The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 Southampton 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 33 29 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 3 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 1.017% 0.877% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.685% 1.429% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £337 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.70% -
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
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
178 140 117
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 60.34% 61.40% 64.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 82 57
Average daily rate £370 £400 £401
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% -0.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £555 £500 £563
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 18
Average hourly rate £27.50 £20.00 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% -39.39%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.00 £17.50 £11.33
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Performance Testing
Hampshire

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Performance Testing Daily Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 2 (50.00%) SAP
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
1 2 (50.00%) SAP MM
1 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Scrum
1 2 (50.00%) Xcode
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Load Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Management
1 2 (50.00%) Android
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) RedPrairie
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SAP MM
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Xcode
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Test Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Testing Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Testing Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Web Tester
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Android
1 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Scrum
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Load Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Management
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) RedPrairie
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