The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stirling region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Stirling 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £413 £375
% change year-on-year
-21.21% +10.00%
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
Stirling
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
86 24 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 78.18% 63.16% 62.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 7 24
Average daily rate £350 £525 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +35.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £350 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £525 £565
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £15.50 - £7.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Performance Testing
Scotland

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling 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 Stirling region.

Stirling Performance Testing Daily Rate Trend