Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) HACMP
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Windows
2 7 (41.18%) Linux
3 5 (29.41%) UNIX
4 2 (11.76%) Windows 2000
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (11.76%) Windows XP
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Performance Testing
2 9 (52.94%) Test Scripting
2 9 (52.94%) Penetration Testing
3 8 (47.06%) Test Automation
4 7 (41.18%) Test Management
5 6 (35.29%) Migration
6 3 (17.65%) Load Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Regression Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (11.76%) Integration Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
7 2 (11.76%) System Testing
8 1 (5.882%) Automation Testing
8 1 (5.882%) Test Strategy
8 1 (5.882%) E-Commerce
8 1 (5.882%) Project Management
8 1 (5.882%) Knowledge Management
8 1 (5.882%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.882%) Perl
3 1 (5.882%) Korn
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 8 (47.06%) ISEB
3 7 (41.18%) ISEB Practitioner
4 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
5 4 (23.53%) HP AIS
6 2 (11.76%) ISTQB
7 1 (5.882%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Oracle RAC
1 7 (41.18%) Terminal Services
1 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.882%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 9 (52.94%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (11.76%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) HP
2 13 (76.47%) Oracle
3 8 (47.06%) VMware
3 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.882%) Talend
4 1 (5.882%) Citrix
4 1 (5.882%) Capita
4 1 (5.882%) KANA
Gosport, Hampshire
Skills Required - HP Application Lifecycle Manager 11.X Administration and Configuration - HP Quick Test Profession 11.X Administration and Configuration - HP Loadrunner 11.X Administration and Configuration - Working...
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Posted: 13 June 2013