The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LoadRunner over the 3 months to 24 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 81 61 -
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -
Permanent jobs citing LoadRunner 6 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.581% 0.158% -
As % of the Development Applications category 6.452% 1.923% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 0
Average salary £55,000 £43,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.43% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.19%
All Development Applications
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
93 52 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 9.003% 8.202% 8.375%
Number of salaries quoted 92 51 67
Average salary £50,500 £34,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+48.52% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,500 £27,250
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
LoadRunner
Oxfordshire

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford LoadRunner Salary Trend

LoadRunner
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LoadRunner across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxford LoadRunner Salary Histogram

LoadRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 15 (93.75%) Oracle
2 12 (75.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 12 (75.00%) Selenium
3 11 (68.75%) QA
3 11 (68.75%) Test Management
3 11 (68.75%) Oracle BI EE
3 11 (68.75%) WATIR
3 11 (68.75%) Software Testing
3 11 (68.75%) Degree
3 11 (68.75%) ISEB
3 11 (68.75%) CRM
3 11 (68.75%) Siebel
3 11 (68.75%) ETL
3 11 (68.75%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (68.75%) Publishing
3 11 (68.75%) HP Quality Center
3 11 (68.75%) Open Source
4 6 (37.50%) Test Automation
5 5 (31.25%) Security Testing
5 5 (31.25%) HP
6 4 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (25.00%) VMware
6 4 (25.00%) IBM
6 4 (25.00%) Citrix
6 4 (25.00%) Windows
6 4 (25.00%) Linux
6 4 (25.00%) Red Hat
6 4 (25.00%) Rational Robot
6 4 (25.00%) WebSphere
6 4 (25.00%) Oracle RAC

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 4 (25.00%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (68.75%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 12 (75.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 12 (75.00%) Selenium
2 11 (68.75%) WATIR
3 4 (25.00%) Rational Robot
4 1 (6.250%) Cucumber
General
1 11 (68.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Analyst
1 7 (43.75%) Test Manager
1 7 (43.75%) Test Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Test Consultant
2 5 (31.25%) Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) CRM Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Siebel Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Principle Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
1 4 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Test Management
1 11 (68.75%) Software Testing
1 11 (68.75%) CRM
1 11 (68.75%) ETL
1 11 (68.75%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 5 (31.25%) Security Testing
4 4 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) Degree
1 11 (68.75%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (68.75%) QA
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (68.75%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (25.00%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Oracle
2 11 (68.75%) Siebel
3 5 (31.25%) HP
4 4 (25.00%) VMware
4 4 (25.00%) IBM
4 4 (25.00%) Citrix
4 4 (25.00%) Red Hat