Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category for the City of London region.

 HP LoadRunner
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank267220282
Rank change year-on-year
Down-47Up+62
Matching permanent IT job ads301852
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London0.257 %0.218 %0.271 %
As % of the Development Applications category2.600 %3.035 %3.525 %
Salaries quoted291745
Average salary£42,500£40,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.250 %-11.11 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£32,500£34,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,500£55,000£64,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,750£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+0.660 %-
City of London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
11545931475
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London9.892 %7.189 %7.682 %
Salaries quoted10865101302
Average salary£47,500£50,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.000 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,000£35,000£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
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LoadRunner
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

LoadRunner
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LoadRunner across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

City of London LoadRunner Salary Histogram

LoadRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

128 (59.57 %)QuickTest Pro
225 (53.19 %)Finance
319 (40.43 %)Performance Testing
417 (36.17 %)Test Scripting
513 (27.66 %)ISEB
612 (25.53 %)SQL Server
710 (21.28 %)SAP
710 (21.28 %)UNIX
89 (19.15 %)Oracle
98 (17.02 %)WinRunner
98 (17.02 %)Regression Testing
98 (17.02 %)Test Management
98 (17.02 %)HP
98 (17.02 %)Banking
98 (17.02 %)Insurance
107 (14.89 %)Agile Software Development
107 (14.89 %)System Testing
107 (14.89 %)Load Testing
107 (14.89 %)C++
107 (14.89 %)Windows
116 (12.77 %)Solaris
116 (12.77 %)Linux
116 (12.77 %)SOA
116 (12.77 %)SQL
116 (12.77 %)Perl
116 (12.77 %)QA
116 (12.77 %)User Acceptance Testing
116 (12.77 %)V-Model
125 (10.64 %)Test Automation
125 (10.64 %)Pensions

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (8.511 %)DCOM
21 (2.128 %)WAP
21 (2.128 %)Middleware
21 (2.128 %).NET
21 (2.128 %)J2EE
21 (2.128 %)ASP.NET
City of London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (2.128 %)MQSeries
City of London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (2.128 %)CA Clarity
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (2.128 %)FTP
11 (2.128 %)Internet
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (25.53 %)SQL Server
21 (2.128 %)DB2
21 (2.128 %)Oracle Reports
21 (2.128 %)Reference Data
City of London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
128 (59.57 %)QuickTest Pro
28 (17.02 %)WinRunner
32 (4.255 %)TestDirector
32 (4.255 %)Selenium
41 (2.128 %)Rational Robot
41 (2.128 %)TestPartner
41 (2.128 %)QALoad
City of London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
125 (53.19 %)Finance
28 (17.02 %)Banking
28 (17.02 %)Insurance
35 (10.64 %)Pensions
43 (6.383 %)Government
43 (6.383 %)Investment Banking
51 (2.128 %)Retail
51 (2.128 %)Education
51 (2.128 %)Financial Institution
51 (2.128 %)Telecoms
City of London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
113 (27.66 %)Analyst
113 (27.66 %)Test Analyst
211 (23.40 %)Consultant
310 (21.28 %)Tester
46 (12.77 %)Technical Consultant
54 (8.511 %)Technical Tester
54 (8.511 %)Systems Tester
63 (6.383 %)Test Engineer
72 (4.255 %)Performance Tester
72 (4.255 %)Test Manager
72 (4.255 %)QA Engineer
72 (4.255 %)Quality Engineer
72 (4.255 %)Test Specialist
72 (4.255 %)Functional Analyst
72 (4.255 %)Functional Test Analyst
81 (2.128 %)Automation Test Analyst
81 (2.128 %)Test Architect
81 (2.128 %)Performance Analyst
81 (2.128 %)Senior QA Engineer
81 (2.128 %)Senior Quality Engineer
City of London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (2.128 %)iDTV
11 (2.128 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 (2.128 %)Equities
11 (2.128 %)Credit Derivative
11 (2.128 %)Derivative
11 (2.128 %)Data Extraction
11 (2.128 %)Open Source
City of London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
110 (21.28 %)UNIX
27 (14.89 %)Windows
36 (12.77 %)Solaris
36 (12.77 %)Linux
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
119 (40.43 %)Performance Testing
217 (36.17 %)Test Scripting
38 (17.02 %)Test Management
38 (17.02 %)Regression Testing
47 (14.89 %)Agile Software Development
47 (14.89 %)Load Testing
47 (14.89 %)System Testing
56 (12.77 %)V-Model
56 (12.77 %)User Acceptance Testing
56 (12.77 %)SOA
65 (10.64 %)Project Management
65 (10.64 %)Test Automation
74 (8.511 %)Manual Testing
74 (8.511 %)Scalability Testing
74 (8.511 %)Automated Testing
83 (6.383 %)Software Testing
83 (6.383 %)Data Analysis
83 (6.383 %)Scrum
83 (6.383 %)PRINCE2
83 (6.383 %)Continuous Integration
City of London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (14.89 %)C++
26 (12.77 %)Perl
26 (12.77 %)SQL
35 (10.64 %)Python
44 (8.511 %)VBScript
44 (8.511 %)C
44 (8.511 %)C#
53 (6.383 %)PHP
61 (2.128 %)Java
61 (2.128 %)Shell Script
City of London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (27.66 %)ISEB
24 (8.511 %)ISTQB
24 (8.511 %)Degree
33 (6.383 %)PMP
33 (6.383 %)PMI Certification
41 (2.128 %)ISEB Practitioner
41 (2.128 %)SC Cleared
41 (2.128 %)Security Cleared
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (12.77 %)QA
City of London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (2.128 %)MSMQ
11 (2.128 %)Oracle RAC
City of London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (6.383 %)HP Quality Center
21 (2.128 %)OpenView
City of London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (21.28 %)SAP
29 (19.15 %)Oracle
38 (17.02 %)HP
44 (8.511 %)Citrix
53 (6.383 %)PeopleSoft
62 (4.255 %)Sybase
71 (2.128 %)Microsoft
71 (2.128 %)TIBCO