The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 108 99 86
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -13
Permanent jobs citing Performance Testing 6 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.356% 0.069% 0.386%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.479% 0.100% 0.604%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 5
Average salary £41,250 £29,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.24% -12.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £29,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £29,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.17% +1.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1253 1000 828
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 74.32% 69.06% 63.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1056 871 706
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Performance Testing
West Midlands

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Testing
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Birmingham Performance Testing Salary Histogram

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 10 (52.63%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (36.84%) QA
2 7 (36.84%) HP
3 6 (31.58%) Integration Testing
3 6 (31.58%) Test Scripting
4 5 (26.32%) SQL
5 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
5 4 (21.05%) Automated Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Advertising
5 4 (21.05%) Security Testing
5 4 (21.05%) System Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Test Strategy
6 3 (15.79%) Selenium
6 3 (15.79%) E-Commerce
6 3 (15.79%) LoadRunner
6 3 (15.79%) UNIX
6 3 (15.79%) Linux
6 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
7 2 (10.53%) Windows
7 2 (10.53%) ISEB
7 2 (10.53%) SOAP
7 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
7 2 (10.53%) Client/Server
7 2 (10.53%) Java
7 2 (10.53%) Release Management
7 2 (10.53%) Usability Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Unit Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Manual Testing
7 2 (10.53%) soapUI
7 2 (10.53%) Test Automation

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (10.53%) SOAP
1 2 (10.53%) soapUI
2 1 (5.263%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) WebLogic
1 1 (5.263%) WebLogic Integration
1 1 (5.263%) Apache
1 1 (5.263%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.263%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Selenium
1 3 (15.79%) LoadRunner
General
1 4 (21.05%) Advertising
2 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.263%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Test Manager
2 6 (31.58%) QA Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Quality Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Test Leader
4 2 (10.53%) Performance Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Test Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Non-Functional Tester
5 1 (5.263%) Team Leader
5 1 (5.263%) Test Team Leader
5 1 (5.263%) QA Leader
5 1 (5.263%) Software Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
2 2 (10.53%) Client/Server
3 1 (5.263%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) UNIX
1 3 (15.79%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Windows
3 1 (5.263%) SUSE
3 1 (5.263%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Integration Testing
1 6 (31.58%) Test Scripting
2 4 (21.05%) Automated Testing
2 4 (21.05%) Security Testing
2 4 (21.05%) System Testing
3 3 (15.79%) Test Strategy
3 3 (15.79%) E-Commerce
4 2 (10.53%) Release Management
4 2 (10.53%) Usability Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Unit Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Manual Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Test Automation
4 2 (10.53%) Migration
4 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Statistical Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) Software Engineering
5 1 (5.263%) Scrum
5 1 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.263%) Functional Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) SQL
2 2 (10.53%) Java
3 1 (5.263%) C#
3 1 (5.263%) VB
3 1 (5.263%) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) ISEB
1 2 (10.53%) ISEB Practitioner
1 2 (10.53%) ISTQB
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) QA
Systems Management
1 10 (52.63%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) HP
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle
2 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.263%) TIBCO