The first table below looks at the demand for the Performance Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Engineer
Rank 812 829 823
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Performance Engineer 32 40 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.031% 0.035% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.037% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 23 35 26
Average salary £50,000 £46,750 £47,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.95% -0.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £32,500 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £54,000 £47,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+14.89% +10.58%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96088 107696 114482
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.37% 95.02% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 80815 93104 97727
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Performance Engineer
UK

Performance Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Performance Engineer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Performance Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Engineer
Salary Trend

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

England Performance Engineer Salary Trend

Performance Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Performance Engineer Salary Histogram

Performance Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +45 19 £50,000 +7.52% 2
South East +7 9 £70,000 +47.36%
East Midlands - 3 £38,000 -
Yorkshire +6 1 - -
Performance Engineer
UK

Performance Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Performance Engineer in their job title 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 with Performance Engineer in their job title.

1 36 (50.70%) QA
2 35 (49.30%) Performance Testing
3 33 (46.48%) LoadRunner
3 33 (46.48%) Finance
4 29 (40.85%) SQL
5 28 (39.44%) HP
6 25 (35.21%) Test Scripting
7 22 (30.99%) XML
7 22 (30.99%) Scrum
7 22 (30.99%) Degree
8 20 (28.17%) HTML
8 20 (28.17%) HTTP
9 19 (26.76%) Microsoft
9 19 (26.76%) .NET
9 19 (26.76%) Web Services
9 19 (26.76%) Computer Science
9 19 (26.76%) Fiddler
10 16 (22.54%) Java
11 15 (21.13%) Windows
12 14 (19.72%) SQL Server
13 12 (16.90%) C#
13 12 (16.90%) C++
13 12 (16.90%) IIS
14 10 (14.08%) UNIX
14 10 (14.08%) Performance Management
15 9 (12.68%) Load Testing
15 9 (12.68%) JavaScript
15 9 (12.68%) C
15 9 (12.68%) MS Excel
15 9 (12.68%) Telecoms

Performance Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Performance Engineer in their job title 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 with Performance Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (30.99%) XML
2 20 (28.17%) HTML
3 19 (26.76%) .NET
3 19 (26.76%) Web Services
4 4 (5.634%) CSS
5 3 (4.225%) J2EE
5 3 (4.225%) ASP.NET
5 3 (4.225%) WebSphere
6 2 (2.817%) WCF
6 2 (2.817%) WPF
6 2 (2.817%) OpenGL
6 2 (2.817%) ASP
6 2 (2.817%) Direct3D
7 1 (1.408%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 12 (16.90%) IIS
2 3 (4.225%) WebLogic
3 2 (2.817%) Apache
4 1 (1.408%) LiveSite
4 1 (1.408%) Confluence
4 1 (1.408%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 9 (12.68%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.817%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.408%) MS Project
3 1 (1.408%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.408%) Eikon
1 1 (1.408%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 20 (28.17%) HTTP
2 8 (11.27%) 2G
2 8 (11.27%) GSM
2 8 (11.27%) WCDMA
2 8 (11.27%) 3G
2 8 (11.27%) LTE
2 8 (11.27%) Radio Access Network
3 7 (9.859%) Firewall
4 6 (8.451%) Wireshark
4 6 (8.451%) SAN
4 6 (8.451%) DNS
5 5 (7.042%) Internet
6 2 (2.817%) GPRS
6 2 (2.817%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.817%) 4G
6 2 (2.817%) HSPA
7 1 (1.408%) VPN
7 1 (1.408%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (19.72%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.817%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (2.817%) Data Mining
2 2 (2.817%) DB2
2 2 (2.817%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.408%) Oracle 9i
3 1 (1.408%) Informix
3 1 (1.408%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (1.408%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 33 (46.48%) LoadRunner
2 19 (26.76%) Fiddler
3 6 (8.451%) SilkPerformer
4 3 (4.225%) Rational Performance Tester
5 2 (2.817%) QALoad
6 1 (1.408%) Selenium
6 1 (1.408%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.408%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (1.408%) JMeter
General
1 33 (46.48%) Finance
2 9 (12.68%) Telecoms
3 5 (7.042%) Banking
4 3 (4.225%) Retail
5 2 (2.817%) Investment Banking
5 2 (2.817%) Electronics
5 2 (2.817%) Games
6 1 (1.408%) Legal
6 1 (1.408%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 19 (26.76%) Computer Science
2 6 (8.451%) Open Source
3 3 (4.225%) Grid Computing
3 3 (4.225%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.225%) IPTV
4 2 (2.817%) Mathematics
4 2 (2.817%) Physics
4 2 (2.817%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (2.817%) N-Tier
4 2 (2.817%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.408%) Video on Demand
5 1 (1.408%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.408%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 15 (21.13%) Windows
2 10 (14.08%) UNIX
3 8 (11.27%) Linux
4 4 (5.634%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (4.225%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (2.817%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.817%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (49.30%) Performance Testing
2 25 (35.21%) Test Scripting
3 22 (30.99%) Scrum
4 10 (14.08%) Performance Management
5 9 (12.68%) Load Testing
6 7 (9.859%) Capacity Planning
6 7 (9.859%) Resource Management
6 7 (9.859%) Network Design
7 5 (7.042%) Test Automation
7 5 (7.042%) OO
8 4 (5.634%) Configuration Management
8 4 (5.634%) Kanban
9 3 (4.225%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (4.225%) Usability Testing
9 3 (4.225%) OWASP
9 3 (4.225%) Test Management
9 3 (4.225%) V-Model
9 3 (4.225%) Performance Improvement
9 3 (4.225%) Waterfall
9 3 (4.225%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (40.85%) SQL
2 16 (22.54%) Java
3 12 (16.90%) C#
3 12 (16.90%) C++
4 9 (12.68%) JavaScript
4 9 (12.68%) C
5 6 (8.451%) Python
6 2 (2.817%) MATLAB
6 2 (2.817%) HLSL
6 2 (2.817%) GLSL
6 2 (2.817%) F#
6 2 (2.817%) Haskell
7 1 (1.408%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (30.99%) Degree
2 6 (8.451%) ISEB
3 5 (7.042%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.408%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.408%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (50.70%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (4.225%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (39.44%) HP
2 19 (26.76%) Microsoft
3 7 (9.859%) Ericsson
3 7 (9.859%) Huawei
4 4 (5.634%) Oracle
5 3 (4.225%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 3 (4.225%) Borland
5 3 (4.225%) IBM
5 3 (4.225%) Google
6 2 (2.817%) Apple
6 2 (2.817%) Mapinfo
6 2 (2.817%) Micro Focus
6 2 (2.817%) Business Objects
6 2 (2.817%) Sybase
7 1 (1.408%) Hitwise
7 1 (1.408%) TIBCO
7 1 (1.408%) Reuters
7 1 (1.408%) DataSynapse
7 1 (1.408%) Omniture
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