Performance Testing Contracts in Sheffield

Performance Testing
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield with a requirement for Performance Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Testing over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 50 41
Rank change year-on-year -5 -9 -9
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 1 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.27% 0.88% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.92% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 9
10th Percentile - - £371
25th Percentile - £375 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -2.63% -
75th Percentile - £538 £488
90th Percentile - - £588
South Yorkshire median daily rate - £463 £475
% change year-on-year - -2.63% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Performance Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 349 434 365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 92.57% 95.59% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 304 291
10th Percentile £375 £363 £350
25th Percentile £414 £475 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £563
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £471 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -14.36% +10.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 11
10th Percentile £10.90 £11.05 £9.49
25th Percentile £11.33 £11.13 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £11.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.30% -28.13% +4.40%
75th Percentile £23.75 £25.88 £18.57
90th Percentile - £34.35 £24.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.62 £10.63 £16.75
% change year-on-year +65.71% -36.54% +22.31%

Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings citing Performance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Testing in Sheffield

Performance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Testing in Sheffield.

Daily rate trend for Performance Testing in Sheffield

Performance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall