The first table below looks at the demand for Load Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Load Testing over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Surrey 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Testing
Rank 79 95 99
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +4
Contract jobs citing Load Testing 4 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.323% 0.251% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.459% 0.363% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £285 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -30.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £300 £289
% change year-on-year
+50.00% +3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.25 -
% change year-on-year
+0.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
872 1103 1296
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 70.44% 69.15% 70.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 591 650
Average daily rate £390 £363 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.58% -9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 60 38
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.12 £40.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
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Load Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey Load Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Load Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Load Testing across the Surrey region.

Surrey Load Testing Daily Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Load Testing within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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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
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Vacancies
Guildford - 2 - -
Staines - - - -
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Load Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing Load 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 Load Testing.

1 4 (80.00%) C
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (80.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (80.00%) Games
1 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Cloud Computing
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) WCF
3 2 (40.00%) Code Coverage
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Web Services
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
3 2 (40.00%) Data Mining
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) IIS
3 2 (40.00%) C++
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Software Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Process Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Game Development
3 2 (40.00%) Kinect
3 2 (40.00%) REST
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement

Load Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey region citing Load 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 Load Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) WCF
1 2 (40.00%) Web Services
1 2 (40.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) IIS
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP CRM
1 1 (20.00%) SAP IS-U
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (80.00%) Games
2 1 (20.00%) Billing
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Software Development Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Development Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (40.00%) Kinect
3 1 (20.00%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Code Coverage
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Software Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Process Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Game Development
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) CRM
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C
1 4 (80.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) CA
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