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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 44 49 62
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +13
Permanent jobs citing LoadRunner 4 13 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 1.379% 3.768% 1.342%
As % of the Development Applications category 10.26% 14.29% 5.455%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.19%
All Development Applications
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
39 91 110
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 13.45% 26.38% 24.61%
Number of salaries quoted 30 35 85
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £61,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
LoadRunner
Hertfordshire

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford LoadRunner Salary Trend

LoadRunner
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) J2EE
1 4 (100.00%) DB2
1 4 (100.00%) XML
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
1 4 (100.00%) Flash
1 4 (100.00%) MQSeries
1 4 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 4 (100.00%) IBM
1 4 (100.00%) HP
1 4 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 4 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (100.00%) Retail
1 4 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 4 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 4 (100.00%) System Testing
1 4 (100.00%) DbVisualizer

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) J2EE
1 4 (100.00%) XML
1 4 (100.00%) Flash
1 4 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) MQSeries
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) DB2
1 4 (100.00%) DbVisualizer
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 4 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 4 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) IBM
1 4 (100.00%) HP