The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 58 58 60
Rank change year-on-year
0 +2
Permanent jobs citing Performance Testing 9 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 1.456% 0.199% 0.838%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.965% 0.306% 1.282%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 5
Average salary £55,000 - £70,000
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 - £39,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 - £86,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
458 327 390
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 74.11% 65.14% 65.33%
Number of salaries quoted 389 245 279
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Performance Testing
South West

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Performance Testing Salary Trend

Performance Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Dorset Performance Testing Salary Histogram

Performance Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Testing within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth +1 7 £55,000 -
Poole - 1 £25,000 -
Performance Testing
South West

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 17 (100.00%) QA
2 14 (82.35%) Test Scripting
3 11 (64.71%) Unit Testing
3 11 (64.71%) Oracle
3 11 (64.71%) SQL
3 11 (64.71%) UNIX
3 11 (64.71%) Solaris
3 11 (64.71%) Linux
4 10 (58.82%) SharePoint
4 10 (58.82%) AIX
5 9 (52.94%) Python
5 9 (52.94%) Shell Script
5 9 (52.94%) Windows
5 9 (52.94%) Perl
5 9 (52.94%) Integration Testing
5 9 (52.94%) Load Testing
5 9 (52.94%) Test Automation
6 7 (41.18%) Finance
6 7 (41.18%) Java
6 7 (41.18%) OO
7 6 (35.29%) C#
8 5 (29.41%) OOP
8 5 (29.41%) LoadRunner
9 2 (11.76%) Banking
9 2 (11.76%) Subversion
9 2 (11.76%) Release Management
9 2 (11.76%) webMethods
9 2 (11.76%) ClearCase
9 2 (11.76%) Oracle 8/8i
9 2 (11.76%) HTTP

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 (5.882%) .NET
1 1 (5.882%) Web Services
1 1 (5.882%) XML
1 1 (5.882%) JRules
1 1 (5.882%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 10 (58.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.882%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (5.882%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.882%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) HTTP
2 1 (5.882%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.882%) OLAP
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (29.41%) LoadRunner
2 2 (11.76%) Subversion
2 2 (11.76%) ClearCase
3 1 (5.882%) Hudson
3 1 (5.882%) Ant
General
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) QA Tester
1 11 (64.71%) Tester
2 3 (17.65%) Developer
2 3 (17.65%) QA Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Systems Tester
3 2 (11.76%) Applications Developer
3 2 (11.76%) Performance Tester
3 2 (11.76%) Non-Functional Tester
4 1 (5.882%) LoadRunner Tester
4 1 (5.882%) Junior
4 1 (5.882%) Test Leader
4 1 (5.882%) Performance Test Leader
4 1 (5.882%) Lead Developer
4 1 (5.882%) SQL Developer
4 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Junior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) SWIFT
2 1 (5.882%) Data Integration
2 1 (5.882%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 11 (64.71%) UNIX
1 11 (64.71%) Solaris
1 11 (64.71%) Linux
2 10 (58.82%) AIX
3 9 (52.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Test Scripting
2 11 (64.71%) Unit Testing
3 9 (52.94%) Integration Testing
3 9 (52.94%) Load Testing
3 9 (52.94%) Test Automation
4 7 (41.18%) OO
5 5 (29.41%) OOP
6 2 (11.76%) Release Management
6 2 (11.76%) High Availability
6 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (5.882%) Test Strategy
7 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.882%) Configuration Management
7 1 (5.882%) Dimensional Modelling
7 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) SQL
2 9 (52.94%) Python
2 9 (52.94%) Shell Script
2 9 (52.94%) Perl
3 7 (41.18%) Java
4 6 (35.29%) C#
5 1 (5.882%) T-SQL
5 1 (5.882%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (5.882%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) webMethods
3 1 (5.882%) IBM
3 1 (5.882%) Microsoft