The first table below looks at the demand for LoadRunner skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LoadRunner over the 3 months to 20 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 Wiltshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP LoadRunner
Rank 75 72 85
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +13
Permanent jobs citing LoadRunner 2 14 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.230% 1.378% 0.092%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.062% 6.542% 0.980%
Number of salaries quoted 2 14 0
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
- +1.19%
All Development Applications
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
97 214 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 11.14% 21.06% 9.427%
Number of salaries quoted 86 179 92
Average salary £35,657 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.91% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £42,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
LoadRunner
South West

LoadRunner
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire LoadRunner Salary Trend

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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Swindon -5 2 £33,000 -5.71%
LoadRunner
South West

LoadRunner
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 6 (85.71%) Performance Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Test Management
2 5 (71.43%) V-Model
2 5 (71.43%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (71.43%) Waterfall
2 5 (71.43%) SilkPerformer
2 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
2 5 (71.43%) HP
2 5 (71.43%) ISEB
2 5 (71.43%) Borland
2 5 (71.43%) Business Continuity
2 5 (71.43%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (71.43%) Usability Testing
3 4 (57.14%) ISTQB
4 3 (42.86%) QA
4 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
5 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (28.57%) SQL
5 2 (28.57%) Web Services
5 2 (28.57%) XML
5 2 (28.57%) UNIX
5 2 (28.57%) Windows
5 2 (28.57%) Linux
5 2 (28.57%) RDBMS
6 1 (14.29%) Finance
6 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing

LoadRunner
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 (28.57%) Web Services
1 2 (28.57%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) SilkPerformer
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Tester
1 5 (71.43%) Non-Functional Tester
2 4 (57.14%) Performance Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Performance Test Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Test Analyst
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Tester
3 3 (42.86%) Systems Tester
3 3 (42.86%) Test Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) QA Tester
3 3 (42.86%) QA Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Test Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Test Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Performance Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Test Management
2 5 (71.43%) V-Model
2 5 (71.43%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (71.43%) Business Continuity
2 5 (71.43%) Software Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Usability Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Waterfall
3 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
4 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) ISEB
2 4 (57.14%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) HP
1 5 (71.43%) Borland