The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 48 - 45
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Performance Testing 3 0 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.888% - 3.968%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.068% - 5.587%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 10
Average salary £60,000 - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
281 114 179
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 83.14% 73.08% 71.03%
Number of salaries quoted 147 97 174
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Performance Testing
Cheshire

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Performance Testing Salary Trend

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 5 (83.33%) Unit Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Teradata
3 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) Inmon Methodology
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
4 1 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (16.67%) C++
4 1 (16.67%) Web Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Test Management
4 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 1 (16.67%) TDD
4 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
4 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Selenium
4 1 (16.67%) WCF
4 1 (16.67%) jQuery
4 1 (16.67%) Load Testing
4 1 (16.67%) .NET
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
4 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 1 (16.67%) SOAP
4 1 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
1 1 (16.67%) WCF
1 1 (16.67%) jQuery
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
1 1 (16.67%) SOAP
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
1 4 (66.67%) Teradata Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Web Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Web Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Unit Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) Inmon Methodology
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Web Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Management
3 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Load Testing
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Teradata
London, Edinburgh, Chester
Job Title: We are looking for looking for Teradata Consultant's to join our existing teams based out of our Edinburgh, Chester and London offices. Essential Skills: - Good...
NBS Recruitment
Salary: £40,000 - £70,000 per year
Posted: 24 May 2013