The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LoadRunner 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 Development Applications category for the Tyne and Wear 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
HP LoadRunner
Rank - 40 -
Contract jobs citing LoadRunner 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear - 0.597% -
As % of the Development Applications category - 5.263% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £461 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £344 £375 £355
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Development Applications
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
8 38 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 4.255% 11.34% 8.240%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 18 12
Average daily rate £350 £308 £278
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.82% +10.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £265 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £448 £316
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
LoadRunner
North East

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing LoadRunner across the Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Tyne and Wear LoadRunner Jobs Demand Trend

LoadRunner
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing LoadRunner across the Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear LoadRunner Daily Rate Trend

LoadRunner
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing LoadRunner across the Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear LoadRunner Hourly Rate Trend

LoadRunner
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing LoadRunner 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 LoadRunner.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) HPUX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Rational Performance Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing LoadRunner 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 LoadRunner. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational Performance Tester
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) HPUX
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat