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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 131 117 97
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -20
Permanent jobs citing LoadRunner 8 15 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.358% 0.638% 1.256%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.390% 4.702% 9.231%
Number of salaries quoted 5 11 15
Average salary £50,000 £37,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -11.76%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year
- -3.40%
All Development Applications
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
236 319 260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 10.55% 13.56% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 183 269 202
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £33,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,250 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
LoadRunner
Berkshire

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading LoadRunner Salary Trend

LoadRunner
Salary Histogram

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

Reading LoadRunner Salary Histogram

LoadRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 (80.77%) Windows
2 20 (76.92%) Finance
3 19 (73.08%) Retail
3 19 (73.08%) SC Cleared
3 19 (73.08%) Security Cleared
4 18 (69.23%) SharePoint
4 18 (69.23%) Windows Server 2003
5 17 (65.38%) SQL Server
5 17 (65.38%) Performance Testing
6 16 (61.54%) Meridio
6 16 (61.54%) SQL
6 16 (61.54%) Windows XP
6 16 (61.54%) Netcool
7 15 (57.69%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 15 (57.69%) SAN
7 15 (57.69%) Telecoms
7 15 (57.69%) IDOL
7 15 (57.69%) LAN
7 15 (57.69%) WAN
7 15 (57.69%) EMC
7 15 (57.69%) SQL Server 2005
7 15 (57.69%) PKI
8 14 (53.85%) Fujitsu
9 8 (30.77%) HP Quality Center
9 8 (30.77%) QuickTest Pro
10 6 (23.08%) HP
11 5 (19.23%) Test Management
12 4 (15.38%) Mobile App
12 4 (15.38%) ISTQB
12 4 (15.38%) Agile Software Development

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 2 (7.692%) soapUI
2 1 (3.846%) Boost C++ Libraries
Application Platforms
1 18 (69.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (7.692%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 15 (57.69%) SAN
1 15 (57.69%) LAN
1 15 (57.69%) WAN
2 2 (7.692%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (65.38%) SQL Server
2 15 (57.69%) IDOL
2 15 (57.69%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 8 (30.77%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (11.54%) WinRunner
2 3 (11.54%) TestDirector
3 2 (7.692%) Visual Studio
3 2 (7.692%) JMeter
4 1 (3.846%) NUnit
4 1 (3.846%) Selenium
4 1 (3.846%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 20 (76.92%) Finance
2 19 (73.08%) Retail
3 15 (57.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Designer
2 4 (15.38%) Test Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Test Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Test Consultant
4 2 (7.692%) Performance Test Consultant
4 2 (7.692%) Performance Test Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Performance Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Security Analyst
4 2 (7.692%) Consultant
5 1 (3.846%) Tester
5 1 (3.846%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (3.846%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.846%) Performance Tester
Miscellaneous
1 15 (57.69%) PKI
2 4 (15.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 21 (80.77%) Windows
2 18 (69.23%) Windows Server 2003
3 16 (61.54%) Windows XP
4 2 (7.692%) UNIX
4 2 (7.692%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Performance Testing
2 5 (19.23%) Test Management
3 4 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (11.54%) Software Testing
4 3 (11.54%) Test Scripting
5 2 (7.692%) Scalability Testing
5 2 (7.692%) Software Distribution
5 2 (7.692%) Document Management
5 2 (7.692%) CRM
5 2 (7.692%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 16 (61.54%) SQL
2 3 (11.54%) C#
2 3 (11.54%) C++
3 2 (7.692%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.846%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (73.08%) SC Cleared
1 19 (73.08%) Security Cleared
2 4 (15.38%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.846%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 16 (61.54%) Netcool
2 15 (57.69%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 8 (30.77%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) Meridio
2 15 (57.69%) EMC
3 14 (53.85%) Fujitsu
4 6 (23.08%) HP
5 2 (7.692%) Oracle
5 2 (7.692%) IBM
5 2 (7.692%) Citrix
Reading, Berkshire
Skills: Current Security Clearance to SC level, proficient with Quality Centre/Test Director, LoadRunner, Winrunner or QTP, Knowledge of Windows server 2003, Lifecycle test management experience. Desirable: Defence /...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Negotiable on Application
Posted: 18 June 2013