The first table below looks at the demand for Performance 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 Performance 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
Performance Testing
Rank 38 51 49
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -2
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 2 8 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.541% 1.216% 0.679%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.794% 1.643% 0.987%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £300 £326 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.04% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £36.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.58% -10.00%
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%
Performance Testing
South East

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex Performance Testing Daily Rate Trend

Performance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Performance Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Testing
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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Crawley +8 2 £300 -
Performance Testing
South East

Performance Testing
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region 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 5 (83.33%) Test Scripting
2 4 (66.67%) SAP
3 3 (50.00%) Load Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Billing
4 2 (33.33%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (33.33%) Smart Meter
4 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 2 (33.33%) Web Services
4 2 (33.33%) CRM
4 2 (33.33%) CA
4 2 (33.33%) SAP CRM
4 2 (33.33%) Selenium
5 1 (16.67%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (16.67%) SAP XI
5 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (16.67%) TDD
5 1 (16.67%) SAP FI
5 1 (16.67%) User Stories
5 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
5 1 (16.67%) SAP PI

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region 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 2 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (16.67%) SAP XI
2 1 (16.67%) SAP PI
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP IS-U
1 2 (33.33%) SAP CRM
2 1 (16.67%) SAP FI-CA
2 1 (16.67%) SAP FI
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 2 (33.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) SAP Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Test Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) SAP Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Test Scripting
2 3 (50.00%) Load Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (16.67%) TDD
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) CA