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This section looks at the demand for the Performance Tester role in IT contracts within the Leicestershire 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Performance Tester
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£362
% change on same period last year-2.15 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£51.57£41.10
% change on same period last year+25.47 %
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leicestershire
Matching contract IT job ads261330
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.344 %0.329 %
Daily rates quoted6069
Average minimum daily rate£281£366
Average daily rate£298£398
% change on same period last year-25.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£316£430
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted4763
Average minimum hourly rate£16.80£15.76
Average hourly rate£18.72£16.72
% change on same period last year+11.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.64£17.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Performance Tester East MidlandsPerformance Tester
East Midlands

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 Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leicestershire Performance Tester Demand Trend

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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Performance Tester Daily Rate Trend

Performance Tester
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

121 (100.00 %)Rational Performance Tester
219 (90.48 %)Test Scripting
219 (90.48 %)COBOL
219 (90.48 %)JavaScript
219 (90.48 %)SQL
219 (90.48 %)DB2
219 (90.48 %)SOAP
317 (80.95 %)Java
416 (76.19 %)Mainframe
515 (71.43 %)Banking
614 (66.67 %)Performance Testing
73 (14.29 %)WebServices
73 (14.29 %)HTTP
73 (14.29 %)HTTPS
82 (9.524 %)Finance

Performance Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (90.48 %)SOAP
23 (14.29 %)WebServices
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (14.29 %)HTTP
13 (14.29 %)HTTPS
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (90.48 %)DB2
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (100.00 %)Rational Performance Tester
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (71.43 %)Banking
22 (9.524 %)Finance
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (76.19 %)Mainframe
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (90.48 %)Test Scripting
214 (66.67 %)Performance Testing
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (90.48 %)COBOL
119 (90.48 %)JavaScript
119 (90.48 %)SQL
217 (80.95 %)Java