The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 155 158 146
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -12
Permanent jobs citing Performance Testing 9 8 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.294% 0.235% 0.718%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.380% 0.324% 0.953%
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 20
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £30,800 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £48,000 £40,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-7.31% +2.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2369 2471 2727
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 77.44% 72.48% 75.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1992 2162 2304
Average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £59,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Performance Testing
England

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Performance Testing Salary Trend

Performance Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Derbyshire - 5 £32,500 -
Leicestershire - 1 £36,000 -
Performance Testing
England

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 (38.46%) Regression Testing
1 5 (38.46%) Test Scripting
2 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
2 4 (30.77%) QA
2 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 4 (30.77%) ISEB
3 3 (23.08%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (23.08%) C
3 3 (23.08%) QARun
3 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (23.08%) FIX Protocol
3 3 (23.08%) Test Management
3 3 (23.08%) Manual Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Test Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Fibre Channel
4 2 (15.38%) soapUI
4 2 (15.38%) Open Source
4 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
4 2 (15.38%) System Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
4 2 (15.38%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 2 (15.38%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (15.38%) iSCSI
4 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) Windows
4 2 (15.38%) Linux
4 2 (15.38%) VC++

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 3 (23.08%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (15.38%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 2 (15.38%) soapUI
2 2 (15.38%) MFC
2 2 (15.38%) SOAP
2 2 (15.38%) STL
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) SNMP
1 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
1 2 (15.38%) SSL
1 2 (15.38%) iSCSI
1 2 (15.38%) Fibre Channel
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) QuickTest Pro
1 3 (23.08%) QARun
2 2 (15.38%) LoadRunner
2 2 (15.38%) JUnit
2 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
3 1 (7.692%) TestDirector
General
1 1 (7.692%) Finance
1 1 (7.692%) Games
1 1 (7.692%) Retail
1 1 (7.692%) Billing
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Software Tester
1 4 (30.77%) Tester
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Graduate Software Tester
2 3 (23.08%) Graduate
3 2 (15.38%) Test Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Testing Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Test Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Team Leader
4 1 (7.692%) Test Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Performance Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (7.692%) SAP Manager
4 1 (7.692%) SAP Test Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Test Automation Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Test Leader
4 1 (7.692%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) QA Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Regression Testing
1 5 (38.46%) Test Scripting
2 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Manual Testing
3 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Test Strategy
3 3 (23.08%) Test Management
4 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
4 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
4 2 (15.38%) System Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (7.692%) Web Analytics
5 1 (7.692%) Time Management
5 1 (7.692%) OWASP
5 1 (7.692%) Load Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Stress Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Integration Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.692%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) C
3 2 (15.38%) C++
3 2 (15.38%) VC++
3 2 (15.38%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) ISEB
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) Cognizant
2 1 (7.692%) Omniture
2 1 (7.692%) Google
2 1 (7.692%) Hitwise
2 1 (7.692%) SAP
Derby, Derbyshire
Software Engineer, Software Developer, C/C++, C++, VC++, Visual C++, MFC, Visual Studio, Windows, Linux, Embedded C, RTOS, TCP/IP, UDP... Visual Studio and using MFC (Microsoft Foundation...
Saxon Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013