Hertfordshire Performance Tester Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Performance Tester role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Performance Tester
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bristol Canary Wharf Cardiff City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Farnborough Glasgow Hammersmith Hampshire Hertfordshire Hove Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Middlesex North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Reading Scotland Shropshire South East South Wales South West Staffordshire Stevenage Surrey Swindon Telford UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	67	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	4	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.006 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.434 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum daily rate	£337	-
Average daily rate	£342	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£347	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£337
% change on same period last year	+3.70 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	921	1599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.480 %	1.717 %
Daily rates quoted	284	619
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£324
Average daily rate	£357	£344
% change on same period last year	+3.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£378	£364
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	112	194
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.57	£23.77
Average hourly rate	£27.67	£24.98
% change on same period last year	+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.76	£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
Performance Tester East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Performance Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Performance Tester across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Performance Tester
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Performance Tester across the Hertfordshire region.

Performance Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Performance Tester across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Tester within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Stevenage	-	1	£315	-
Watford	-	1	-	-

Performance Tester East of England

Performance Tester
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Performance Tester in their job title 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 with Performance Tester in their job title.

1 8 (100.00 %) LoadRunner 2 6 (75.00 %) SAP 3 5 (62.50 %) Citrix 4 3 (37.50 %) Performance Testing 4 3 (37.50 %) Test Scripting 5 2 (25.00 %) Retail 6 1 (12.50 %) QA 6 1 (12.50 %) Risk Analysis 6 1 (12.50 %) SAP HR 6 1 (12.50 %) TestDirector 6 1 (12.50 %) QuickTest Pro 6 1 (12.50 %) Siebel 6 1 (12.50 %) ISEB

Performance Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Performance Tester in their job title 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 with Performance Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) SAP HR	Development Applications 1 8 (100.00 %) LoadRunner 2 1 (12.50 %) TestDirector 2 1 (12.50 %) QuickTest Pro
General 1 2 (25.00 %) Retail	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (37.50 %) Performance Testing 1 3 (37.50 %) Test Scripting 2 1 (12.50 %) Risk Analysis
Qualifications 1 1 (12.50 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (12.50 %) QA
Vendors 1 6 (75.00 %) SAP 2 5 (62.50 %) Citrix 3 1 (12.50 %) Siebel