The first table below looks at the demand for Load Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Load Testing over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Scotland 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Testing
Rank - 109 111
Contract jobs citing Load Testing 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland - 0.038% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.059% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £340 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +18.26%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £300 £289
% change year-on-year
+41.66% +3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.25 -
% change year-on-year
+0.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1749 1691 1881
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 69.32% 63.50% 65.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 884 820 995
Average daily rate £375 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £245 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 58 43
Average hourly rate £19.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.15 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Load Testing
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Load Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Load Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Load Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Load Testing across the Scotland region.

Scotland Load Testing Daily Rate Trend

Load Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Load Testing within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Dundee - - - -
Glasgow - - - - 1
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