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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 111 106 104
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -2
Permanent jobs citing LoadRunner 8 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.435% 0.069% 0.121%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.145% 0.667% 0.976%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 2
Average salary £55,000 £43,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.43% -3.33%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.40%
All Development Applications
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
193 150 205
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 10.51% 10.37% 12.41%
Number of salaries quoted 183 144 191
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £31,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,750 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
LoadRunner
South East

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire LoadRunner Salary Trend

LoadRunner
Salary Histogram

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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
Oxford -14 6 £55,000 +26.43%
Kidlington -2 1 £52,500 +20.68%
LoadRunner
South East

LoadRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 21 (95.45%) Oracle
2 17 (77.27%) CRM
3 13 (59.09%) Siebel
3 13 (59.09%) ETL
3 13 (59.09%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (59.09%) ISEB
3 13 (59.09%) QuickTest Pro
3 13 (59.09%) QA
3 13 (59.09%) Selenium
3 13 (59.09%) HP Quality Center
3 13 (59.09%) Oracle BI EE
4 12 (54.55%) Open Source
4 12 (54.55%) WATIR
4 12 (54.55%) Publishing
5 11 (50.00%) Software Testing
5 11 (50.00%) Test Management
5 11 (50.00%) Degree
6 9 (40.91%) HP
7 8 (36.36%) Citrix
7 8 (36.36%) Windows
7 8 (36.36%) Linux
8 6 (27.27%) Test Automation
9 5 (22.73%) Security Testing
10 4 (18.18%) Retail
10 4 (18.18%) WebSphere
10 4 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
10 4 (18.18%) VMware
10 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
10 4 (18.18%) UNIX
10 4 (18.18%) HTTP

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (18.18%) WebSphere
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) HTTP
1 4 (18.18%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (59.09%) Oracle BI EE
2 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (59.09%) QuickTest Pro
1 13 (59.09%) Selenium
2 12 (54.55%) WATIR
3 4 (18.18%) Rational Robot
4 1 (4.545%) Cucumber
General
1 12 (54.55%) Publishing
2 4 (18.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Analyst
1 9 (40.91%) Test Manager
1 9 (40.91%) Test Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) Consultant
2 5 (22.73%) Test Consultant
3 2 (9.091%) CRM Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) Siebel Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Team Leader
4 1 (4.545%) Principle Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 8 (36.36%) Windows
1 8 (36.36%) Linux
2 4 (18.18%) UNIX
2 4 (18.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) CRM
2 13 (59.09%) ETL
2 13 (59.09%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 11 (50.00%) Test Management
4 6 (27.27%) Test Automation
5 5 (22.73%) Security Testing
6 4 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (18.18%) ERP
6 4 (18.18%) Automation Testing
7 2 (9.091%) Non-Functional Testing
7 2 (9.091%) Business Development
8 1 (4.545%) Migration
8 1 (4.545%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) ISEB
2 11 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (9.091%) ISTQB
3 2 (9.091%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (59.09%) QA
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (59.09%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (18.18%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) Oracle
2 13 (59.09%) Siebel
3 9 (40.91%) HP
4 8 (36.36%) Citrix
5 4 (18.18%) VMware
5 4 (18.18%) Red Hat
5 4 (18.18%) IBM
Oxfordshire
ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing preferred... Testing applications such as CRM (Siebel), Business Intelligence systems (such as OBIEE), ETL (such as Oracle Data Integrator) preferred. Experience with...
Robert Walters
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013