The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT contracts advertised for the Woking region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited LoadRunner 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 Development Applications category for the Woking 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
HP LoadRunner
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing LoadRunner 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking - - -
As % of the Development Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £360
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £24.00
All Development Applications
Woking
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
17 8 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Woking 24.64% 13.56% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 5
Average daily rate £325 £300 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -10.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £280 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £320 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
LoadRunner
Surrey

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Woking 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 Woking region.

Woking LoadRunner Daily Rate Trend

LoadRunner
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Woking 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 3 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) CCA
1 3 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (100.00%) SAP BW
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Woking 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.

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Implementation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) CCA
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP