The first table below looks at the demand for Rational Performance Tester 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 Rational Performance Tester over the 3 months to 24 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 Development Applications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational Performance Tester (RPT)
Rank 221 - 251
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Rational Performance Tester 3 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.038% - 0.019%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.360% - 0.189%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £364 - £303
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 - £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 - £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £436 £303
% change year-on-year
-14.04% +44.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
833 897 1061
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 10.69% 8.841% 10.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 464 437
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.90% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 53 117
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £31.00 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Rational Performance Tester
England

Rational Performance Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Rational Performance Tester across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

South East Rational Performance Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Rational Performance Tester
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Rational Performance Tester across the South East region.

South East Rational Performance Tester Daily Rate Trend

Rational Performance Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Rational Performance Tester within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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 - 3 £364 -
Rational Performance Tester
England

Rational Performance Tester
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Rational Performance Tester 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 Rational Performance Tester.

1 20 (95.24%) Performance Testing
2 16 (76.19%) IBM
3 11 (52.38%) Test Scripting
4 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
5 4 (19.05%) Java
6 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
7 2 (9.524%) Load Testing
7 2 (9.524%) Stress Testing
7 2 (9.524%) SilkPerformer
7 2 (9.524%) HP
7 2 (9.524%) ISEB
7 2 (9.524%) LoadRunner
8 1 (4.762%) Empirix
8 1 (4.762%) SQL
8 1 (4.762%) Oracle
8 1 (4.762%) XML
8 1 (4.762%) UNIX
8 1 (4.762%) Rational Functional Tester

Rational Performance Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Rational Performance Tester 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 Rational Performance Tester. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.762%) XML
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) SilkPerformer
1 2 (9.524%) LoadRunner
2 1 (4.762%) Rational Functional Tester
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Tester
1 15 (71.43%) Performance Tester
2 8 (38.10%) Analyst
2 8 (38.10%) Test Analyst
3 7 (33.33%) Consultant
3 7 (33.33%) Performance Analyst
3 7 (33.33%) Performance Test Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Performance Test Consultant
4 4 (19.05%) Test Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Test Specialist
5 1 (4.762%) Non-Functional Tester
5 1 (4.762%) Performance Test Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.762%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (95.24%) Performance Testing
2 11 (52.38%) Test Scripting
3 2 (9.524%) Load Testing
3 2 (9.524%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Java
2 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.524%) ISEB
Vendors
1 16 (76.19%) IBM
2 2 (9.524%) HP
3 1 (4.762%) Empirix
3 1 (4.762%) Oracle
Farnborough, Hampshire
The ideal candidate will have experience of Rational Performance Tester, Unix, SQL and XML. Due to the nature of the project candidates must hold or be willing to...
Experis IT
Rate: £400 - £455 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Berkshire
Essential experience: A strong working background across test automation or manual testing Pr oven background in functional and non-functional testing Excellent knowledge of a testing tool, potentially...
Venn Group
Rate: long term contract opportunity
Posted: 24 May 2013