The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT jobs advertised for the 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 468 430 413
Rank change year-on-year
-38 -17
Permanent jobs citing LoadRunner 138 219 240
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.317% 0.409% 0.409%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.061% 3.037% 3.409%
Number of salaries quoted 126 193 196
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
90% offered a salary of more than £38,750 £42,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £78,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.40%
All Development Applications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
6697 7212 7041
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 15.38% 13.45% 11.99%
Number of salaries quoted 5750 6364 6136
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £66,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
LoadRunner
England

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

London LoadRunner Salary Trend

LoadRunner
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 23 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
City of London -25 30 £60,000 +4.34%
Bromley - 9 £72,500 -
Docklands, London +5 5 £50,000 -20.00%
Croydon +5 1 £30,000 -29.41%
LoadRunner
England

LoadRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 169 (54.69%) QA
2 148 (47.90%) Performance Testing
3 131 (42.39%) QuickTest Pro
4 125 (40.45%) Finance
5 105 (33.98%) HP
6 99 (32.04%) Java
6 99 (32.04%) Selenium
7 94 (30.42%) SQL
8 81 (26.21%) Banking
9 74 (23.95%) Software Testing
10 73 (23.62%) Test Scripting
11 66 (21.36%) Agile Software Development
12 65 (21.04%) Scrum
13 64 (20.71%) C#
14 58 (18.77%) Automation Testing
15 57 (18.45%) HP Quality Center
16 52 (16.83%) Oracle
16 52 (16.83%) Degree
16 52 (16.83%) Test Automation
17 49 (15.86%) WinRunner
18 47 (15.21%) SAP
19 46 (14.89%) ISEB
20 45 (14.56%) UNIX
21 44 (14.24%) TDD
22 41 (13.27%) BDD
23 38 (12.30%) Test Management
24 37 (11.97%) HTTP
25 35 (11.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
25 35 (11.33%) HTML
25 35 (11.33%) Manual Testing

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 35 (11.33%) HTML
2 34 (11.00%) XML
3 28 (9.061%) Web Services
4 22 (7.120%) .NET
5 18 (5.825%) Middleware
6 11 (3.560%) J2EE
7 10 (3.236%) SOAP
8 7 (2.265%) XML Schema
9 6 (1.942%) WebSphere
9 6 (1.942%) Java EE
9 6 (1.942%) Grails
10 5 (1.618%) WPF
11 4 (1.294%) soapUI
11 4 (1.294%) XML Messaging
11 4 (1.294%) jQuery
12 3 (0.971%) Ajax
12 3 (0.971%) WCF
12 3 (0.971%) CSS
13 2 (0.647%) ASP
13 2 (0.647%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 9 (2.913%) Tuxedo
2 8 (2.589%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.324%) Documentum
3 1 (0.324%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 12 (3.883%) MS Excel
2 3 (0.971%) MS Office
3 2 (0.647%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (3.883%) SAP FI
1 12 (3.883%) SAP FI/CO
1 12 (3.883%) SAP CO
2 8 (2.589%) SAP IS-U
3 7 (2.265%) SAP CRM
3 7 (2.265%) SAP MM
3 7 (2.265%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.971%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
5 1 (0.324%) SAP MRS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (11.97%) HTTP
2 15 (4.854%) Internet
3 2 (0.647%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (0.647%) NAS
3 2 (0.647%) DHCP
3 2 (0.647%) DNS
3 2 (0.647%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.324%) BSS
4 1 (0.324%) SSH
4 1 (0.324%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.883%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.236%) RDBMS
3 8 (2.589%) SAP HANA
3 8 (2.589%) Big Data
4 2 (0.647%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (0.324%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.324%) DB2
5 1 (0.324%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.324%) Oracle 9i
5 1 (0.324%) TOAD
5 1 (0.324%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 131 (42.39%) QuickTest Pro
2 99 (32.04%) Selenium
3 49 (15.86%) WinRunner
4 29 (9.385%) JMeter
5 28 (9.061%) WebLOAD
6 27 (8.738%) FitNesse
7 26 (8.414%) WebDriver
8 24 (7.767%) Cucumber
9 23 (7.443%) TestComplete
10 22 (7.120%) JIRA
11 20 (6.472%) Rational Robot
12 16 (5.178%) JUnit
13 14 (4.531%) Visual Studio
14 13 (4.207%) NUnit
15 12 (3.883%) Fiddler
16 8 (2.589%) SilkPerformer
17 7 (2.265%) ClearQuest
17 7 (2.265%) TestDirector
18 5 (1.618%) TestNG
19 4 (1.294%) RSpec
General
1 125 (40.45%) Finance
2 81 (26.21%) Banking
3 33 (10.68%) Investment Banking
4 28 (9.061%) Telecoms
5 13 (4.207%) Front Office
6 12 (3.883%) Financial Institution
7 9 (2.913%) Online Betting
8 8 (2.589%) Games
8 8 (2.589%) Retail
9 6 (1.942%) Publishing
10 5 (1.618%) Wholesale Banking
10 5 (1.618%) Legal
11 4 (1.294%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.294%) Retail Banking
11 4 (1.294%) Law
12 3 (0.971%) Marketing
12 3 (0.971%) Back Office
13 1 (0.324%) Billing
Job Titles
1 94 (30.42%) Analyst
2 65 (21.04%) Tester
3 57 (18.45%) Consultant
4 52 (16.83%) Test Analyst
5 43 (13.92%) QA Analyst
6 37 (11.97%) Test Manager
7 34 (11.00%) Test Consultant
7 34 (11.00%) Performance Tester
8 26 (8.414%) Performance Engineer
9 25 (8.091%) Performance Analyst
9 25 (8.091%) Performance Test Analyst
10 24 (7.767%) Test Engineer
11 22 (7.120%) Senior Analyst
11 22 (7.120%) Test Leader
12 21 (6.796%) Automation Tester
13 20 (6.472%) Performance Manager
13 20 (6.472%) Performance Test Engineer
14 17 (5.502%) Performance Test Consultant
14 17 (5.502%) Senior QA Analyst
14 17 (5.502%) QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 33 (10.68%) Equities
2 33 (10.68%) Derivative
3 14 (4.531%) Fixed Income
4 13 (4.207%) Client/Server
5 10 (3.236%) Computer Science
6 9 (2.913%) Open Source
7 7 (2.265%) Mainframe
7 7 (2.265%) Digital Media
8 6 (1.942%) Hedge funds
8 6 (1.942%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.942%) NHS
8 6 (1.942%) Mathematics
8 6 (1.942%) Physics
9 4 (1.294%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.294%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.971%) Equity Derivative
10 3 (0.971%) N-Tier
10 3 (0.971%) Social Media
11 2 (0.647%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 45 (14.56%) UNIX
2 15 (4.854%) Windows
2 15 (4.854%) Linux
3 7 (2.265%) Solaris
4 6 (1.942%) Windows 7
4 6 (1.942%) Windows XP
5 3 (0.971%) AIX
6 2 (0.647%) zOS
6 2 (0.647%) VMS
6 2 (0.647%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (47.90%) Performance Testing
2 74 (23.95%) Software Testing
3 73 (23.62%) Test Scripting
4 66 (21.36%) Agile Software Development
5 65 (21.04%) Scrum
6 58 (18.77%) Automation Testing
7 52 (16.83%) Test Automation
8 44 (14.24%) TDD
9 41 (13.27%) BDD
10 38 (12.30%) Test Management
11 35 (11.33%) Manual Testing
12 34 (11.00%) Test Strategy
13 29 (9.385%) Agile Testing
14 27 (8.738%) Automated Testing
15 25 (8.091%) ATDD
16 23 (7.443%) E-Commerce
17 22 (7.120%) System Testing
17 22 (7.120%) Time Management
18 21 (6.796%) Scalability Testing
18 21 (6.796%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 99 (32.04%) Java
2 94 (30.42%) SQL
3 64 (20.71%) C#
4 28 (9.061%) VBScript
5 24 (7.767%) Python
6 22 (7.120%) Ruby
7 20 (6.472%) VBA
7 20 (6.472%) Perl
8 19 (6.149%) C
9 12 (3.883%) PL/SQL
10 10 (3.236%) VB
10 10 (3.236%) C++
11 9 (2.913%) JavaScript
12 7 (2.265%) Korn
13 6 (1.942%) Groovy
14 4 (1.294%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.294%) ABAP
15 3 (0.971%) Tcl
16 1 (0.324%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (16.83%) Degree
2 46 (14.89%) ISEB
3 19 (6.149%) ISTQB
4 14 (4.531%) SAP Certification
5 4 (1.294%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (0.971%) PhD
6 3 (0.971%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.647%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.324%) HP AIS
8 1 (0.324%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (54.69%) QA
System Software
1 7 (2.265%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.647%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.647%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 57 (18.45%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.647%) CA Wily
3 1 (0.324%) WebInspect
3 1 (0.324%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 105 (33.98%) HP
2 52 (16.83%) Oracle
3 47 (15.21%) SAP
4 28 (9.061%) Microsoft
5 24 (7.767%) Citrix
6 11 (3.560%) Siebel
6 11 (3.560%) IBM
7 3 (0.971%) VMware
8 2 (0.647%) Fundtech
8 2 (0.647%) Micro Focus
8 2 (0.647%) Cognizant
8 2 (0.647%) Progress
8 2 (0.647%) Sybase
9 1 (0.324%) OPNET
9 1 (0.324%) Compuware
9 1 (0.324%) CA
9 1 (0.324%) Reuters
9 1 (0.324%) Acunetix
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