Performance Testing Contracts in London

Performance Testing
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Performance Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Testing over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 318 367
Rank change year-on-year +62 +49 +4
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 143 175 247
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.81% 0.66% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.73% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 130 193
10th Percentile £396 £436 £413
25th Percentile £430 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £622 £611 £725
90th Percentile £638 £716 £850
England median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £81.68 -
25th Percentile - £83.06 £77.50
Median hourly rate - £85.75 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - +7.19% -3.03%
75th Percentile - £88.06 £82.50
90th Percentile - £89.23 -
England median hourly rate - £85.75 £80.00
% change year-on-year - +7.19% +220.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Performance Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,569 23,994 35,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.72% 90.95% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,151 17,292 26,230
10th Percentile £340 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 273 423
10th Percentile £15.95 £18.50 £17.55
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.92 £39.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.41% +5.41% +12.63%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.00 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.45 £81.80 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.25% +49.36% +6.38%

Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Performance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Testing in London

Performance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Testing in London.

Daily rate trend for Performance Testing in London

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Testing in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Testing in London

Performance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Testing in London.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Testing in London

Performance Testing
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Testing within the London region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +47 19 £500 -16.67% 2
South London +13 10 £620 +24.00% 3
West London +21 2 £571 - 1
East London - 2 £468 - 1
Performance Testing
England

Performance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (18.18%) Confluence
2 8 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.50%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.50%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.40%) Apache
4 2 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.70%) GemFire
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Windchill
2 2 (1.40%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.40%) Mingle
3 1 (0.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Endur
1 3 (2.10%) ENOVIA
1 3 (2.10%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 42 (29.37%) Azure
2 34 (23.78%) AWS
3 26 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (9.09%) Slack
5 11 (7.69%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.20%) Serverless
7 5 (3.50%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (3.50%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (3.50%) Tricentis Tosca
8 4 (2.80%) BlazeMeter
8 4 (2.80%) Firebase
8 4 (2.80%) GCP
8 4 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (2.10%) Amazon ELB
9 3 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.10%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.10%) BrowserStack
9 3 (2.10%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.10%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.80%) Internet
2 3 (2.10%) Reverse Proxy
2 3 (2.10%) VSAT
3 2 (1.40%) BGP
3 2 (1.40%) CTI
3 2 (1.40%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (1.40%) MPLS
3 2 (1.40%) VoIP
3 2 (1.40%) VPN
4 1 (0.70%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.49%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.10%) DynamoDB
2 3 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (2.10%) MySQL
2 3 (2.10%) Oracle Database
2 3 (2.10%) Oracle Database 11g
2 3 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.10%) Power BI
3 2 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.40%) KDB
3 2 (1.40%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.40%) Oracle Database 12c
3 2 (1.40%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.70%) Big Data
4 1 (0.70%) DB2
4 1 (0.70%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.70%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.70%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 37 (25.87%) JIRA
2 29 (20.28%) JMeter
3 25 (17.48%) Selenium
3 25 (17.48%) SpecFlow
4 24 (16.78%) Jenkins
5 23 (16.08%) Visual Studio
6 20 (13.99%) LoadRunner
6 20 (13.99%) WebDriver
7 14 (9.79%) Postman
8 11 (7.69%) Cucumber
9 9 (6.29%) Appium
9 9 (6.29%) Cypress.io
10 8 (5.59%) NeoLoad
11 6 (4.20%) GitLab
11 6 (4.20%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (3.50%) Git
12 5 (3.50%) Rational Performance Tester
13 4 (2.80%) Gatling
13 4 (2.80%) REST Assured
14 3 (2.10%) TestRail
General
1 47 (32.87%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (11.19%) Back Office
4 14 (9.79%) Finance
5 12 (8.39%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.29%) Banking
6 9 (6.29%) Legal
7 8 (5.59%) Telecoms
8 7 (4.90%) Investment Banking
9 6 (4.20%) Law
10 4 (2.80%) Wholesale Banking
11 3 (2.10%) Retail
12 2 (1.40%) Electronics
12 2 (1.40%) Front Office
12 2 (1.40%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.40%) Marketing
12 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 27 (18.88%) Senior
2 26 (18.18%) Analyst
3 23 (16.08%) Test Analyst
4 21 (14.69%) Lead
5 20 (13.99%) Tester
6 18 (12.59%) Senior Analyst
6 18 (12.59%) Senior Test Analyst
7 17 (11.89%) Test Leader
8 14 (9.79%) Release Manager
9 12 (8.39%) Developer
9 12 (8.39%) Test Engineer
10 10 (6.99%) Performance Engineer
11 8 (5.59%) Performance Test Leader
11 8 (5.59%) QA Engineer
12 6 (4.20%) Performance Test Engineer
12 6 (4.20%) QA Tester
12 6 (4.20%) Test Manager
13 5 (3.50%) Automation Tester
14 4 (2.80%) Scala Developer
14 4 (2.80%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (14.69%) .NET
2 15 (10.49%) AngularJS
3 14 (9.79%) XML
4 12 (8.39%) .NET Framework
5 8 (5.59%) Kafka
6 7 (4.90%) Middleware
6 7 (4.90%) Playwright
6 7 (4.90%) REST
7 5 (3.50%) Web Services
7 5 (3.50%) WebdriverIO
8 4 (2.80%) ADO
8 4 (2.80%) JSON
8 4 (2.80%) Spark Streaming
9 3 (2.10%) Akka
9 3 (2.10%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (2.10%) Gherkin
9 3 (2.10%) pytest
10 2 (1.40%) ASP.NET
10 2 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (1.40%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.20%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.50%) Mobile App
3 4 (2.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (2.80%) Hedge funds
3 4 (2.80%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.10%) NHS
4 3 (2.10%) PACS
5 2 (1.40%) CMDB
5 2 (1.40%) Derivative
5 2 (1.40%) IVR
5 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.40%) Replication
6 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.70%) Contactless
6 1 (0.70%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.70%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.20%) Linux
2 5 (3.50%) Windows
3 4 (2.80%) Unix
4 1 (0.70%) Android
4 1 (0.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (62.24%) Test Automation
2 57 (39.86%) Agile
3 38 (26.57%) Test Strategy
4 37 (25.87%) DevOps
5 36 (25.17%) CI/CD
6 29 (20.28%) Non-Functional Testing
7 28 (19.58%) Functional Testing
8 27 (18.88%) Scrum
8 27 (18.88%) Software Testing
9 25 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (16.08%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (14.69%) SDLC
12 19 (13.29%) Continuous Integration
12 19 (13.29%) Operational Acceptance Testing
13 17 (11.89%) Regression Testing
13 17 (11.89%) Waterfall
14 16 (11.19%) API Testing
15 15 (10.49%) Defect Management
16 14 (9.79%) Configuration Management
17 13 (9.09%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (27.97%) C#
2 28 (19.58%) Java
3 22 (15.38%) SQL
4 14 (9.79%) Python
5 13 (9.09%) PowerShell
6 10 (6.99%) C++
7 7 (4.90%) Scala
8 6 (4.20%) JavaScript
8 6 (4.20%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.80%) C
10 3 (2.10%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.70%) Bicep
11 1 (0.70%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.70%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.70%) Swift
Qualifications
1 28 (19.58%) Security Cleared
2 27 (18.88%) SC Cleared
3 20 (13.99%) Degree
4 8 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.50%) ISEB
5 5 (3.50%) ISTQB
6 3 (2.10%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.10%) CCNA
6 3 (2.10%) CCNP
6 3 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.10%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.40%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.70%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (24.48%) QA
2 9 (6.29%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.10%) HL7
4 2 (1.40%) GDPR
4 2 (1.40%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.40%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.40%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.40%) Software Quality Assurance
4 2 (1.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.50%) Docker
3 1 (0.70%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 25 (17.48%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.50%) Ansible
2 5 (3.50%) Grafana
2 5 (3.50%) Prometheus
3 3 (2.10%) Kibana
4 1 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (20.98%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.99%) Oracle
3 7 (4.90%) CA Agile Central
3 7 (4.90%) Splunk
4 6 (4.20%) HP
5 5 (3.50%) IBM
5 5 (3.50%) iManage
5 5 (3.50%) Intapp
5 5 (3.50%) OpenAI
6 4 (2.80%) AppDynamics
7 3 (2.10%) Google
7 3 (2.10%) PTC
7 3 (2.10%) SAP
7 3 (2.10%) Siemens
8 2 (1.40%) Avaya
8 2 (1.40%) Cisco
8 2 (1.40%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.40%) Genesys
9 1 (0.70%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.70%) VMware