The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LoadRunner over the 3 months to 23 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 290 265 264
Rank change year-on-year
-25 -1
Permanent jobs citing LoadRunner 30 63 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.259% 0.482% 0.403%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.829% 4.592% 3.820%
Number of salaries quoted 30 61 61
Average salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.34% +4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £49,500 £42,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £85,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.40%
All Development Applications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
1640 1372 1649
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 14.14% 10.50% 10.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1405 1291 1522
Average salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £35,450 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
LoadRunner
London

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London LoadRunner Salary Trend

LoadRunner
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LoadRunner across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London LoadRunner Salary Histogram

LoadRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 38 (54.29%) SQL
1 38 (54.29%) Finance
2 37 (52.86%) QA
3 36 (51.43%) Java
4 34 (48.57%) Performance Testing
5 32 (45.71%) Scrum
6 31 (44.29%) QuickTest Pro
7 29 (41.43%) Selenium
8 25 (35.71%) HP
9 22 (31.43%) C#
9 22 (31.43%) WebLOAD
10 21 (30.00%) Test Automation
11 19 (27.14%) UNIX
11 19 (27.14%) WebDriver
12 18 (25.71%) Python
12 18 (25.71%) Banking
13 17 (24.29%) Rational Robot
14 15 (21.43%) Perl
14 15 (21.43%) VBScript
14 15 (21.43%) Oracle
14 15 (21.43%) Ruby
15 14 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
15 14 (20.00%) JUnit
16 13 (18.57%) TDD
17 12 (17.14%) NUnit
17 12 (17.14%) Investment Banking
17 12 (17.14%) TestComplete
18 11 (15.71%) Test Scripting
18 11 (15.71%) HTML
18 11 (15.71%) XML

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 11 (15.71%) HTML
1 11 (15.71%) XML
2 8 (11.43%) Web Services
3 3 (4.286%) WebSphere
3 3 (4.286%) Middleware
3 3 (4.286%) XML Schema
4 2 (2.857%) soapUI
5 1 (1.429%) Spring
5 1 (1.429%) ODBC
5 1 (1.429%) .NET
5 1 (1.429%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.286%) SharePoint
1 3 (4.286%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 1 (1.429%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.143%) HTTP
2 1 (1.429%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.29%) RDBMS
2 3 (4.286%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.429%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 31 (44.29%) QuickTest Pro
2 29 (41.43%) Selenium
3 22 (31.43%) WebLOAD
4 19 (27.14%) WebDriver
5 17 (24.29%) Rational Robot
6 14 (20.00%) JUnit
7 12 (17.14%) NUnit
7 12 (17.14%) TestComplete
8 9 (12.86%) JMeter
9 7 (10.00%) WinRunner
9 7 (10.00%) Cucumber
10 4 (5.714%) TestNG
11 3 (4.286%) Visual Studio
11 3 (4.286%) WatiN
12 2 (2.857%) JBehave
12 2 (2.857%) RSpec
12 2 (2.857%) Behat
12 2 (2.857%) WATIR
General
1 38 (54.29%) Finance
2 18 (25.71%) Banking
3 12 (17.14%) Investment Banking
4 7 (10.00%) Financial Institution
5 3 (4.286%) Retail
6 2 (2.857%) Front Office
7 1 (1.429%) Back Office
7 1 (1.429%) Law
Job Titles
1 31 (44.29%) Tester
2 17 (24.29%) Analyst
3 16 (22.86%) Automation Tester
4 15 (21.43%) Test Analyst
5 12 (17.14%) Performance Tester
6 10 (14.29%) Technical Tester
7 9 (12.86%) Performance Engineer
7 9 (12.86%) Performance Analyst
7 9 (12.86%) Performance Test Analyst
8 8 (11.43%) Non-Functional Tester
8 8 (11.43%) Performance Manager
8 8 (11.43%) Senior Tester
9 7 (10.00%) Test Engineer
9 7 (10.00%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
10 6 (8.571%) QA Leader
10 6 (8.571%) Test Manager
11 5 (7.143%) Senior Performance Tester
11 5 (7.143%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (7.143%) Test Leader
11 5 (7.143%) Performance Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (8.571%) Fixed Income
3 5 (7.143%) Derivative
3 5 (7.143%) Equities
4 3 (4.286%) Client/Server
4 3 (4.286%) Social Media
5 2 (2.857%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.857%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.857%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.429%) Blog
6 1 (1.429%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.429%) Open Source
6 1 (1.429%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 19 (27.14%) UNIX
2 7 (10.00%) Solaris
2 7 (10.00%) Linux
3 5 (7.143%) Windows
4 3 (4.286%) Windows XP
4 3 (4.286%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (48.57%) Performance Testing
2 32 (45.71%) Scrum
3 21 (30.00%) Test Automation
4 14 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
5 13 (18.57%) TDD
6 11 (15.71%) Test Scripting
6 11 (15.71%) BDD
7 9 (12.86%) Automated Testing
7 9 (12.86%) Load Testing
8 6 (8.571%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (7.143%) Test Management
9 5 (7.143%) E-Commerce
9 5 (7.143%) Non-Functional Testing
9 5 (7.143%) Automation Testing
10 4 (5.714%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (5.714%) System Testing
10 4 (5.714%) Unit Testing
11 3 (4.286%) Stress Testing
12 2 (2.857%) Continuous Improvement
12 2 (2.857%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 38 (54.29%) SQL
2 36 (51.43%) Java
3 22 (31.43%) C#
4 18 (25.71%) Python
5 15 (21.43%) Perl
5 15 (21.43%) VBScript
5 15 (21.43%) Ruby
6 9 (12.86%) PL/SQL
7 6 (8.571%) C
7 6 (8.571%) Korn
8 5 (7.143%) VB
9 4 (5.714%) VBA
10 2 (2.857%) Tcl
10 2 (2.857%) Shell Script
11 1 (1.429%) C++
11 1 (1.429%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (15.71%) ISEB
2 8 (11.43%) ISTQB
3 7 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (1.429%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.429%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (52.86%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.286%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 25 (35.71%) HP
2 15 (21.43%) Oracle
3 5 (7.143%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.714%) Citrix
5 2 (2.857%) SAP
5 2 (2.857%) Siebel
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