The first table below looks at the demand for SilkPerformer skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SilkPerformer 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 Development Applications 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
Borland SilkPerformer
Rank 533 578 565
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -13
Contract jobs citing SilkPerformer 1 8 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.013% 0.035%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.019% 0.148% 0.331%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 12
Average daily rate - £345 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £220 £380
% change year-on-year
- -42.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5152 5423 6348
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 10.93% 9.148% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3252 3202 3576
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 221 316
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £23.88 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -

SilkPerformer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SilkPerformer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

SilkPerformer Jobs Demand Trend

SilkPerformer
Daily Rate Trend

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

SilkPerformer Daily Rate Trend

SilkPerformer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SilkPerformer Hourly Rate Trend

SilkPerformer
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SilkPerformer 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 +50 1 - -
London +27 1 - -

SilkPerformer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (57.14%) HP
1 4 (57.14%) LoadRunner
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Testing
2 3 (42.86%) ISEB
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Stress Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Rational Performance Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
3 2 (28.57%) OPNET
3 2 (28.57%) Lync
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) Load Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Data Mart
4 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
4 1 (14.29%) JMeter
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (14.29%) C
4 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Empirix
4 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
4 1 (14.29%) Sybase
4 1 (14.29%) XML
4 1 (14.29%) XSLT
4 1 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) Solaris
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) Python
4 1 (14.29%) Eclipse
4 1 (14.29%) IBM

SilkPerformer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) XML
1 1 (14.29%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Lync
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) LoadRunner
2 3 (42.86%) Rational Performance Tester
3 1 (14.29%) JMeter
3 1 (14.29%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Test Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Tester
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Test Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Test Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Test Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Solaris
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Stress Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
3 2 (28.57%) Load Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Java
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) C
2 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
2 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) ISEB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) HP
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle
3 2 (28.57%) OPNET
4 1 (14.29%) Empirix
4 1 (14.29%) Sybase
4 1 (14.29%) IBM
4 1 (14.29%) Sun
4 1 (14.29%) Murex