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The table below looks at the demand for Load Testing skills within the Surrey region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Load Testing over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLoad Testing
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank82-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.078 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£255-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£260-
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£348
% change on same period last year+8.41 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£51.70£38.50
% change on same period last year+34.28 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads11131226
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.509 %1.214 %
Daily rates quoted340384
Average minimum daily rate£334£353
Average daily rate£354£371
% change on same period last year-4.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£375
% change on same period last year+0.61 %
Hourly rates quoted90110
Average minimum hourly rate£30.17£25.38
Average hourly rate£32.32£26.92
% change on same period last year+20.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.48£28.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.40£30.42
% change on same period last year-0.08 %
Load Testing South EastLoad Testing
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Load Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Load Testing
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

Load Testing
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, 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.

19 (69.23 %)Scrum
19 (69.23 %)Agile Software Development
19 (69.23 %)QA
19 (69.23 %)Selenium
19 (69.23 %)WebLOAD
23 (23.08 %)SC Cleared
23 (23.08 %)Security Cleared
32 (15.38 %)Java
32 (15.38 %)J2EE
41 (7.692 %)Linux
41 (7.692 %)ISEB
41 (7.692 %)JMeter
41 (7.692 %)Stress Testing
41 (7.692 %)SQL

Load Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, 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.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (15.38 %)J2EE
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (69.23 %)Selenium
19 (69.23 %)WebLOAD
21 (7.692 %)JMeter
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (38.46 %)Analyst
15 (38.46 %)Test Analyst
24 (30.77 %)Tester
31 (7.692 %)Senior Analyst
31 (7.692 %)Senior Test Analyst
31 (7.692 %)QA Tester
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.692 %)Linux
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (69.23 %)Scrum
19 (69.23 %)Agile Software Development
23 (23.08 %)SC Cleared
23 (23.08 %)Security Cleared
31 (7.692 %)Stress Testing
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (15.38 %)Java
21 (7.692 %)SQL
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.692 %)ISEB
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (69.23 %)QA