Berkshire Stress Testing Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Stress Testing skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Stress Testing over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bolton Bournemouth Bradford Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Croydon Dorset East Midlands East of England Eastleigh England Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire London Manchester Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Reading Runcorn Scotland Shropshire South East South West Surrey Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wimbledon Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	258	295
Rank change on same period last year	+37
Matching permanent IT job ads	4	6
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.070 %	0.080 %
Salaries quoted	4	3
Average minimum salary	£38,500	£36,000
Average salary	£45,500	£37,667
% change on same period last year	+20.79 %
Average maximum salary	£52,500	£39,333
UK excluding London average salary	£41,143	£37,472
% change on same period last year	+9.79 %
Processes & Methodologies Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	5679	7523
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	3.101 %	3.159 %
Salaries quoted	4710	5929
Average minimum salary	£42,250	£43,645
Average salary	£46,271	£47,452
% change on same period last year	-2.48 %
Average maximum salary	£50,292	£51,260
UK excluding London average salary	£42,478	£44,432
% change on same period last year	-4.39 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Stress Testing across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Stress Testing across the Berkshire region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Stress Testing across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Stress Testing within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	+28	4	£45,500	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Stress Testing 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 Stress Testing.

1 6 (75.00 %) UNIX 2 4 (50.00 %) Automated Testing 2 4 (50.00 %) QA 2 4 (50.00 %) Test Management 3 3 (37.50 %) Risk Analysis 3 3 (37.50 %) SSH 3 3 (37.50 %) Internet 3 3 (37.50 %) Telecoms 3 3 (37.50 %) Linux 3 3 (37.50 %) TCP/IP 3 3 (37.50 %) DHTML 3 3 (37.50 %) HTML 3 3 (37.50 %) JavaScript 3 3 (37.50 %) SQL Server 3 3 (37.50 %) JSP

3 3 (37.50 %) Servlets 3 3 (37.50 %) XML 4 2 (25.00 %) Perl 4 2 (25.00 %) Java 4 2 (25.00 %) LDAP 4 2 (25.00 %) HTTP 4 2 (25.00 %) SMPP 5 1 (12.50 %) Degree 5 1 (12.50 %) Performance Testing 5 1 (12.50 %) Load Testing 5 1 (12.50 %) Regression Testing 5 1 (12.50 %) Agile Software Development 5 1 (12.50 %) WinRunner 5 1 (12.50 %) QuickTest Pro 5 1 (12.50 %) LoadRunner

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Stress Testing 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 Stress Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (37.50 %) HTML 1 3 (37.50 %) JSP 1 3 (37.50 %) Servlets 1 3 (37.50 %) XML	Communications & Networking 1 3 (37.50 %) TCP/IP 1 3 (37.50 %) Internet 1 3 (37.50 %) SSH 2 2 (25.00 %) SMPP 2 2 (25.00 %) LDAP 2 2 (25.00 %) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (37.50 %) SQL Server	Development Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) WinRunner 1 1 (12.50 %) QuickTest Pro 1 1 (12.50 %) LoadRunner
General 1 3 (37.50 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 3 (37.50 %) QA Manager 2 2 (25.00 %) Test Manager 2 2 (25.00 %) Test Engineer 3 1 (12.50 %) Tester 3 1 (12.50 %) Performance Tester
Operating Systems 1 6 (75.00 %) UNIX 2 3 (37.50 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (50.00 %) Automated Testing 1 4 (50.00 %) Test Management 2 3 (37.50 %) Risk Analysis 3 1 (12.50 %) Performance Testing 3 1 (12.50 %) Load Testing 3 1 (12.50 %) Test Scripting 3 1 (12.50 %) Regression Testing 3 1 (12.50 %) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages 1 3 (37.50 %) DHTML 1 3 (37.50 %) JavaScript 2 2 (25.00 %) Perl 2 2 (25.00 %) Java	Qualifications 1 1 (12.50 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (50.00 %) QA