Performance Testing Contracts in Lancashire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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 30 39 16
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -23
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 2 4 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.990% 0.937% 6.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.600% 1.594% 11.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
Average daily rate £330 £400 £361
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.50% +10.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.58% -10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 125 251 123
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 61.88% 58.78% 53.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 141 56
Average daily rate £315 £375 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% +14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £500 £427
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 16
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.90 £16.80 £21.94
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.07 £26.60 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Performance Testing
North West

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Performance Testing Daily Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Performance Testing Hourly Rate Trend

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 Lancashire 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
Skelmersdale - 1 - -
Performance Testing
North West

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 4 (57.14%) UNIX
1 4 (57.14%) LoadRunner
1 4 (57.14%) BC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (42.86%) FTP
2 3 (42.86%) HTTP
2 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 3 (42.86%) TOAD
2 3 (42.86%) HP
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) SOAP
2 3 (42.86%) Web Services
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Stress Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
4 1 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) VSAM
4 1 (14.29%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (14.29%) Siebel
4 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix
4 1 (14.29%) CICS
4 1 (14.29%) zOS
4 1 (14.29%) JCL

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (42.86%) SOAP
1 3 (42.86%) Web Services
2 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (14.29%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) FTP
1 3 (42.86%) HTTP
1 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) TOAD
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Performance Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Performance Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Test Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Test Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Test Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Performance Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Performance Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Test Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) VSAM
1 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) UNIX
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Validation
2 1 (14.29%) Stress Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JCL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) BC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) HP
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
1 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Siebel
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
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