The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LoadRunner over the 3 months to 19 June 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 212 226 181
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -45
Permanent jobs citing LoadRunner 34 25 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.465% 0.342% 0.699%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.038% 2.273% 5.010%
Number of salaries quoted 34 24 42
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% -18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £38,100 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year
- -3.40%
All Development Applications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
1119 1100 978
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.30% 15.03% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 962 981 901
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £48,950 £45,000
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West LoadRunner Salary Trend

LoadRunner
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LoadRunner across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester - 22 £45,000 - 4
Cheshire +2 12 £42,500 -5.55%
LoadRunner
England

LoadRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 19 (50.00%) HP
1 19 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 18 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (44.74%) Finance
3 17 (44.74%) QuickTest Pro
3 17 (44.74%) UNIX
3 17 (44.74%) Selenium
3 17 (44.74%) Banking
4 15 (39.47%) ISEB
5 14 (36.84%) JUnit
5 14 (36.84%) TestPartner
5 14 (36.84%) SilkPerformer
5 14 (36.84%) jMock
5 14 (36.84%) QALoad
5 14 (36.84%) EasyMock
6 11 (28.95%) Test Management
6 11 (28.95%) Degree
7 10 (26.32%) QA
8 9 (23.68%) ISTQB
8 9 (23.68%) Mainframe
8 9 (23.68%) SQL
8 9 (23.68%) Oracle
8 9 (23.68%) ISO 9001
9 8 (21.05%) Agile Software Development
10 7 (18.42%) Software Testing
11 6 (15.79%) Automated Testing
11 6 (15.79%) Manual Testing
11 6 (15.79%) QMS
11 6 (15.79%) WebSphere
11 6 (15.79%) Automation Testing

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 6 (15.79%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.632%) Middleware
Development Applications
1 17 (44.74%) QuickTest Pro
1 17 (44.74%) Selenium
2 14 (36.84%) JUnit
2 14 (36.84%) TestPartner
2 14 (36.84%) SilkPerformer
2 14 (36.84%) jMock
2 14 (36.84%) QALoad
2 14 (36.84%) EasyMock
General
1 17 (44.74%) Finance
1 17 (44.74%) Banking
2 1 (2.632%) Back Office
2 1 (2.632%) Games
2 1 (2.632%) Retail
2 1 (2.632%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (36.84%) Test Manager
2 8 (21.05%) Consultant
2 8 (21.05%) Test Consultant
3 7 (18.42%) Tester
3 7 (18.42%) Performance Tester
4 6 (15.79%) Head of Testing
5 5 (13.16%) Test Leader
6 4 (10.53%) Performance Manager
6 4 (10.53%) Performance Test Manager
7 3 (7.895%) Performance Test Leader
8 2 (5.263%) Test Analyst
8 2 (5.263%) Analyst
9 1 (2.632%) Project Manager
9 1 (2.632%) Senior Manager
9 1 (2.632%) Senior Test Manager
9 1 (2.632%) Performance Test Consultant
9 1 (2.632%) Test Automation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Mainframe
2 5 (13.16%) Online Banking
3 1 (2.632%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.632%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 17 (44.74%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 18 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (28.95%) Test Management
4 8 (21.05%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (18.42%) Software Testing
6 6 (15.79%) Automated Testing
6 6 (15.79%) Manual Testing
6 6 (15.79%) QMS
6 6 (15.79%) Automation Testing
7 2 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (5.263%) Business Analysis
7 2 (5.263%) Test Automation
8 1 (2.632%) Test Strategy
8 1 (2.632%) Benchmarking
8 1 (2.632%) SOA
8 1 (2.632%) CMMI
8 1 (2.632%) Validation
8 1 (2.632%) Programme Management
8 1 (2.632%) Test Scripting
8 1 (2.632%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.68%) SQL
2 2 (5.263%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (39.47%) ISEB
2 11 (28.95%) Degree
3 9 (23.68%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.632%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (2.632%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.632%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (26.32%) QA
2 9 (23.68%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 2 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (50.00%) HP
2 9 (23.68%) Oracle
3 1 (2.632%) Citrix
3 1 (2.632%) Cognizant
3 1 (2.632%) JDA
3 1 (2.632%) SAP
3 1 (2.632%) Siebel
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