Performance Test Engineer (Load Runner Engineer)

Role/Job title: Performance Test Engineer (Load Runner Engineer) Work Location: Glasgow Role type: Contracting Mode of working: Hybrid /office based with 3 days required in office. Number of positions: 2 Do you have…

Inside IR35 Hybrid IT
Pay rate £450 – £500/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 6 October 2026

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Inside IR35 (Hybrid)

Role/Job title: Performance Test Engineer (Load Runner Engineer)

Work Location: Glasgow

Role type: Contracting

Mode of working: Hybrid /office based with 3 days required in office.

Number of positions: 2

Do you have minimum 8 years hands-on experience in delivering non-functional test engagements, covering requirement gathering, workload model preparation, test planning, scripting using Web HTTP/HTML, TruClient, and web services, test execution, monitoring, and in-depth performance results analysis?

If so, our client who works alongside the UK Government's Department for Education is currently looking for a Senior Performance Test Engineer to responsible for ensuring that applications and platforms meet performance, scalability, stability, and reliability requirements under expected and peak workload conditions. The role requires extensive experience with LoadRunner/Performance Centre, strong knowledge of performance testing methodologies, and the ability to work closely with business, architecture, development, and infrastructure teams to identify and mitigate performance risks early in the delivery lifecycle.

Your responsibilities:

* Understands performance test requirements and prepare test plan

* Creates and updates performance test scripts and test data

* Able to conduct performance test execution and analyze the test results

* Able to identify Performance bottlenecks and effectively communicate the performance risks to respective project team

* Prepare Performance Test Summary report

* Identifies risk and issues, and develops effective mitigation and contingency plans

* Produces daily and weekly status reports

* Captures performance test metrics

* Responsible for keeping knowledge repositories up to date

* Responsible for end-to-end performance test delivery for assigned Applications

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

* Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience in delivering non-functional test engagements, covering requirement gathering, workload model preparation, test planning, scripting using Web HTTP/HTML, TruClient, and web services, test execution, monitoring, and in-depth performance results analysis.

* Experience in Testing tools and technologies like Performance Centre, LoadRunner, MuleSoft, Tibco, Mule ESB, APM tools like Dynatrace/ App Dynamics.

* Proven capability in setting up performance testing frameworks and standards

* Hands-on experience delivering performance testing across both cloud‑based and legacy environment

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

* Must have worked in Agile teams, should be well versed in agile framework

* Strong stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, and communication skills

* Good interpersonal and communication skills with team members and UK customers

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role

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