Performance Test Leader Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Performance Test Leader role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Performance Test Leader in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
Performance Test Lead
Rank 526 580 575
Rank change year-on-year
+54 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Test Leader 3 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.007% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.007% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
Average daily rate £350 £325 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -16.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £285 £327
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £365 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £275 £388
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -29.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Performance Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Performance Test Leader within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Performance Test Leader Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Test Leader
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Performance Test Leader within the UK.

Performance Test Leader Daily Rate Trend

Performance Test Leader
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Performance Test Leader within the UK.

Performance Test Leader Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Test Leader
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Test Leader within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 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
(Click each for more statistics)		 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
England +45 3 £350 +7.69%
South East +16 2 £400 -
Hampshire - 2 £400 -
Berkshire +15 1 - -
Leeds - 1 £300 -
Yorkshire - 1 £300 -
West Yorkshire - 1 £300 -

Performance Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Performance Test Leader in their job title 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 with Performance Test Leader in their job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Performance Testing
2 4 (36.36%) LoadRunner
3 3 (27.27%) HP
3 3 (27.27%) Oracle
4 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 2 (18.18%) ISEB
4 2 (18.18%) QA
4 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
4 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
5 1 (9.091%) Windows Azure
5 1 (9.091%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
5 1 (9.091%) BC Cleared
5 1 (9.091%) WebCenter
5 1 (9.091%) VocaLink
5 1 (9.091%) TSYS
5 1 (9.091%) VeriFone
5 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
5 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (9.091%) Automation Testing
5 1 (9.091%) SAP HCM
5 1 (9.091%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (9.091%) Load Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Security Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Web Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Test Management
5 1 (9.091%) C#
5 1 (9.091%) PL/SQL
5 1 (9.091%) SQL

Performance Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Performance Test Leader in their job title 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 with Performance Test Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (9.091%) WebCenter
1 1 (9.091%) .NET
1 1 (9.091%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) Windows Azure
1 1 (9.091%) MQSeries
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) SAP HCM
1 1 (9.091%) BASE24
1 1 (9.091%) FLEXCUBE
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) BSS
1 1 (9.091%) HTTP
1 1 (9.091%) HTTPS
1 1 (9.091%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) LoadRunner
2 1 (9.091%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.091%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Performance Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
2 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
3 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
3 1 (9.091%) Automation Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Load Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Security Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Web Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Test Management
3 1 (9.091%) Data Management
3 1 (9.091%) Automated Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) ERP
3 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
3 1 (9.091%) ETL
3 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) C#
1 1 (9.091%) PL/SQL
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) ISEB
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) BC Cleared
2 1 (9.091%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) HP
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle
2 1 (9.091%) VocaLink
2 1 (9.091%) TSYS
2 1 (9.091%) VeriFone
2 1 (9.091%) Capita
2 1 (9.091%) Wincor Nixdorf
2 1 (9.091%) SAP
2 1 (9.091%) Siebel
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) Misys
2 1 (9.091%) Temenos
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