The first table below looks at the demand for Load Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Load Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the West Sussex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Testing
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Load Testing 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £388 £290
% change year-on-year
+16.12% +33.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.25 -
% change year-on-year
+0.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
252 487 304
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 68.11% 74.01% 68.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 289 151
Average daily rate £384 £338 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.70% -12.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 16
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -41.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.60 £10.00 £21.79
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.60 £33.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Load Testing
South East

Load Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Load Testing across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Sussex Load Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Load Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Load Testing across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex Load Testing Daily Rate Trend

Load Testing
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing Load 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 Load Testing.

1 3 (100.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Billing
2 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) CA
2 2 (66.67%) SAP CRM
2 2 (66.67%) SAP IS-U
2 2 (66.67%) Smart Meter
3 1 (33.33%) SAP XI
3 1 (33.33%) SAP FI
3 1 (33.33%) SAP FI-CA
3 1 (33.33%) SAP PI

Load Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing Load 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 Load Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) SAP XI
1 1 (33.33%) SAP PI
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) SAP CRM
1 2 (66.67%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (33.33%) SAP FI
2 1 (33.33%) SAP FI-CA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Billing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Test Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Test Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
1 2 (66.67%) CA