The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 160 192 162
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -30
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 70 54 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.884% 0.522% 0.779%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.301% 0.803% 1.210%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 32 31
Average daily rate £325 £325 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £250 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.58% -10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5379 6721 6614
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.90% 64.97% 64.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2783 3216 3013
Average daily rate £375 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 327 363
Average hourly rate £26.98 £25.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.78% -27.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.37 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Performance Testing Daily Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East Performance Testing Daily Rate Histogram

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 South East region.

South East 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 South East 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
Hampshire +12 26 £325 -
Berkshire +18 13 £425 +30.76%
Buckinghamshire +10 10 £313 +13.96%
East Sussex +11 6 £300 -27.27%
West Sussex +9 3 £300 -8.04%
Surrey +5 3 £500 +66.66%
Kent - 3 £275 -
Middlesex - 3 - -
Oxfordshire - 2 £250 -
Sussex - 1 £500 -
Performance Testing
England

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 37 (27.21%) Test Scripting
2 28 (20.59%) ISEB
3 27 (19.85%) User Acceptance Testing
4 25 (18.38%) HP
4 25 (18.38%) SQL
5 24 (17.65%) IBM
6 23 (16.91%) LoadRunner
7 22 (16.18%) Test Management
7 22 (16.18%) Test Automation
8 21 (15.44%) Finance
9 20 (14.71%) Oracle
10 19 (13.97%) Rational Performance Tester
11 18 (13.24%) Security Cleared
11 18 (13.24%) Java
11 18 (13.24%) SAP
12 17 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
13 16 (11.76%) Windows
13 16 (11.76%) Automated Testing
13 16 (11.76%) QA
14 15 (11.03%) SQL Server
15 14 (10.29%) UNIX
16 13 (9.559%) Agile Software Development
16 13 (9.559%) Software Testing
16 13 (9.559%) Load Testing
16 13 (9.559%) .NET
16 13 (9.559%) System Testing
17 12 (8.824%) Data Warehouse
17 12 (8.824%) QuickTest Pro
17 12 (8.824%) Selenium
17 12 (8.824%) Scrum

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 13 (9.559%) .NET
2 11 (8.088%) WebSphere
3 10 (7.353%) XML
3 10 (7.353%) CSS
4 9 (6.618%) Web Services
4 9 (6.618%) HTML
5 7 (5.147%) JSP
5 7 (5.147%) JMS
5 7 (5.147%) Ajax
6 6 (4.412%) JSTL
6 6 (4.412%) EJB
6 6 (4.412%) J2EE
6 6 (4.412%) Gherkin
7 3 (2.206%) soapUI
7 3 (2.206%) ASP.NET
7 3 (2.206%) jQuery
8 2 (1.471%) JSON
8 2 (1.471%) LAMP
8 2 (1.471%) COM
8 2 (1.471%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 8 (5.882%) IIS
2 7 (5.147%) Windows Azure
2 7 (5.147%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.206%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (2.206%) Oracle Application Server
4 2 (1.471%) Commerce Server
5 1 (0.735%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.735%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.735%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.735%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (0.735%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.735%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.735%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.735%) Drupal
5 1 (0.735%) Jetty
5 1 (0.735%) Oracle 10gAS
Applications
1 6 (4.412%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.735%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.941%) SAP IS-U
1 4 (2.941%) SAP CRM
2 3 (2.206%) SAP HCM
3 2 (1.471%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (1.471%) SAP MM
3 2 (1.471%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.471%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.735%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.735%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.735%) SAP FI-CA
4 1 (0.735%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.941%) HTTP
2 3 (2.206%) BSS
3 1 (0.735%) LDAP
3 1 (0.735%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.735%) DNS
3 1 (0.735%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.735%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.03%) SQL Server
2 12 (8.824%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (7.353%) Oracle 8/8i
3 10 (7.353%) Oracle 11g
4 8 (5.882%) Oracle 10g
4 8 (5.882%) Oracle BI EE
5 7 (5.147%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (5.147%) Oracle OWB
5 7 (5.147%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (3.676%) SQL Server 2012
6 5 (3.676%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (2.941%) DB2
8 2 (1.471%) SQL Server 2000
9 1 (0.735%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.735%) DbVisualizer
9 1 (0.735%) MySQL
9 1 (0.735%) MS Access
9 1 (0.735%) Ingres
9 1 (0.735%) GIS
9 1 (0.735%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 23 (16.91%) LoadRunner
2 19 (13.97%) Rational Performance Tester
3 12 (8.824%) QuickTest Pro
3 12 (8.824%) Selenium
4 10 (7.353%) Visual Studio
5 7 (5.147%) JUnit
5 7 (5.147%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (3.676%) FitNesse
7 4 (2.941%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.941%) SpecFlow
8 3 (2.206%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (2.206%) JIRA
9 2 (1.471%) SilkPerformer
9 2 (1.471%) Fiddler
9 2 (1.471%) Xcode
9 2 (1.471%) WebDriver
9 2 (1.471%) Git (software)
9 2 (1.471%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.735%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.735%) GitHub
General
1 21 (15.44%) Finance
2 9 (6.618%) Retail
3 7 (5.147%) Telecoms
3 7 (5.147%) Billing
4 4 (2.941%) Games
5 3 (2.206%) Military
6 1 (0.735%) Electronics
6 1 (0.735%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.735%) Banking
6 1 (0.735%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 37 (27.21%) Tester
2 36 (26.47%) Analyst
3 35 (25.74%) Test Analyst
4 24 (17.65%) Performance Tester
5 23 (16.91%) Consultant
6 18 (13.24%) Test Manager
7 14 (10.29%) Performance Test Analyst
7 14 (10.29%) Performance Analyst
8 10 (7.353%) Test Consultant
8 10 (7.353%) Developer
9 9 (6.618%) Test Leader
10 7 (5.147%) Architect
10 7 (5.147%) Performance Test Consultant
11 6 (4.412%) DBA
12 5 (3.676%) Automated Tester
13 4 (2.941%) Software Engineer
14 3 (2.206%) Performance Test Specialist
14 3 (2.206%) SAP Analyst
14 3 (2.206%) EMC Storage Consultant
14 3 (2.206%) Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.676%) Open Source
2 4 (2.941%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (2.206%) Smart Meter
3 3 (2.206%) Data Integration
3 3 (2.206%) EMC Centera
4 2 (1.471%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.471%) Replication
4 2 (1.471%) PMI
4 2 (1.471%) DTV
4 2 (1.471%) NHS
4 2 (1.471%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.735%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.735%) iSeries
5 1 (0.735%) Inversion of Control
5 1 (0.735%) Handset
5 1 (0.735%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.735%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.735%) STB
5 1 (0.735%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.76%) Windows
2 14 (10.29%) UNIX
3 10 (7.353%) Linux
4 3 (2.206%) Android
4 3 (2.206%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.206%) AIX
5 2 (1.471%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.471%) Windows 2000
5 2 (1.471%) Windows XP
5 2 (1.471%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.471%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.735%) Windows Phone 8
6 1 (0.735%) Windows Phone
6 1 (0.735%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.735%) Windows Phone 7
6 1 (0.735%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (27.21%) Test Scripting
2 27 (19.85%) User Acceptance Testing
3 22 (16.18%) Test Management
3 22 (16.18%) Test Automation
4 16 (11.76%) Automated Testing
5 13 (9.559%) Agile Software Development
5 13 (9.559%) Software Testing
5 13 (9.559%) Load Testing
5 13 (9.559%) System Testing
6 12 (8.824%) Scrum
7 11 (8.088%) Penetration Testing
7 11 (8.088%) Migration
8 10 (7.353%) Test Strategy
9 9 (6.618%) E-Commerce
10 8 (5.882%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (5.147%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (5.147%) ETL
11 7 (5.147%) Change Management
11 7 (5.147%) Regression Testing
11 7 (5.147%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 25 (18.38%) SQL
2 18 (13.24%) Java
3 10 (7.353%) JavaScript
3 10 (7.353%) C#
4 5 (3.676%) Shell Script
5 3 (2.206%) PL/SQL
5 3 (2.206%) C
5 3 (2.206%) Perl
6 1 (0.735%) Groovy
6 1 (0.735%) Bash shell
6 1 (0.735%) PHP
6 1 (0.735%) C++
6 1 (0.735%) Python
6 1 (0.735%) XAML
6 1 (0.735%) Ruby
6 1 (0.735%) Jython
Qualifications
1 28 (20.59%) ISEB
2 18 (13.24%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.353%) ISTQB
3 10 (7.353%) ISEB Practitioner
3 10 (7.353%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.941%) HP AIS
5 3 (2.206%) Degree
6 2 (1.471%) CCA
6 2 (1.471%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (1.471%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.471%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.735%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.76%) QA
2 2 (1.471%) HL7
System Software
1 7 (5.147%) Active Directory
1 7 (5.147%) Terminal Services
1 7 (5.147%) Oracle RAC
2 4 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.735%) Varnish
3 1 (0.735%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 17 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.471%) SCCM
2 2 (1.471%) SCOM
3 1 (0.735%) Nagios
Vendors
1 25 (18.38%) HP
2 24 (17.65%) IBM
3 20 (14.71%) Oracle
4 18 (13.24%) SAP
5 9 (6.618%) Microsoft
6 7 (5.147%) VMware
7 5 (3.676%) Siebel
8 4 (2.941%) CA
8 4 (2.941%) Adobe
9 3 (2.206%) Verint
9 3 (2.206%) Sitecore
9 3 (2.206%) EMC
10 2 (1.471%) Citrix
10 2 (1.471%) iSOFT
11 1 (0.735%) Talend
11 1 (0.735%) RedPrairie
11 1 (0.735%) Primavera
11 1 (0.735%) TIBCO
11 1 (0.735%) Empirix
11 1 (0.735%) ILOG
Andover, South East
Non Functional Test AnalystAndover, HampshireContract Length: 3 months +Key Skills: NON FUNCTIONAL,TEST, ORACLE, SQL SERVER, WINDOWS, UNIX, VIRTUAL, VMWARE, SERVER, BUILD, DATA WAREHOUSE, DATAWAREHOUSE, DATAWARHOUSING, QTP, QUICK...
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 29 April 2013