The first table below looks at the demand for the Performance Test Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Performance Test Analyst in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West 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
Performance Test Analyst
Rank 117 127 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Test Analyst 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.043% 0.064% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.070% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £338 £450 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £419 £438
% change year-on-year
-23.88% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2182 2864 2865
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.09% 91.74% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1045 1414 1422
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 175 192
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +5.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.01 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Performance Test Analyst
England

Performance Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Performance Test Analyst across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Performance Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Performance Test Analyst across the North West region.

North West Performance Test Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Performance Test Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Test Analyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Manchester +11 1 £338 -25.00%
Performance Test Analyst
England

Performance Test Analyst
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Performance Test Analyst 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 Test Analyst in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) FTP
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) TOAD
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (50.00%) zOS
2 1 (50.00%) JCL
2 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) VSAM
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) CICS

Performance Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Performance Test Analyst 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 Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (50.00%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) FTP
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) TOAD
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (50.00%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JCL
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix