The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LoadRunner over the 3 months to 22 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 Development Applications category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 110 100 103
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +3
Permanent jobs citing LoadRunner 10 31 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.555% 1.544% 0.803%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.584% 9.012% 5.200%
Number of salaries quoted 10 29 13
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.40%
All Development Applications
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
279 344 250
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 15.49% 17.13% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 230 309 240
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
LoadRunner
North West

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire LoadRunner Salary Trend

LoadRunner
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LoadRunner across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cheshire LoadRunner Salary Histogram

LoadRunner
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LoadRunner within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Knutsford - 7 £42,500 -
LoadRunner
North West

LoadRunner
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 9 (90.00%) Finance
1 9 (90.00%) Performance Testing
2 8 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (80.00%) UNIX
2 8 (80.00%) HP
2 8 (80.00%) Banking
3 6 (60.00%) Mainframe
3 6 (60.00%) Test Management
4 2 (20.00%) Selenium
4 2 (20.00%) Online Banking
4 2 (20.00%) WebSphere
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
5 1 (10.00%) Test Automation

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (20.00%) WebSphere
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 8 (80.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Test Manager
2 4 (40.00%) Tester
2 4 (40.00%) Performance Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Test Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Test Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Test Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (20.00%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Performance Testing
2 8 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (60.00%) Test Management
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) HP