LoadRunner Contract Job Trends

HP LoadRunner
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing LoadRunner skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 615 549 499
Rank change year-on-year -66 -50 +85
Contract jobs citing LoadRunner 78 16 61
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.047% 0.17%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.19% 0.30% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 13 36
10th Percentile £309 £350 £409
25th Percentile £350 £360 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £463 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -19.57% +21.05%
75th Percentile £503 £520 £600
90th Percentile £600 £565 £691
UK excluding London median daily rate £409 £360 £525
% change year-on-year +13.61% -31.43% +7.36%

All Development Application Skills
UK

LoadRunner falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing development application skills.

6 months to
29 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing development application skills 6,544 5,293 4,873
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 11.95% 15.48% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,202 3,604 3,051
10th Percentile £350 £329 £349
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -4.59%
75th Percentile £600 £595 £625
90th Percentile £688 £680 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £488
% change year-on-year - -2.56% -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 124 155
10th Percentile £22.68 £21.19 £26.35
25th Percentile £50.00 £45.22 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.75 £76.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

LoadRunner Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LoadRunner relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

LoadRunner job vacancy trend in the UK

LoadRunner Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing LoadRunner.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing LoadRunner

LoadRunner Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LoadRunner over the 6 months to 29 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for LoadRunner in the UK

LoadRunner Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing LoadRunner.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing LoadRunner

LoadRunner Top 12 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LoadRunner within the UK over the 6 months to 29 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -81 63 £413 +2.42% 4
UK excluding London -60 39 £409 +13.61% 3
London -60 31 £450 -15.89% 2
North of England - 15 £488 -
Work from Home -70 14 £458 -8.50% 1
Yorkshire - 12 £488 -
South East - 11 £375 - 2
Scotland -21 7 £460 -8.00%
Midlands -34 6 £409 +13.61%
West Midlands - 6 £409 -
North West - 3 £451 -
South West - 1 - - 1

LoadRunner Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Development Applications

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1JMeter79.5%62
2Gatling41.0%32
3Jenkins21.8%17
4NeoLoad19.2%15
5Postman17.9%14
6Selenium14.1%11
7JIRA12.8%10
8eggPlant11.5%9
8SoapUI11.5%9
10Git10.3%8
11REST Assured9.0%7
11SonarQube9.0%7
13Cucumber7.7%6
13GitLab7.7%6
13Zephyr7.7%6
16JUnit6.4%5
17Cypress.io5.1%4
17TestNG5.1%4
17TestRail5.1%4
20Appium3.8%3