The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 22 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.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 285 315 242
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -73
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 279 305 444
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.592% 0.514% 0.738%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.835% 0.759% 1.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 171 253
Average daily rate £350 £405 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.58% +4.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £286 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £524
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 13
Average hourly rate £32.00 £32.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -8.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.58% -10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33412 40209 40724
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.90% 67.83% 67.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 19968 23081 23144
Average daily rate £413 £401 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 990 1304 1455
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.78 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Performance Testing Daily Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Performance Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Performance Testing Daily Rate Histogram

Performance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Performance Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +35 256 £350 -13.58%
London +21 112 £400 -3.61%
South East +32 70 £325 -
Yorkshire +3 32 £250 -39.39%
Hampshire +12 26 £325 -
City of London -3 25 £381 -19.73%
West Yorkshire -2 23 £250 -41.17%
Leeds +5 16 £250 -41.17%
Berkshire +18 13 £425 +30.76%
South West -2 13 £375 -11.76%
Buckinghamshire +10 10 £313 +13.96%
Canary Wharf +4 9 £650 -
East of England +15 7 £325 -23.52%
Bradford +7 7 £235 -
North West +4 7 £334 -31.53%
Scotland -21 7 £338 -0.36%
North East +13 6 - -
Reading +12 6 £438 +25.00%
Milton Keynes +12 6 £425 +112.50%
Brighton +11 6 £300 -27.27%
East Sussex +11 6 £300 -27.27%
Tyne and Wear +11 6 - -
Newcastle upon Tyne +9 6 - -
Brentford - 6 £400 -
Gloucestershire +15 4 £313 -26.47%
West Midlands +4 4 £328 -3.74%
Andover +3 4 - -
Glasgow -14 4 £331 -1.85%
Cambridgeshire +14 3 £450 -
Hertfordshire +13 3 £325 -23.52%

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Performance 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 Performance Testing.

1 148 (25.30%) SQL
2 123 (21.03%) Test Scripting
3 113 (19.32%) Oracle
4 111 (18.97%) LoadRunner
5 103 (17.61%) Finance
6 89 (15.21%) Java
7 86 (14.70%) User Acceptance Testing
8 81 (13.85%) QA
9 68 (11.62%) Business Intelligence
10 67 (11.45%) ISEB
10 67 (11.45%) Agile Software Development
11 66 (11.28%) HP
12 65 (11.11%) Microsoft
12 65 (11.11%) Test Automation
13 62 (10.60%) HP Quality Center
13 62 (10.60%) Linux
14 61 (10.43%) IBM
15 60 (10.26%) UNIX
15 60 (10.26%) SQL Server
16 58 (9.915%) SAP
17 54 (9.231%) Data Warehouse
18 50 (8.547%) Banking
19 49 (8.376%) .NET
19 49 (8.376%) Regression Testing
20 48 (8.205%) Web Services
20 48 (8.205%) Software Testing
20 48 (8.205%) Oracle BI EE
20 48 (8.205%) Security Cleared
20 48 (8.205%) Rational Performance Tester
21 47 (8.034%) Test Management

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Performance 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 Performance Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 49 (8.376%) .NET
2 48 (8.205%) Web Services
3 41 (7.009%) XML
4 35 (5.983%) HTML
5 33 (5.641%) CSS
6 25 (4.274%) WebSphere
7 24 (4.103%) JMS
8 21 (3.590%) J2EE
8 21 (3.590%) Ajax
9 20 (3.419%) jQuery
10 19 (3.248%) Middleware
11 16 (2.735%) soapUI
11 16 (2.735%) SOAP
12 13 (2.222%) REST
13 12 (2.051%) .NET Framework
13 12 (2.051%) ASP.NET
14 11 (1.880%) JSP
14 11 (1.880%) Gherkin
15 10 (1.709%) Grails
15 10 (1.709%) JSTL
Application Platforms
1 12 (2.051%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.880%) Confluence
3 10 (1.709%) IIS
4 8 (1.368%) Windows Azure
4 8 (1.368%) CMS
4 8 (1.368%) WebSphere Application Server
5 7 (1.197%) Apache
5 7 (1.197%) Amazon AWS
6 6 (1.026%) Route 53
6 6 (1.026%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (1.026%) Amazon S3
6 6 (1.026%) nginx
6 6 (1.026%) ESB
6 6 (1.026%) Commerce Server
7 5 (0.855%) Drupal
7 5 (0.855%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.684%) IBM HTTP Server
8 4 (0.684%) TIBCO EMS
8 4 (0.684%) Oracle Coherence
8 4 (0.684%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 32 (5.470%) MS Excel
2 10 (1.709%) MS Office
3 4 (0.684%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (0.513%) MS Project
4 3 (0.513%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.171%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 10 (1.709%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (1.197%) SAP CRM
2 7 (1.197%) SAP IS-U
3 5 (0.855%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (0.855%) Tesseract
3 5 (0.855%) Minerva
3 5 (0.855%) Sentinel
3 5 (0.855%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (0.684%) LatentZero
4 4 (0.684%) Capstone
5 3 (0.513%) WebTrends
5 3 (0.513%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.342%) BASE24
6 2 (0.342%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.342%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.342%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.342%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.342%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.171%) CSG Singleview
7 1 (0.171%) Adaptiv
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.299%) HTTP
2 19 (3.248%) TCP/IP
3 10 (1.709%) SSL
4 8 (1.368%) DNS
4 8 (1.368%) SAN
5 7 (1.197%) HTTPS
5 7 (1.197%) DHCP
6 6 (1.026%) Internet
7 5 (0.855%) Firewall
7 5 (0.855%) FTP
7 5 (0.855%) Bluetooth
7 5 (0.855%) BSS
7 5 (0.855%) LTE
8 4 (0.684%) 4G
8 4 (0.684%) WiMAX
8 4 (0.684%) GSM
8 4 (0.684%) SMS
8 4 (0.684%) WCDMA
8 4 (0.684%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.684%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (10.26%) SQL Server
2 54 (9.231%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (8.205%) Oracle BI EE
4 41 (7.009%) Oracle 11g
5 32 (5.470%) Oracle OWB
6 31 (5.299%) Oracle 8/8i
7 14 (2.393%) MongoDB
8 13 (2.222%) MySQL
8 13 (2.222%) SQL Server 2008
9 12 (2.051%) Oracle 10g
10 9 (1.538%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (1.197%) SQL Server 2005
11 7 (1.197%) NoSQL
12 6 (1.026%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.026%) Redis
12 6 (1.026%) SAP Data Services
12 6 (1.026%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (1.026%) DB2
13 5 (0.855%) SAP BW
13 5 (0.855%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 111 (18.97%) LoadRunner
2 48 (8.205%) Rational Performance Tester
3 34 (5.812%) Selenium
4 30 (5.128%) JUnit
5 27 (4.615%) Visual Studio
6 25 (4.274%) QuickTest Pro
6 25 (4.274%) Hudson
7 22 (3.761%) JIRA
8 21 (3.590%) Jenkins
9 20 (3.419%) JMeter
10 15 (2.564%) Subversion
11 14 (2.393%) Team Foundation Server
12 13 (2.222%) Cucumber
13 12 (2.051%) Git (software)
14 10 (1.709%) Maven
15 8 (1.368%) WebDriver
15 8 (1.368%) Oracle APEX
15 8 (1.368%) Eclipse
15 8 (1.368%) WinRunner
16 7 (1.197%) SpecFlow
General
1 103 (17.61%) Finance
2 50 (8.547%) Banking
3 33 (5.641%) Telecoms
4 30 (5.128%) Retail
5 25 (4.274%) Front Office
6 19 (3.248%) Investment Banking
7 13 (2.222%) Games
8 11 (1.880%) Publishing
9 10 (1.709%) Billing
10 9 (1.538%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.197%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.513%) Spanish Language
12 3 (0.513%) Back Office
12 3 (0.513%) Military
13 2 (0.342%) Electronics
13 2 (0.342%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.171%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.171%) Local Government
14 1 (0.171%) Swedish Language
14 1 (0.171%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 128 (21.88%) Analyst
2 121 (20.68%) Tester
3 113 (19.32%) Test Analyst
4 74 (12.65%) Developer
5 73 (12.48%) Performance Tester
6 72 (12.31%) Test Manager
7 60 (10.26%) Consultant
8 37 (6.325%) Architect
9 32 (5.470%) Performance Test Analyst
9 32 (5.470%) Performance Analyst
10 24 (4.103%) Test Leader
11 22 (3.761%) Test Consultant
12 19 (3.248%) Test Engineer
13 17 (2.906%) Senior Analyst
13 17 (2.906%) Performance Test Consultant
14 16 (2.735%) Technical Architect
15 15 (2.564%) QA Analyst
16 14 (2.393%) Java Developer
17 13 (2.222%) Senior Test Analyst
17 13 (2.222%) OBIEE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.983%) Data Integration
2 19 (3.248%) Open Source
3 16 (2.735%) Derivative
3 16 (2.735%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (1.880%) Computer Science
4 11 (1.880%) Mobile App
5 10 (1.709%) Client/Server
6 8 (1.368%) Mathematics
6 8 (1.368%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.197%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (1.197%) New Media
7 7 (1.197%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.026%) Handset
8 6 (1.026%) Fixed Income
8 6 (1.026%) Mainframe
9 5 (0.855%) STB
9 5 (0.855%) Equities
9 5 (0.855%) iPhone
10 4 (0.684%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (0.684%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 62 (10.60%) Linux
2 60 (10.26%) UNIX
3 47 (8.034%) Windows
4 7 (1.197%) AIX
4 7 (1.197%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (1.197%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.026%) Android
5 6 (1.026%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (0.513%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.342%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.342%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.342%) Windows 2000
7 2 (0.342%) zOS
8 1 (0.171%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.171%) HPUX
8 1 (0.171%) Solaris
8 1 (0.171%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.171%) SUSE
8 1 (0.171%) Windows Phone 7
8 1 (0.171%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (21.03%) Test Scripting
2 86 (14.70%) User Acceptance Testing
3 68 (11.62%) Business Intelligence
4 67 (11.45%) Agile Software Development
5 65 (11.11%) Test Automation
6 49 (8.376%) Regression Testing
7 48 (8.205%) Software Testing
8 47 (8.034%) Test Management
8 47 (8.034%) ETL
9 43 (7.350%) Test Strategy
10 39 (6.667%) TDD
11 36 (6.154%) Scrum
12 35 (5.983%) Data Modelling
13 34 (5.812%) Unit Testing
13 34 (5.812%) Automated Testing
14 33 (5.641%) Migration
14 33 (5.641%) System Testing
15 30 (5.128%) E-Commerce
16 27 (4.615%) Integration Testing
17 26 (4.444%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 148 (25.30%) SQL
2 89 (15.21%) Java
3 46 (7.863%) JavaScript
4 37 (6.325%) C#
5 23 (3.932%) C++
6 18 (3.077%) Shell Script
7 17 (2.906%) Python
8 15 (2.564%) Perl
9 14 (2.393%) Bash shell
9 14 (2.393%) C
10 12 (2.051%) PowerShell
10 12 (2.051%) PL/SQL
11 11 (1.880%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.880%) VBScript
11 11 (1.880%) VB
11 11 (1.880%) PHP
11 11 (1.880%) Groovy
12 10 (1.709%) Ruby
13 6 (1.026%) Jython
14 4 (0.684%) R
Qualifications
1 67 (11.45%) ISEB
2 48 (8.205%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.812%) Degree
4 23 (3.932%) ISTQB
4 23 (3.932%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.222%) ISEB Practitioner
6 6 (1.026%) BC Cleared
7 5 (0.855%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.684%) HP AIS
9 3 (0.513%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.342%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.342%) CCA
10 2 (0.342%) Citrix Certification
11 1 (0.171%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.171%) MCSE
11 1 (0.171%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (13.85%) QA
2 3 (0.513%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.342%) HL7
4 1 (0.171%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 17 (2.906%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.880%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.197%) Terminal Services
3 7 (1.197%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.342%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.342%) vCloud
4 2 (0.342%) vSphere
5 1 (0.171%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.171%) NFS
5 1 (0.171%) Xen
5 1 (0.171%) VMware ESX
5 1 (0.171%) VMware Server
5 1 (0.171%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 62 (10.60%) HP Quality Center
2 15 (2.564%) Puppet
3 4 (0.684%) Splunk
3 4 (0.684%) Nagios
4 3 (0.513%) SCOM
5 2 (0.342%) SCCM
5 2 (0.342%) Munin
6 1 (0.171%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.171%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.171%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (0.171%) MAILsweeper
6 1 (0.171%) BladeLogic
6 1 (0.171%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.171%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.171%) CA Wily
6 1 (0.171%) HP Operations Orchestration
6 1 (0.171%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (0.171%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 113 (19.32%) Oracle
2 66 (11.28%) HP
3 65 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 61 (10.43%) IBM
5 58 (9.915%) SAP
6 25 (4.274%) Informatica
7 21 (3.590%) VMware
8 14 (2.393%) Siebel
9 10 (1.709%) CA
10 9 (1.538%) Citrix
11 8 (1.368%) Adobe
11 8 (1.368%) TIBCO
12 6 (1.026%) Talend
13 5 (0.855%) MicroStrategy
13 5 (0.855%) Agilent
13 5 (0.855%) Sitecore
14 4 (0.684%) Verint
14 4 (0.684%) DataSynapse
14 4 (0.684%) Capita
14 4 (0.684%) Sybase
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Design, develop and execute test scripts using HP Performance Centre/Load Runner. Amend existing performance test scripts and execute as required to support regression testing of previously delivered...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £200.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Central Belt, Scotland
Performance Testers, Harvey Nash is working with a leading technology organisation in the central belt to recruit a Performance Test analyst to deliver Performance testing solutions and work...
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Posted: 1 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Scrum, XP) and Test Driven Development. * Full Performance Testing Lifecycle exposure and understanding... * Solid understanding of test automation principles and test frameworks. Additional understanding of Java and practical...
Computer Futures
Rate: £150 - £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
You should have ISEB/ISTQB certification at practitioner level and a minimum of 5 years experience within a Test Automation background specifically competent with QTP... As the Automation...
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £280.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
Knowledge of credit derivatives, bonds, swaps and commodities trading is beneficial... Technical Skills *.NET and Microsoft Technologies *Experience using PerfMon *PowerShell, basic scripting skills *Knowledge of MS SQL...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Knowledge of credit derivatives, bonds, swaps and commodities trading is beneficial... Technical Skills *.NET and Microsoft Technologies *Experience using PerfMon *PowerShell, basic scripting skills *Knowledge of MS SQL...
Streamline Connections
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Yorkshire
Role: SAP ISU Test Analyst... You should have ISEB/ISTQB certification at practitioner level and a minimum of 5 years experience within a Testing and QA background specifically...
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
Leading global law firm require an experienced Test Analyst with CRM experience for a minimum of 4 months - based in the City of London. Quality Center and T-...
Hudson IT London
Rate: £300 - £360 per day
Posted: 29 April 2013
London
BI Test Engineer / Data Warehouse Test Engineer (ETL/Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse) - London. My client are looking for a BI Test Engineer with a solid track record of...
ReThink Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridgeshire, South East
Providing knowledge and insight into both emerging technologies and new opportunities around existing technologies Scope of the Software Developer / .Net Developer role: - Developing and supporting enterprise scale applications...
NBS Recruitment
Rate: £0 - £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 7 years experience in performance testing using tools such as IBM Rational Performance tester or HP Loadrunner... The ideal candidate...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £326 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Andover, South East
Non Functional Test AnalystAndover, HampshireContract Length: 3 months +Key Skills: NON FUNCTIONAL,TEST, ORACLE, SQL SERVER, WINDOWS, UNIX, VIRTUAL, VMWARE, SERVER, BUILD, DATA WAREHOUSE, DATAWAREHOUSE, DATAWARHOUSING, QTP, QUICK...
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 29 April 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
git) HTML4 &HTML5. CSS. JavaScript / JQuery. XML. SQL... Agile Development Environments. Web Technologies (HTTP, SOA, Ajax, WCF) C#, .NET ( or transferable OO language) Continuous Delivery / Integration... Understanding of...
comparethemarket.com
Rate: Day Rate - excellent - negotiable D.O.E.
Posted: 16 May 2013
UK
git) - HTML4 &HTML5 - CSS - JavaScript / JQuery - XML - SQL - Understanding of the concepts behind testing - Agile Development Environments - Web Technologies (HTTP, SOA, Ajax, WCF) - C#, .NET ( or transferable OO...
NBS Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
I am looking for a strong Tester, someone who is confident in their manual testing ability. You will be strong with performance testing and load testing. You will...
Real Staffing
Posted: 15 May 2013
Swindon, South West
a) Desirable: Familiarity with Oracle EBS technical skills ( SOA (BPEL, ESB, J-Developer, XSLT, XQUERY), OA Framework, SQL, PL/SQL, Workflow Builder, Shell Scripting, Linux. Strong knowledge on...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013