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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 175 177 189
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +12
Permanent jobs citing LoadRunner 35 37 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.667% 0.666% 0.474%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.481% 3.333% 3.432%
Number of salaries quoted 33 31 14
Average salary £46,000 £40,251 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +23.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £34,000 £30,600
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £34,550
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.40%
All Development Applications
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
781 1110 845
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 14.88% 19.99% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 690 987 760
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,750 £44,400 £50,000
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

South 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 South West region.

South West LoadRunner Salary Trend

LoadRunner
Salary Histogram

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

South 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 South West 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
Gloucestershire +29 23 £46,000 +13.58%
Dorset -3 11 £50,000 -37.50%
Wiltshire 0 1 £33,000 -5.71%
LoadRunner
England

LoadRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 41 (82.00%) Performance Testing
2 36 (72.00%) ISEB
3 33 (66.00%) UNIX
4 32 (64.00%) Linux
5 31 (62.00%) ITIL
5 31 (62.00%) Security Cleared
6 30 (60.00%) DV Cleared
6 30 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 30 (60.00%) LAN
6 30 (60.00%) WAN
6 30 (60.00%) Shell Script
6 30 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
7 20 (40.00%) C#
7 20 (40.00%) Java
8 16 (32.00%) Degree
9 15 (30.00%) Identity Management
9 15 (30.00%) Mathematics
9 15 (30.00%) QA
9 15 (30.00%) CGI
9 15 (30.00%) C++
10 12 (24.00%) HP Quality Center
11 8 (16.00%) Test Scripting
12 7 (14.00%) ISTQB
12 7 (14.00%) Finance
13 6 (12.00%) Banking
13 6 (12.00%) Software Testing
13 6 (12.00%) QuickTest Pro
13 6 (12.00%) HP
13 6 (12.00%) Test Automation
14 5 (10.00%) V-Model

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 15 (30.00%) CGI
2 3 (6.000%) .NET
3 2 (4.000%) Web Services
3 2 (4.000%) XML
4 1 (2.000%) ODBC
Applications
1 1 (2.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 30 (60.00%) LAN
1 30 (60.00%) WAN
2 2 (4.000%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.000%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (12.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (10.00%) SilkPerformer
3 1 (2.000%) TestDirector
3 1 (2.000%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.000%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 7 (14.00%) Finance
2 6 (12.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (46.00%) Tester
2 16 (32.00%) Consultant
2 16 (32.00%) Test Consultant
3 8 (16.00%) Analyst
3 8 (16.00%) Test Analyst
4 7 (14.00%) Non-Functional Tester
5 5 (10.00%) QA Tester
5 5 (10.00%) Performance Tester
6 4 (8.000%) Systems Tester
6 4 (8.000%) Performance Analyst
6 4 (8.000%) Performance Test Analyst
7 3 (6.000%) Test Engineer
7 3 (6.000%) Senior Test Analyst
7 3 (6.000%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (6.000%) QA Engineer
7 3 (6.000%) Performance Engineer
7 3 (6.000%) Performance Test Engineer
7 3 (6.000%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
8 1 (2.000%) Test Leader
8 1 (2.000%) Performance Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 15 (30.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.000%) CMDB
2 1 (2.000%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 33 (66.00%) UNIX
2 32 (64.00%) Linux
3 3 (6.000%) Windows
4 1 (2.000%) Windows XP
4 1 (2.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (82.00%) Performance Testing
2 31 (62.00%) ITIL
3 30 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 30 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
4 15 (30.00%) Identity Management
5 8 (16.00%) Test Scripting
6 6 (12.00%) Software Testing
6 6 (12.00%) Test Automation
7 5 (10.00%) V-Model
7 5 (10.00%) Usability Testing
7 5 (10.00%) Test Management
7 5 (10.00%) Waterfall
7 5 (10.00%) OOP
7 5 (10.00%) OO
7 5 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (10.00%) Business Continuity
8 3 (6.000%) Resource Management
9 2 (4.000%) Agile Software Development
10 1 (2.000%) Service Management
10 1 (2.000%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 30 (60.00%) Shell Script
2 20 (40.00%) C#
2 20 (40.00%) Java
3 15 (30.00%) C++
4 4 (8.000%) SQL
5 1 (2.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (72.00%) ISEB
2 31 (62.00%) Security Cleared
3 30 (60.00%) DV Cleared
4 16 (32.00%) Degree
5 7 (14.00%) ISTQB
6 3 (6.000%) CSQA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (30.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.000%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (2.000%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 12 (24.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (12.00%) HP
2 5 (10.00%) Borland
3 2 (4.000%) Oracle
3 2 (4.000%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.000%) Citrix
4 1 (2.000%) Altiris
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