The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Performance Testing 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the South West 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
Performance Testing
Rank 96 95 96
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +1
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 12 42 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.595% 1.298% 0.919%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.893% 1.906% 1.411%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 33 21
Average daily rate £375 £425 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £346 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £425 £450
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
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1344 2204 1843
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.63% 68.13% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1360 953
Average daily rate £375 £390 £384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +1.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 110 129
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £39.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West 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
Gloucestershire +12 3 £313 -26.47%
Dorset -3 3 £350 -12.50%
Wiltshire -9 3 £425 +3.03%
Somerset - 2 £393 -
Performance Testing
England

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 11 (55.00%) Finance
2 8 (40.00%) LoadRunner
2 8 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (30.00%) Banking
3 6 (30.00%) HP
3 6 (30.00%) WinRunner
4 5 (25.00%) ISEB
4 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 5 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
5 4 (20.00%) Rational Performance Tester
5 4 (20.00%) Retail Banking
5 4 (20.00%) Retail
5 4 (20.00%) IBM
5 4 (20.00%) Java
5 4 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 3 (15.00%) Linux
6 3 (15.00%) SQL
6 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.00%) QuickTest Pro
6 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
7 2 (10.00%) Integration Testing
7 2 (10.00%) Test Management
7 2 (10.00%) System Testing
7 2 (10.00%) Oracle BI EE
7 2 (10.00%) ESB
7 2 (10.00%) V-Model
7 2 (10.00%) QA
7 2 (10.00%) Test Automation

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 2 (10.00%) XSLT
2 1 (5.000%) EDI
2 1 (5.000%) .NET
2 1 (5.000%) Middleware
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.000%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) ESB
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.000%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) ATM
1 1 (5.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle BI EE
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 8 (40.00%) LoadRunner
2 6 (30.00%) WinRunner
3 4 (20.00%) Rational Performance Tester
4 3 (15.00%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (10.00%) JDeveloper
5 2 (10.00%) TestDirector
6 1 (5.000%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (5.000%) JIRA
General
1 11 (55.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Banking
3 4 (20.00%) Retail Banking
3 4 (20.00%) Retail
4 2 (10.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Test Manager
2 6 (30.00%) Tester
3 5 (25.00%) Performance Tester
3 5 (25.00%) Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) Performance Test Consultant
4 4 (20.00%) Test Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) Consultant
4 4 (20.00%) Test Consultant
5 3 (15.00%) Developer
6 2 (10.00%) OBIEE Developer
7 1 (5.000%) Performance Manager
7 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Developer
7 1 (5.000%) Performance Analyst
7 1 (5.000%) Systems Tester
7 1 (5.000%) Analyst Developer
7 1 (5.000%) SQL Developer
7 1 (5.000%) Performance Test Leader
7 1 (5.000%) Integration Tester
7 1 (5.000%) Performance Test Manager
7 1 (5.000%) Performance Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (10.00%) Integration Testing
4 2 (10.00%) Test Management
4 2 (10.00%) System Testing
4 2 (10.00%) V-Model
4 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (10.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (10.00%) Workflow
4 2 (10.00%) Quality Management
4 2 (10.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (10.00%) BPEL
4 2 (10.00%) ERP
4 2 (10.00%) SOA
4 2 (10.00%) ETL
4 2 (10.00%) UML
4 2 (10.00%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) Java
2 3 (15.00%) SQL
3 2 (10.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (10.00%) XQuery
3 2 (10.00%) PL/SQL
4 1 (5.000%) C
4 1 (5.000%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) ISEB
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.000%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
1 2 (10.00%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) HP
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (20.00%) IBM
4 2 (10.00%) Informatica
4 2 (10.00%) Oracle
4 2 (10.00%) Siebel
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Non Functional Test Lead, Team Management, Performance Testing, Loadrunner, Oracle, Banking and Finance. My client is looking for an experienced Non Functional Test Lead/Manager with a strong...
Aston Carter
Rate: £425 - £475 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013