The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LoadRunner over the 3 months to 23 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 Development Applications category for the Leeds 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 71 56 54
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -2
Contract jobs citing LoadRunner 3 12 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.409% 1.362% 0.156%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.571% 14.29% 1.316%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 1
Average daily rate £225 £238 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -54.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £344 £350 £355
% change year-on-year
-1.78% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Development Applications
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
84 84 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 11.44% 9.535% 11.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 52 34
Average daily rate £280 £325 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.84% +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £252 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £38.00 - £36.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
LoadRunner
West Yorkshire

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds LoadRunner Hourly Rate Trend

LoadRunner
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Talend Open Studio
2 2 (66.67%) Talend
3 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Talend Open Studio
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tester
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) Talend
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Design, develop and execute test scripts using HP Performance Centre/Load Runner. Amend existing performance test scripts and execute as required to support regression testing of previously delivered...
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