The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LoadRunner over the 3 months to 17 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 70 97 81
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -16
Permanent jobs citing LoadRunner 22 5 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 2.494% 0.407% 0.903%
As % of the Development Applications category 15.71% 2.146% 5.556%
Number of salaries quoted 20 2 4
Average salary £46,000 £40,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.58% +20.89%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.19%
All Development Applications
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
140 233 180
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 15.87% 18.96% 16.25%
Number of salaries quoted 117 205 162
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £30,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
LoadRunner
South West

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire LoadRunner Salary Trend

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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Gloucester +25 21 £46,000 +27.77%
Cheltenham +18 1 - -
LoadRunner
South West

LoadRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 30 (96.77%) ITIL
1 30 (96.77%) UNIX
1 30 (96.77%) ISEB
1 30 (96.77%) Security Cleared
2 29 (93.55%) Penetration Testing
2 29 (93.55%) User Acceptance Testing
2 29 (93.55%) Performance Testing
2 29 (93.55%) DV Cleared
2 29 (93.55%) Shell Script
2 29 (93.55%) Linux
2 29 (93.55%) LAN
2 29 (93.55%) WAN
3 16 (51.61%) Degree
4 15 (48.39%) Mathematics
4 15 (48.39%) Identity Management
4 15 (48.39%) CGI
5 14 (45.16%) C#
5 14 (45.16%) C++
5 14 (45.16%) Java
6 2 (6.452%) SQL
6 2 (6.452%) Oracle
6 2 (6.452%) Microsoft
6 2 (6.452%) Test Scripting
7 1 (3.226%) Software Testing
7 1 (3.226%) Statistics
7 1 (3.226%) Rational Functional Tester
7 1 (3.226%) Windows 7
7 1 (3.226%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (3.226%) Software Deployment
7 1 (3.226%) HP

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 15 (48.39%) CGI
2 1 (3.226%) ODBC
Applications
1 1 (3.226%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 29 (93.55%) LAN
1 29 (93.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.226%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.226%) Visual Studio
1 1 (3.226%) TestDirector
1 1 (3.226%) Rational Functional Tester
Job Titles
1 16 (51.61%) Tester
2 14 (45.16%) Consultant
2 14 (45.16%) Test Consultant
3 1 (3.226%) Systems Tester
3 1 (3.226%) Analyst
3 1 (3.226%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (48.39%) Mathematics
2 1 (3.226%) CMDB
2 1 (3.226%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 30 (96.77%) UNIX
2 29 (93.55%) Linux
3 1 (3.226%) Windows XP
3 1 (3.226%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.226%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (96.77%) ITIL
2 29 (93.55%) Penetration Testing
2 29 (93.55%) User Acceptance Testing
2 29 (93.55%) Performance Testing
3 15 (48.39%) Identity Management
4 2 (6.452%) Test Scripting
5 1 (3.226%) Software Deployment
5 1 (3.226%) Software Testing
5 1 (3.226%) Service Management
5 1 (3.226%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (93.55%) Shell Script
2 14 (45.16%) C#
2 14 (45.16%) C++
2 14 (45.16%) Java
3 2 (6.452%) SQL
4 1 (3.226%) VB
Qualifications
1 30 (96.77%) ISEB
1 30 (96.77%) Security Cleared
2 29 (93.55%) DV Cleared
3 16 (51.61%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.226%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.226%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (3.226%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 1 (3.226%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (6.452%) Oracle
1 2 (6.452%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.226%) HP
2 1 (3.226%) Citrix
2 1 (3.226%) Altiris
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
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Posted: 17 May 2013