The first table below looks at the demand for the Performance Tester role 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 Performance Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 advertised 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Tester
Rank - 99 98
Contract jobs requiring a Performance Tester 0 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.309% 0.104%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.334% 0.112%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £175 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £395 £355
% change year-on-year
-5.06% +11.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.25 - -
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1563 2097 1785
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 91.78% 92.50% 92.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 725 987 763
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 159 151
Average hourly rate £17.75 £16.00 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.93% -12.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Performance Tester
England

Performance Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Performance Tester across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Performance Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Tester
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Performance Tester across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Performance Tester Daily Rate Trend

Performance Tester
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Performance Tester across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Performance Tester Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Tester
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Performance Tester 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 Tester in their job title.

1 7 (100.00%) LoadRunner
2 5 (71.43%) Performance Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (14.29%) Data Management
4 1 (14.29%) Statistics
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (14.29%) UNIX
4 1 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) HTTP
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) ISEB
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix

Performance Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Performance Tester 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) LoadRunner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Performance Testing
1 5 (71.43%) Test Scripting
2 1 (14.29%) Data Management
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) HP
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix
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