LoadRunner Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LoadRunner over the 3 months to 23 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 West Midlands 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 93 97 85
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -12
Contract jobs citing LoadRunner 4 8 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.245% 0.356% 0.785%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.008% 3.980% 12.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 11
Average daily rate £308 £275 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.81% +37.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £344 £350 £355
% change year-on-year
-1.78% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Development Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 133 201 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 8.155% 8.937% 6.332%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 105 69
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £247 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £362
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 7
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +20.68%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
LoadRunner
England

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands LoadRunner Hourly Rate Trend

LoadRunner
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LoadRunner within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Wolverhampton +1 2 - -
Solihull - 2 £308 -
LoadRunner
England

LoadRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 10 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 8 (53.33%) Performance Testing
3 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) HP
5 2 (13.33%) ISEB
5 2 (13.33%) HTTP
5 2 (13.33%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (13.33%) HTML
5 2 (13.33%) Oracle
5 2 (13.33%) UNIX
5 2 (13.33%) Linux
5 2 (13.33%) Data Management
5 2 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (6.667%) Test Management
6 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Statistics
6 1 (6.667%) ISTQB
6 1 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (6.667%) Finance
6 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (6.667%) Business Continuity
6 1 (6.667%) Programme Management
6 1 (6.667%) VMS
6 1 (6.667%) Windows
6 1 (6.667%) SAP
6 1 (6.667%) Java
6 1 (6.667%) SAP MM
6 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
6 1 (6.667%) Citrix

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 2 (13.33%) HTML
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (6.667%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Tester
2 7 (46.67%) Performance Tester
3 3 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Test Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Performance Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Performance Test Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) LoadRunner Tester
5 1 (6.667%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Test Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) SAP Manager
5 1 (6.667%) SAP Test Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Senior SAP Test Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.667%) Test Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) UNIX
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
2 1 (6.667%) VMS
2 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 8 (53.33%) Performance Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Data Management
4 1 (6.667%) Test Management
4 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.667%) Business Continuity
4 1 (6.667%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) ISEB
3 1 (6.667%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) HP
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
3 1 (6.667%) SAP
3 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.667%) Citrix
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