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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 150 114 124
Rank change year-on-year
-36 +10
Permanent jobs citing LoadRunner 24 57 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.660% 1.789% 1.001%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.124% 11.61% 7.353%
Number of salaries quoted 20 57 24
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £24,000 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £37,550 £42,900 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.19%
All Development Applications
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
582 491 408
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 16.01% 15.41% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 453 438 350
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
LoadRunner
Yorkshire

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire LoadRunner Salary Trend

LoadRunner
Salary Histogram

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leeds -40 24 £35,000 -9.09%
LoadRunner
Yorkshire

LoadRunner
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 30 (42.25%) Performance Testing
2 28 (39.44%) QuickTest Pro
3 26 (36.62%) Selenium
4 25 (35.21%) Non-Functional Testing
5 23 (32.39%) OpenSTA
5 23 (32.39%) Automated Testing
5 23 (32.39%) JMeter
6 18 (25.35%) C#
7 17 (23.94%) Java
7 17 (23.94%) QA
8 14 (19.72%) Test Automation
9 13 (18.31%) HP
9 13 (18.31%) E-Commerce
10 11 (15.49%) ISEB
11 10 (14.08%) ISTQB
11 10 (14.08%) Agile Testing
11 10 (14.08%) Cucumber
12 8 (11.27%) Agile Software Development
12 8 (11.27%) Visual Studio
13 7 (9.859%) Management Information System
13 7 (9.859%) Software Testing
13 7 (9.859%) HP Quality Center
13 7 (9.859%) Test Scripting
14 5 (7.042%) Automation Testing
14 5 (7.042%) User Acceptance Testing
14 5 (7.042%) Load Testing
14 5 (7.042%) Stress Testing
14 5 (7.042%) UNIX
15 4 (5.634%) Linux
15 4 (5.634%) Web Services

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 (5.634%) Web Services
1 4 (5.634%) XML
1 4 (5.634%) ASP.NET
1 4 (5.634%) HTML
1 4 (5.634%) .NET
1 4 (5.634%) XML Schema
2 2 (2.817%) soapUI
2 2 (2.817%) SOAP
Business Applications
1 3 (4.225%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.634%) FTP
2 1 (1.408%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.634%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (39.44%) QuickTest Pro
2 26 (36.62%) Selenium
3 23 (32.39%) OpenSTA
3 23 (32.39%) JMeter
4 10 (14.08%) Cucumber
5 8 (11.27%) Visual Studio
6 3 (4.225%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (2.817%) WebDriver
8 1 (1.408%) SilkPerformer
General
1 3 (4.225%) Legal
2 1 (1.408%) Finance
Job Titles
1 34 (47.89%) Analyst
1 34 (47.89%) Test Analyst
2 21 (29.58%) Senior Analyst
2 21 (29.58%) Senior Test Analyst
3 18 (25.35%) Tester
3 18 (25.35%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
4 16 (22.54%) Test Leader
5 15 (21.13%) Performance Test Leader
6 9 (12.68%) Automation Tester
7 5 (7.042%) Automated Tester
7 5 (7.042%) QA Tester
8 4 (5.634%) Technical Tester
9 3 (4.225%) Test Engineer
9 3 (4.225%) QA Engineer
10 2 (2.817%) Team Leader
10 2 (2.817%) Test Team Leader
10 2 (2.817%) Senior Test Engineer
10 2 (2.817%) Senior QA Engineer
11 1 (1.408%) Performance Test Analyst
11 1 (1.408%) Junior Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.859%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.225%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.042%) UNIX
2 4 (5.634%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (42.25%) Performance Testing
2 25 (35.21%) Non-Functional Testing
3 23 (32.39%) Automated Testing
4 14 (19.72%) Test Automation
5 13 (18.31%) E-Commerce
6 10 (14.08%) Agile Testing
7 8 (11.27%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (9.859%) Software Testing
8 7 (9.859%) Test Scripting
9 5 (7.042%) Automation Testing
9 5 (7.042%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (7.042%) Load Testing
9 5 (7.042%) Stress Testing
10 4 (5.634%) CRM
10 4 (5.634%) Test Management
11 3 (4.225%) Practice Management
11 3 (4.225%) Scrum
11 3 (4.225%) ERP
11 3 (4.225%) RAD
11 3 (4.225%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 18 (25.35%) C#
2 17 (23.94%) Java
3 4 (5.634%) SQL
4 1 (1.408%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (15.49%) ISEB
2 10 (14.08%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (23.94%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (9.859%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (18.31%) HP
2 4 (5.634%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.408%) Oracle