The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 Midlands 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 25 - 32
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.595% - 0.590%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.901% - 0.917%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.58% -10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
111 134 218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 66.07% 48.91% 64.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 60 55
Average daily rate £450 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £645 £550 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 57
Average hourly rate £32.00 £21.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -12.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Performance Testing
England

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Performance Testing Daily Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) New Media

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) New Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP