The first table below looks at the demand for Load Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Load 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Testing
Rank 680 621 552
Rank change year-on-year
-59 -69
Permanent jobs citing Load Testing 162 248 309
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.160% 0.219% 0.262%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.209% 0.293% 0.357%
Number of salaries quoted 138 210 264
Average salary £41,750 £43,250 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.46% +4.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £28,350 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £66,500 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% +2.73%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
77473 84750 86518
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.60% 74.76% 73.44%
Number of salaries quoted 64240 72541 72957
Average salary £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.15% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Load Testing
UK

Load Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Load Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Load Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Load Testing across the England region.

England Load Testing Salary Trend

Load Testing
Salary Histogram

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

England Load Testing Salary Histogram

Load Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Load Testing within the England 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
London +26 78 £50,000 -
Yorkshire +13 41 £38,000 +1.33%
South East -21 27 £32,500 -27.77%
North West -3 9 £40,000 +45.45%
West Midlands -18 3 - -
East of England -22 2 £34,500 +1.47%
South West -10 1 £25,000 -24.81%
East Midlands - 1 £36,000 -
Load Testing
UK

Load Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Load 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 Load Testing.

1 164 (40.90%) QA
2 139 (34.66%) SQL
3 121 (30.17%) Performance Testing
4 119 (29.68%) C#
5 111 (27.68%) .NET
6 94 (23.44%) Agile Software Development
7 88 (21.95%) SQL Server
7 88 (21.95%) Selenium
8 77 (19.20%) Automated Testing
9 73 (18.20%) Test Scripting
10 68 (16.96%) Unit Testing
11 67 (16.71%) Finance
12 64 (15.96%) Scrum
13 63 (15.71%) TDD
14 58 (14.46%) Java
14 58 (14.46%) JavaScript
14 58 (14.46%) Test Automation
15 57 (14.21%) ASP.NET
15 57 (14.21%) Microsoft
16 54 (13.47%) Web Services
17 49 (12.22%) Linux
18 48 (11.97%) XML
19 46 (11.47%) Windows
20 44 (10.97%) HTML
21 43 (10.72%) Continuous Integration
21 43 (10.72%) Degree
22 42 (10.47%) Stress Testing
23 41 (10.22%) JMeter
24 40 (9.975%) Software Testing
25 39 (9.726%) Ajax

Load Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Load 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 Load Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 111 (27.68%) .NET
2 57 (14.21%) ASP.NET
3 54 (13.47%) Web Services
4 48 (11.97%) XML
5 44 (10.97%) HTML
6 39 (9.726%) Ajax
7 33 (8.229%) CSS
8 26 (6.484%) Spring
9 25 (6.234%) J2EE
10 24 (5.985%) .NET Framework
11 20 (4.988%) jQuery
11 20 (4.988%) WCF
12 19 (4.738%) SOAP
13 17 (4.239%) COM+
13 17 (4.239%) Middleware
14 15 (3.741%) JSP
14 15 (3.741%) WPF
15 14 (3.491%) WebSphere
16 13 (3.242%) JSF
16 13 (3.242%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 23 (5.736%) IIS
2 21 (5.237%) SharePoint
2 21 (5.237%) Apache
3 15 (3.741%) nginx
4 14 (3.491%) WebLogic
5 11 (2.743%) Drupal
6 8 (1.995%) Tomcat
7 6 (1.496%) Confluence
7 6 (1.496%) Amazon AWS
7 6 (1.496%) Apache Solr
7 6 (1.496%) CMS
8 5 (1.247%) SharePoint 2013
9 3 (0.748%) Apache Pig
10 2 (0.499%) TIBCO EMS
10 2 (0.499%) Tuxedo
11 1 (0.249%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.249%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 1 (0.249%) Rendezvous
11 1 (0.249%) Alfresco
11 1 (0.249%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (6.484%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.247%) MS Project
3 3 (0.748%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.249%) Google Analytics
1 1 (0.249%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.983%) HTTP
2 20 (4.988%) Internet
3 11 (2.743%) Intranet
4 10 (2.494%) Firewall
5 8 (1.995%) Network Security
6 7 (1.746%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.496%) Wireshark
8 5 (1.247%) NetScaler
9 3 (0.748%) OpenVPN
10 2 (0.499%) Broadband
10 2 (0.499%) Wireless
11 1 (0.249%) SSL
11 1 (0.249%) LAN
11 1 (0.249%) WAN
11 1 (0.249%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.249%) DNS
11 1 (0.249%) Cisco PIX
11 1 (0.249%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.249%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (21.95%) SQL Server
2 37 (9.227%) MySQL
3 33 (8.229%) SQL Server 2008
4 23 (5.736%) SQL Server 2005
5 17 (4.239%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 15 (3.741%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 14 (3.491%) NoSQL
7 14 (3.491%) OLTP
7 14 (3.491%) SQL Server 2000
7 14 (3.491%) SQL Server 2012
8 10 (2.494%) OLAP
9 8 (1.995%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 8 (1.995%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.496%) Hadoop
11 5 (1.247%) Data Mining
11 5 (1.247%) VLDB
11 5 (1.247%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 4 (0.998%) HBase
12 4 (0.998%) IDMS
13 3 (0.748%) Redis
Development Applications
1 88 (21.95%) Selenium
2 41 (10.22%) JMeter
3 37 (9.227%) Visual Studio
4 35 (8.728%) WebDriver
5 31 (7.731%) QuickTest Pro
6 29 (7.232%) Cucumber
6 29 (7.232%) LoadRunner
7 27 (6.733%) Team Foundation Server
8 24 (5.985%) Git (software)
9 23 (5.736%) SpecFlow
9 23 (5.736%) NUnit
10 20 (4.988%) Maven
11 19 (4.738%) FitNesse
12 18 (4.489%) Ant
13 16 (3.990%) Subversion
14 15 (3.741%) Hudson
15 14 (3.491%) Mercurial
15 14 (3.491%) QALoad
16 13 (3.242%) Jenkins
16 13 (3.242%) JIRA
General
1 67 (16.71%) Finance
2 21 (5.237%) Marketing
3 16 (3.990%) Games
4 13 (3.242%) Advertising
5 11 (2.743%) Retail
6 9 (2.244%) Back Office
6 9 (2.244%) French Language
6 9 (2.244%) German Language
7 5 (1.247%) Publishing
8 4 (0.998%) Banking
9 3 (0.748%) Legal
10 2 (0.499%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.249%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.249%) Front Office
11 1 (0.249%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.249%) Music
Job Titles
1 85 (21.20%) Analyst
2 81 (20.20%) Tester
3 78 (19.45%) Developer
4 77 (19.20%) Test Analyst
5 29 (7.232%) Test Engineer
6 27 (6.733%) Consultant
7 22 (5.486%) Performance Tester
8 20 (4.988%) Performance Test Analyst
8 20 (4.988%) Performance Analyst
9 18 (4.489%) QA Tester
9 18 (4.489%) QA Engineer
10 17 (4.239%) Technical Consultant
10 17 (4.239%) Administrator
10 17 (4.239%) QA Analyst
10 17 (4.239%) DevOps Engineer
11 16 (3.990%) DBA
12 14 (3.491%) Software Developer
13 13 (3.242%) Software Engineer
13 13 (3.242%) Test Leader
14 12 (2.993%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.980%) Computer Science
2 19 (4.738%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (4.489%) Management Information System
4 13 (3.242%) Replication
4 13 (3.242%) Open Source
5 10 (2.494%) Statistics
5 10 (2.494%) Mobile App
6 7 (1.746%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.496%) Data Integration
7 6 (1.496%) Inversion of Control
7 6 (1.496%) Digital Media
7 6 (1.496%) NHS
8 5 (1.247%) Mathematics
9 4 (0.998%) N-Tier
10 3 (0.748%) Mobile Games
10 3 (0.748%) Online Games
10 3 (0.748%) Social Media
10 3 (0.748%) iPad
10 3 (0.748%) Social Gaming
11 2 (0.499%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 49 (12.22%) Linux
2 46 (11.47%) Windows
3 33 (8.229%) UNIX
4 17 (4.239%) Windows Server 2008
5 16 (3.990%) Solaris
6 15 (3.741%) Fedora
6 15 (3.741%) VMS
6 15 (3.741%) Ubuntu
6 15 (3.741%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (2.244%) AIX
7 9 (2.244%) Windows XP
7 9 (2.244%) Windows 7
7 9 (2.244%) Android
7 9 (2.244%) CentOS
8 6 (1.496%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.998%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.249%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (30.17%) Performance Testing
2 94 (23.44%) Agile Software Development
3 77 (19.20%) Automated Testing
4 73 (18.20%) Test Scripting
5 68 (16.96%) Unit Testing
6 64 (15.96%) Scrum
7 63 (15.71%) TDD
8 58 (14.46%) Test Automation
9 43 (10.72%) Continuous Integration
10 42 (10.47%) Stress Testing
11 40 (9.975%) Software Testing
12 39 (9.726%) MVC
12 39 (9.726%) User Stories
13 35 (8.728%) OO
14 33 (8.229%) Configuration Management
14 33 (8.229%) Automation Testing
15 32 (7.980%) User Acceptance Testing
16 31 (7.731%) Regression Testing
17 30 (7.481%) Integration Testing
18 28 (6.983%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 139 (34.66%) SQL
2 119 (29.68%) C#
3 58 (14.46%) Java
3 58 (14.46%) JavaScript
4 29 (7.232%) T-SQL
4 29 (7.232%) Python
5 28 (6.983%) PHP
6 24 (5.985%) PowerShell
7 23 (5.736%) VB
8 20 (4.988%) Perl
9 16 (3.990%) Ruby
10 12 (2.993%) C++
10 12 (2.993%) Shell Script
11 10 (2.494%) Bash shell
11 10 (2.494%) VB.NET
12 8 (1.995%) C
12 8 (1.995%) VB6
13 3 (0.748%) R
14 2 (0.499%) F#
14 2 (0.499%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (10.72%) Degree
2 35 (8.728%) ISEB
3 32 (7.980%) ISTQB
4 6 (1.496%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.247%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.998%) MCPD
7 2 (0.499%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.499%) CCNA
8 1 (0.249%) CCNP
8 1 (0.249%) RHCE
8 1 (0.249%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (40.90%) QA
2 13 (3.242%) SLA
3 2 (0.499%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.249%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.249%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (2.743%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.748%) NFS
2 3 (0.748%) Varnish
2 3 (0.748%) VirtualBox
2 3 (0.748%) Postfix
3 1 (0.249%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.249%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.249%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 27 (6.733%) Puppet
2 16 (3.990%) Nagios
3 15 (3.741%) ZABBIX
4 11 (2.743%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.249%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.249%) WebInspect
5 1 (0.249%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 57 (14.21%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.731%) Oracle
3 23 (5.736%) HP
4 14 (3.491%) IBM
5 13 (3.242%) BEA
5 13 (3.242%) Cisco
6 12 (2.993%) VMware
7 11 (2.743%) Red Hat
8 9 (2.244%) Citrix
9 8 (1.995%) Mercator
10 7 (1.746%) Dell
10 7 (1.746%) CheckPoint
11 6 (1.496%) Google
11 6 (1.496%) Avaya
11 6 (1.496%) Nortel
11 6 (1.496%) JBoss
12 5 (1.247%) NetApp
12 5 (1.247%) Rackspace
12 5 (1.247%) Riverbed
13 4 (0.998%) SAP
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