Performance Testing Contracts in Oxfordshire
 
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 Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 22 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 Oxfordshire 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 51 - 48
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.442% - 0.223%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.641% - 0.402%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
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
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 312 370 249
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 68.87% 58.73% 55.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 193 133
Average daily rate £350 £400 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +28.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £227 £253 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 35 9
Average hourly rate £12.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.44% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Performance Testing
South East

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Oxford - 2 £250 -
Performance Testing
South East

Performance Testing
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix
2 2 (40.00%) CCA
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) DTV
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) ISEB
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
General
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Citrix Support
1 2 (40.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Server Support
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Automated Testing
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCA
1 2 (40.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
1 2 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
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