The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 117 116 90
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -26
Permanent jobs citing LoadRunner 2 10 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.117% 0.493% 1.573%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.639% 2.445% 9.510%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 31
Average salary £34,000 £30,500 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.47% -30.68%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £30,000 £25,393
10% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £31,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year
- -3.40%
All Development Applications
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
313 409 347
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 18.36% 20.18% 16.54%
Number of salaries quoted 289 359 301
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,050 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £49,900
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
LoadRunner
Cambridgeshire

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge LoadRunner Jobs Demand Trend

LoadRunner
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing LoadRunner across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge LoadRunner Salary Trend

LoadRunner
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited LoadRunner.

1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) J2EE
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
1 4 (100.00%) SOA
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
1 4 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 4 (100.00%) V-Model
1 4 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (75.00%) System Testing
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (75.00%) DSDM
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) QALoad
4 1 (25.00%) Load Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Automation Testing

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited LoadRunner. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) J2EE
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (25.00%) QALoad
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) SOA
1 4 (100.00%) V-Model
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (75.00%) System Testing
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (75.00%) DSDM
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (25.00%) Load Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
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