The first table below looks at the demand for the Performance Test 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 Test Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Test Engineer
Rank 828 864 833
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Performance Test Engineer 12 8 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.012% 0.007% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.007% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 4
Average salary £50,000 £45,750 £48,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.28% -6.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,700 £41,700 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £47,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-29.78% +4.44%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96074 109197 109157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.44% 94.79% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 80838 94319 92814
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Performance Test Engineer
UK

Performance Test Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Performance Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Test Engineer
Salary Trend

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

England Performance Test Engineer Salary Trend

Performance Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Test Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Performance Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Performance Test Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Test Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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 +53 10 £50,000 +11.11%
South West +2 2 £33,000 -2.94%
Performance Test Engineer
UK

Performance Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Performance Test 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 Test Engineer in their job title.

1 29 (96.67%) QA
2 23 (76.67%) Performance Testing
2 23 (76.67%) LoadRunner
3 22 (73.33%) Finance
3 22 (73.33%) Test Scripting
4 20 (66.67%) SQL
5 19 (63.33%) HP
6 15 (50.00%) XML
6 15 (50.00%) Degree
7 14 (46.67%) Scrum
8 13 (43.33%) HTML
8 13 (43.33%) Computer Science
9 11 (36.67%) .NET
9 11 (36.67%) Web Services
10 10 (33.33%) HTTP
11 9 (30.00%) C#
11 9 (30.00%) JavaScript
11 9 (30.00%) Fiddler
12 7 (23.33%) ISTQB
12 7 (23.33%) ISEB
12 7 (23.33%) Open Source
13 6 (20.00%) CSS
13 6 (20.00%) SQL Server
14 5 (16.67%) Java
14 5 (16.67%) UNIX
14 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
14 5 (16.67%) SilkPerformer
15 4 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
15 4 (13.33%) Banking
15 4 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005

Performance Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Performance Test 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 Test Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (50.00%) XML
2 13 (43.33%) HTML
3 11 (36.67%) .NET
3 11 (36.67%) Web Services
4 6 (20.00%) CSS
5 2 (6.667%) WCF
5 2 (6.667%) WPF
5 2 (6.667%) ASP
5 2 (6.667%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (13.33%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (33.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 23 (76.67%) LoadRunner
2 9 (30.00%) Fiddler
3 5 (16.67%) SilkPerformer
4 2 (6.667%) QALoad
4 2 (6.667%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 22 (73.33%) Finance
2 4 (13.33%) Banking
3 2 (6.667%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 13 (43.33%) Computer Science
2 7 (23.33%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) UNIX
2 4 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (13.33%) Windows
2 4 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (76.67%) Performance Testing
2 22 (73.33%) Test Scripting
3 14 (46.67%) Scrum
4 4 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (13.33%) Load Testing
4 4 (13.33%) Unit Testing
4 4 (13.33%) Integration Testing
4 4 (13.33%) Automation Testing
5 3 (10.00%) V-Model
5 3 (10.00%) Test Automation
5 3 (10.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (10.00%) Business Continuity
5 3 (10.00%) Test Management
5 3 (10.00%) Kanban
5 3 (10.00%) Usability Testing
5 3 (10.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 20 (66.67%) SQL
2 9 (30.00%) C#
2 9 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (16.67%) Java
4 3 (10.00%) Python
5 2 (6.667%) C
5 2 (6.667%) C++
Qualifications
1 15 (50.00%) Degree
2 7 (23.33%) ISTQB
2 7 (23.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (96.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (63.33%) HP
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.00%) Borland
4 2 (6.667%) IBM
4 2 (6.667%) Micro Focus
4 2 (6.667%) Sybase