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The table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPerformance Testing
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank117-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads60
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.391 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted50
Average minimum salary£22,400-
Average salary£28,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£33,600-
UK excluding London average salary£37,930£40,332
% change on same period last year-5.95 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads15361643
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.850 %0.689 %
Salaries quoted13561378
Average minimum salary£38,761£39,819
Average salary£43,361£44,290
% change on same period last year-2.09 %
Average maximum salary£47,962£48,761
UK excluding London average salary£42,540£44,374
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Performance Testing West MidlandsPerformance Testing
West Midlands

Performance Testing
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Performance Testing Demand Trend

Performance Testing
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Performance Testing Salary Trend

Performance Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Birmingham Performance Testing Salary Histogram

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Performance 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 Performance Testing.

16 (75.00 %)Oracle
16 (75.00 %)LoadRunner
25 (62.50 %)Test Scripting
34 (50.00 %)JMeter
43 (37.50 %)TestDirector
43 (37.50 %)SQL
43 (37.50 %)Process Management
43 (37.50 %)Project Management
52 (25.00 %)Software Testing
52 (25.00 %)Load Testing
52 (25.00 %)Java
61 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL
61 (12.50 %)J2EE
61 (12.50 %)C++
61 (12.50 %)HTML
61 (12.50 %)Health
61 (12.50 %)Validation
61 (12.50 %)Replication
61 (12.50 %)Unified Process
61 (12.50 %)SQL Server
61 (12.50 %)DB2
61 (12.50 %)EJB
61 (12.50 %)JSP
61 (12.50 %)Servlets
61 (12.50 %)XML
61 (12.50 %)XSL
61 (12.50 %)Windows
61 (12.50 %)UML
61 (12.50 %)OO

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Performance 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 Performance Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (12.50 %)HTML
11 (12.50 %)J2EE
11 (12.50 %)EJB
11 (12.50 %)JSP
11 (12.50 %)Servlets
11 (12.50 %)XML
11 (12.50 %)XSL
11 (12.50 %)AJAX
11 (12.50 %)WebSphere
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (12.50 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (12.50 %)SAN
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)SQL Server
11 (12.50 %)DB2
11 (12.50 %)Datawarehouse
11 (12.50 %)DTS
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (75.00 %)LoadRunner
24 (50.00 %)JMeter
33 (37.50 %)TestDirector
41 (12.50 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Health
11 (12.50 %)Pensions
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (75.00 %)Tester
24 (50.00 %)Software Tester
32 (25.00 %)Senior Tester
32 (25.00 %)Performance Tester
41 (12.50 %)Software Test Engineer
41 (12.50 %)SQL DBA
41 (12.50 %)Senior Test Engineer
41 (12.50 %)Server Administrator
41 (12.50 %)Senior Performance Tester
41 (12.50 %)Java Developer
41 (12.50 %)SQL Server DBA
41 (12.50 %)Test Engineer
41 (12.50 %)Senior Software Engineer
41 (12.50 %)Software Engineer
41 (12.50 %)Developer
41 (12.50 %)Analyst
41 (12.50 %)Test Analyst
41 (12.50 %)DBA
41 (12.50 %)Administrator
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Replication
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (12.50 %)Windows
11 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (12.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (62.50 %)Test Scripting
23 (37.50 %)Project Management
23 (37.50 %)Process Management
32 (25.00 %)Software Testing
32 (25.00 %)Load Testing
41 (12.50 %)Regression Testing
41 (12.50 %)Validation
41 (12.50 %)Unified Process
41 (12.50 %)UML
41 (12.50 %)OO
41 (12.50 %)RUP
41 (12.50 %)B2B
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (37.50 %)SQL
22 (25.00 %)Java
31 (12.50 %)C++
31 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (75.00 %)Oracle
21 (12.50 %)IBM
21 (12.50 %)Microsoft
21 (12.50 %)Compaq