Performance Testing Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills 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 Testing 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 Processes & Methodologies category 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 109 122 107
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -15
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 8 10 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.348% 0.316% 0.812%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.493% 0.514% 1.243%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 13
Average daily rate £338 £488 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.76% +37.32%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £353 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £518 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £413 £375
% change year-on-year
-21.21% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £22.96
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +8.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.58% -10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1623 1947 2011
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.66% 61.48% 65.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 1006 1047
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £490 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 81 98
Average hourly rate £22.06 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.27% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.13 £13.26 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Performance Testing Daily Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Performance Testing across the North West region.

North West Performance Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Testing within the North West 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
Manchester +12 3 £350 -
Lancashire +12 2 £330 -17.50%
Merseyside +9 1 £280 -41.05%
Performance Testing
England

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 9 (42.86%) Web Services
2 7 (33.33%) UNIX
2 7 (33.33%) LoadRunner
3 6 (28.57%) Oracle
3 6 (28.57%) Scrum
4 5 (23.81%) Validation
4 5 (23.81%) Windows
4 5 (23.81%) FTP
4 5 (23.81%) HTTP
4 5 (23.81%) TCP/IP
4 5 (23.81%) HP
4 5 (23.81%) HP Quality Center
5 4 (19.05%) Test Scripting
5 4 (19.05%) MTASC
5 4 (19.05%) BC Cleared
5 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
5 4 (19.05%) ActionScript 2.0
5 4 (19.05%) Memory Management
5 4 (19.05%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (19.05%) TOAD
5 4 (19.05%) Internet
5 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
5 4 (19.05%) C++
5 4 (19.05%) Java
5 4 (19.05%) ActionScript
5 4 (19.05%) SOAP
5 4 (19.05%) OOP
5 4 (19.05%) OO
5 4 (19.05%) Flash
5 4 (19.05%) VMware

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 9 (42.86%) Web Services
2 4 (19.05%) SOAP
2 4 (19.05%) Flash
3 1 (4.762%) Middleware
3 1 (4.762%) WebSphere
3 1 (4.762%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (4.762%) HTML
3 1 (4.762%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (4.762%) CICS
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) CSG Singleview
1 1 (4.762%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) FTP
1 5 (23.81%) HTTP
1 5 (23.81%) TCP/IP
2 4 (19.05%) Internet
3 1 (4.762%) LAN
3 1 (4.762%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
1 4 (19.05%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) LoadRunner
2 4 (19.05%) Subversion
2 4 (19.05%) MTASC
General
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (9.524%) Banking
3 1 (4.762%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Analyst
1 6 (28.57%) Test Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Test Manager
2 3 (14.29%) Tester
2 3 (14.29%) Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Flash Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Performance Manager
2 3 (14.29%) ActionScript Developer
2 3 (14.29%) Performance Test Manager
2 3 (14.29%) Flash ActionScript Developer
3 2 (9.524%) Performance Test Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Performance Analyst
3 2 (9.524%) Consultant
4 1 (4.762%) Administrator
4 1 (4.762%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Performance Tester
4 1 (4.762%) Manual Tester
4 1 (4.762%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Lead Test Analyst
4 1 (4.762%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (9.524%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.762%) VSAM
3 1 (4.762%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) UNIX
2 5 (23.81%) Windows
3 1 (4.762%) AIX
3 1 (4.762%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Scrum
2 5 (23.81%) Validation
3 4 (19.05%) Test Scripting
3 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (19.05%) TDD
3 4 (19.05%) OOP
3 4 (19.05%) OO
3 4 (19.05%) Memory Management
4 3 (14.29%) System Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Test Management
4 3 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Stress Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Web Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Data Modelling
5 1 (4.762%) B2C
5 1 (4.762%) Regression Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) C++
1 4 (19.05%) Java
1 4 (19.05%) ActionScript
1 4 (19.05%) ActionScript 2.0
2 1 (4.762%) JCL
2 1 (4.762%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) BC Cleared
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.524%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (4.762%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Oracle
2 5 (23.81%) HP
3 4 (19.05%) VMware
4 1 (4.762%) Citrix
4 1 (4.762%) SAP
4 1 (4.762%) Siebel
Software Tester - Manchester - 3 month contract
Manchester, North West
Scrum, XP) and Test Driven Development. * Full Performance Testing Lifecycle exposure and understanding... * Solid understanding of test automation principles and test frameworks. Additional understanding of Java and practical...
Computer Futures
Rate: £150 - £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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