The first table below looks at the demand for Load Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Load Testing over the 3 months to 19 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the West Yorkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Testing
Rank 90 91 81
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -10
Contract jobs citing Load Testing 5 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.364% 0.345% 0.167%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.517% 0.466% 0.245%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
Average daily rate £250 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £300 £289
% change year-on-year
+41.66% +3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £31.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.25 -
% change year-on-year
+0.77% -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
967 1287 815
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 70.48% 73.97% 67.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 530 732 408
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 27 35
Average hourly rate £29.25 £15.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+95.00% -31.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.76 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £62.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Load Testing
Yorkshire

Load Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Load Testing Daily Rate Trend

Load Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Load Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Load Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Load Testing across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Yorkshire Load Testing Hourly Rate Histogram

Load Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Load Testing within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Leeds -4 5 £250 -16.66% 4
Wakefield - - - -
Load Testing
Yorkshire

Load Testing
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 5 (100.00%) Selenium
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) Test Management
2 2 (40.00%) soapUI
2 2 (40.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (20.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) Device Driver
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Security Testing

Load Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 2 (40.00%) Web Services
1 2 (40.00%) soapUI
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Tester
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Tester
3 2 (40.00%) Automation Tester
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Test Management
1 2 (40.00%) User Stories
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
Leeds, Yorkshire
The role will involve mobile testing using a range of test tools for Performance/Load testing, Selenium/EggPlant for functional automated device testing. The Individual:*Front and Back...
JAM
Rate: £45 - £50 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The role will involve mobile testing using a range of test tools for Performance/Load testing, Selenium/EggPlant for functional automated device testing... *Experience of managing, writing and...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £45 - £50 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
You will manage, write, execute all performance and Load relating testing.The Project is quite a complex one which requires mobile testing and the use of a range...
JAM
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Project is quite a complex one which requires mobile testing and the use of a range of test tools such as NeoLoad and LOADUI for Performance/Load...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 14 June 2013