Rational Performance Tester Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Rational Performance Tester skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Rational Performance Tester over the 3 months to 17 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 London 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational Performance Tester (RPT)
Rank 364 399 433
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +34
Contract jobs citing Rational Performance Tester 21 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.097% 0.026% 0.013%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.806% 0.273% 0.113%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 3
Average daily rate £350 £338 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £327 £318
10% offered a daily rate of more than £369 £349 £498
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £395 £380
% change year-on-year
-8.22% +3.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 2606 2565 3545
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.07% 9.578% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1935 1739 2422
Average daily rate £415 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.35% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 37 29
Average hourly rate £41.50 £35.00 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.57% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.70 £22.10 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.40 £45.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Rational Performance Tester
England

Rational Performance Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Rational Performance Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Rational Performance Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Rational Performance Tester Daily Rate Trend

Rational Performance Tester
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Rational Performance Tester across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Rational Performance Tester Daily Rate Histogram

Rational Performance Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Rational Performance Tester within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London +13 3 £325 -
Docklands, London - 1 £320 -
Rational Performance Tester
England

Rational Performance Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Rational Performance Tester 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 Rational Performance Tester.

1 23 (79.31%) IBM
2 19 (65.52%) Performance Testing
3 17 (58.62%) Microsoft
4 16 (55.17%) LoadRunner
5 15 (51.72%) Software Testing
6 10 (34.48%) Service Delivery
6 10 (34.48%) MS Excel
7 9 (31.03%) Test Scripting
8 8 (27.59%) Matrix Management
9 6 (20.69%) Project Management
9 6 (20.69%) Degree
9 6 (20.69%) Change Control
10 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
11 2 (6.897%) Java
11 2 (6.897%) Online Banking
11 2 (6.897%) Mobile Banking
11 2 (6.897%) Banking
11 2 (6.897%) Pega
12 1 (3.448%) SaaS
12 1 (3.448%) Capacity Planning
12 1 (3.448%) Splunk
12 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (3.448%) SilkPerformer
12 1 (3.448%) WebSphere
12 1 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
12 1 (3.448%) VBA
12 1 (3.448%) DB2
12 1 (3.448%) Web Services
12 1 (3.448%) UNIX
12 1 (3.448%) HP

Rational Performance Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Rational Performance Tester 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 Rational Performance Tester. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.448%) Web Services
1 1 (3.448%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (34.48%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.448%) DB2
Development Applications
1 16 (55.17%) LoadRunner
2 1 (3.448%) SilkPerformer
General
1 2 (6.897%) Banking
2 1 (3.448%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.448%) Finance
2 1 (3.448%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (48.28%) Analyst
1 14 (48.28%) Test Analyst
2 10 (34.48%) Performance Tester
2 10 (34.48%) Tester
3 8 (27.59%) Senior Test Analyst
3 8 (27.59%) Senior Analyst
4 7 (24.14%) Performance Analyst
4 7 (24.14%) Performance Test Analyst
5 6 (20.69%) Architect
6 2 (6.897%) Senior Tester
6 2 (6.897%) Senior Performance Tester
7 1 (3.448%) Software Test Analyst
7 1 (3.448%) Senior Software Test Analyst
7 1 (3.448%) Senior Performance Test Analyst
7 1 (3.448%) Senior Performance Analyst
7 1 (3.448%) Performance Test Specialist
7 1 (3.448%) Test Specialist
7 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Architect
7 1 (3.448%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.897%) Online Banking
1 2 (6.897%) Mobile Banking
2 1 (3.448%) SaaS
2 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.448%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (65.52%) Performance Testing
2 15 (51.72%) Software Testing
3 10 (34.48%) Service Delivery
4 9 (31.03%) Test Scripting
5 8 (27.59%) Matrix Management
6 6 (20.69%) Project Management
6 6 (20.69%) Change Control
7 1 (3.448%) ERP
7 1 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (3.448%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.897%) Java
2 1 (3.448%) VBA
2 1 (3.448%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) Splunk
Vendors
1 23 (79.31%) IBM
2 17 (58.62%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.897%) Pega
4 1 (3.448%) HP
Performance Test Specialist
London
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 7 years experience in performance testing using tools such as IBM Rational Performance tester or HP Loadrunner... The ideal candidate...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £326 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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