The first table below looks at the demand for Performance 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 Performance Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 405 383 343
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -40
Permanent jobs citing Performance Testing 559 645 797
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.542% 0.579% 0.653%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.709% 0.772% 0.889%
Number of salaries quoted 430 526 676
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,650 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
78869 83508 89685
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.42% 75.00% 73.51%
Number of salaries quoted 65476 71567 75811
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 £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Performance Testing
UK

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Performance Testing Salary Trend

Performance Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 20 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 -43 245 £55,000 +4.76% 31
South East +15 108 £37,500 -16.66% 9
East of England +15 54 £40,500 +15.71% 7
Yorkshire +9 50 £38,000 - 2
North West +4 38 £42,500 +10.38% 6
South West -5 36 £46,000 +31.42% 2
West Midlands -20 15 £42,500 +13.33%
East Midlands -5 6 £32,500 -22.61% 1
Midlands - 5 £58,500 -
North East +1 3 £27,500 -52.17% 3
Performance Testing
UK

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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.

1 399 (31.89%) QA
2 374 (29.90%) SQL
3 298 (23.82%) Test Scripting
4 287 (22.94%) LoadRunner
5 284 (22.70%) Finance
6 280 (22.38%) Java
7 251 (20.06%) Agile Software Development
8 244 (19.50%) ISEB
9 234 (18.71%) Selenium
10 225 (17.99%) Degree
11 202 (16.15%) Linux
12 196 (15.67%) Test Strategy
13 188 (15.03%) C#
14 183 (14.63%) HP
14 183 (14.63%) User Acceptance Testing
15 180 (14.39%) Windows
16 179 (14.31%) Automated Testing
17 160 (12.79%) Oracle
18 158 (12.63%) UNIX
19 150 (11.99%) .NET
20 143 (11.43%) Software Testing
21 138 (11.03%) HTML
21 138 (11.03%) E-Commerce
22 137 (10.95%) Test Automation
23 135 (10.79%) JavaScript
24 133 (10.63%) Integration Testing
25 131 (10.47%) Microsoft
26 121 (9.672%) Scrum
26 121 (9.672%) Security Testing
27 119 (9.512%) Load Testing

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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
1 150 (11.99%) .NET
2 138 (11.03%) HTML
3 119 (9.512%) XML
4 80 (6.395%) CSS
5 73 (5.835%) Web Services
6 62 (4.956%) Middleware
7 56 (4.476%) soapUI
8 52 (4.157%) SOAP
9 47 (3.757%) ASP.NET
10 46 (3.677%) J2EE
11 44 (3.517%) WebSphere
12 30 (2.398%) WCF
13 27 (2.158%) HTML5
14 25 (1.998%) Gherkin
15 24 (1.918%) Ajax
16 21 (1.679%) Spring
17 20 (1.599%) CGI
18 19 (1.519%) REST
19 18 (1.439%) JSON
20 17 (1.359%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 59 (4.716%) Tomcat
2 57 (4.556%) SharePoint
3 40 (3.197%) IIS
4 33 (2.638%) Apache
5 30 (2.398%) WebSphere Application Server
6 24 (1.918%) WebLogic
7 15 (1.199%) ESB
8 13 (1.039%) CMS
9 11 (0.879%) MS Exchange
9 11 (0.879%) SharePoint 2010
10 10 (0.799%) TIBCO EMS
10 10 (0.799%) nginx
10 10 (0.799%) Oracle Workflow
11 8 (0.639%) WebLogic Integration
12 7 (0.560%) WebLogic Portal
12 7 (0.560%) GemFire
13 6 (0.480%) Jetty
13 6 (0.480%) WebSphere Portal
13 6 (0.480%) Amazon AWS
13 6 (0.480%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 55 (4.396%) MS Excel
2 17 (1.359%) MS Office
3 10 (0.799%) MS Project
4 7 (0.560%) S-PLUS
5 5 (0.400%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.160%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.080%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (0.959%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (0.719%) SAP CO
2 9 (0.719%) SAP FI/CO
2 9 (0.719%) SAP FI
2 9 (0.719%) Oracle EBS R12
3 7 (0.560%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.080%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.080%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.080%) BASE24
4 1 (0.080%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.080%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.080%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
4 1 (0.080%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.080%) Siebel Analytics
4 1 (0.080%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.080%) Eikon
Communications & Networking
1 107 (8.553%) HTTP
2 53 (4.237%) Internet
3 46 (3.677%) LAN
3 46 (3.677%) WAN
4 27 (2.158%) SAN
5 24 (1.918%) TCP/IP
5 24 (1.918%) BSS
6 21 (1.679%) Broadband
7 17 (1.359%) HTTPS
8 12 (0.959%) HSPA
8 12 (0.959%) GSM
8 12 (0.959%) 3G
8 12 (0.959%) Wireless
9 10 (0.799%) DNS
9 10 (0.799%) SSL
10 9 (0.719%) FTP
11 8 (0.639%) VLAN
11 8 (0.639%) IPv6
12 7 (0.560%) Intranet
12 7 (0.560%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (8.953%) SQL Server
2 40 (3.197%) Big Data
3 35 (2.798%) SQL Server 2005
4 32 (2.558%) MySQL
5 26 (2.078%) SQL Server 2008
6 24 (1.918%) DB2
7 23 (1.839%) Hadoop
8 20 (1.599%) Oracle 11g
9 18 (1.439%) NoSQL
9 18 (1.439%) Oracle Reports
10 17 (1.359%) Data Warehouse
10 17 (1.359%) Oracle 10g
11 15 (1.199%) IDOL
12 14 (1.119%) SAP HANA
12 14 (1.119%) Oracle BI EE
13 12 (0.959%) MongoDB
14 11 (0.879%) RDBMS
14 11 (0.879%) Redis
15 9 (0.719%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (0.639%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 287 (22.94%) LoadRunner
2 234 (18.71%) Selenium
3 98 (7.834%) QuickTest Pro
4 82 (6.555%) JMeter
5 69 (5.516%) JIRA
6 63 (5.036%) WebDriver
7 62 (4.956%) Visual Studio
8 53 (4.237%) Cucumber
9 51 (4.077%) Git (software)
10 45 (3.597%) Subversion
11 41 (3.277%) JUnit
12 31 (2.478%) Bugzilla
13 29 (2.318%) SpecFlow
14 28 (2.238%) Team Foundation Server
15 23 (1.839%) Fiddler
16 20 (1.599%) OpenSTA
17 19 (1.519%) Rational DOORS
18 18 (1.439%) Ant
18 18 (1.439%) ClearCase
18 18 (1.439%) Maven
General
1 284 (22.70%) Finance
2 100 (7.994%) Banking
3 77 (6.155%) Retail
4 63 (5.036%) Telecoms
5 33 (2.638%) Games
6 26 (2.078%) Publishing
6 26 (2.078%) Investment Banking
7 20 (1.599%) Advertising
8 16 (1.279%) Marketing
8 16 (1.279%) Manufacturing
9 14 (1.119%) Legal
10 13 (1.039%) Military
10 13 (1.039%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (0.959%) Law
11 12 (0.959%) Electronics
12 7 (0.560%) Financial Institution
13 6 (0.480%) Front Office
14 5 (0.400%) French Language
14 5 (0.400%) German Language
15 4 (0.320%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 259 (20.70%) Tester
2 257 (20.54%) Analyst
3 208 (16.63%) Test Analyst
4 165 (13.19%) Test Manager
5 100 (7.994%) Developer
6 98 (7.834%) Test Engineer
7 97 (7.754%) QA Engineer
8 96 (7.674%) Consultant
9 94 (7.514%) Performance Tester
10 92 (7.354%) Test Leader
11 63 (5.036%) Performance Analyst
12 61 (4.876%) Architect
13 54 (4.317%) Performance Test Analyst
14 52 (4.157%) Test Consultant
15 45 (3.597%) QA Tester
16 43 (3.437%) Software Tester
17 37 (2.958%) Performance Engineer
18 36 (2.878%) Performance Manager
19 35 (2.798%) Performance Test Leader
20 33 (2.638%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 77 (6.155%) Computer Science
2 64 (5.116%) Open Source
3 24 (1.918%) Mobile App
4 22 (1.759%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (1.759%) Derivative
5 21 (1.679%) Fixed Income
5 21 (1.679%) Mathematics
6 19 (1.519%) Embedded Systems
7 18 (1.439%) SaaS
7 18 (1.439%) Client/Server
8 16 (1.279%) Management Information System
8 16 (1.279%) PKI
9 15 (1.199%) Mainframe
10 14 (1.119%) Handset
11 13 (1.039%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (1.039%) N-Tier
12 12 (0.959%) Digital Media
12 12 (0.959%) Smartphone
13 10 (0.799%) Statistics
14 9 (0.719%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 202 (16.15%) Linux
2 180 (14.39%) Windows
3 158 (12.63%) UNIX
4 42 (3.357%) AIX
5 34 (2.718%) Windows Server 2003
6 21 (1.679%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.679%) Android
7 20 (1.599%) Windows XP
7 20 (1.599%) Solaris
8 17 (1.359%) SUSE
9 16 (1.279%) Windows Server 2008
10 11 (0.879%) Mac OS X
11 8 (0.639%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 8 (0.639%) HPUX
12 7 (0.560%) Windows 7
12 7 (0.560%) Windows 8
13 5 (0.400%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.240%) zOS
15 2 (0.160%) OpenVMS
15 2 (0.160%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (23.82%) Test Scripting
2 251 (20.06%) Agile Software Development
3 196 (15.67%) Test Strategy
4 183 (14.63%) User Acceptance Testing
5 179 (14.31%) Automated Testing
6 143 (11.43%) Software Testing
7 138 (11.03%) E-Commerce
8 137 (10.95%) Test Automation
9 133 (10.63%) Integration Testing
10 121 (9.672%) Scrum
10 121 (9.672%) Security Testing
11 119 (9.512%) Load Testing
12 112 (8.953%) Test Management
13 105 (8.393%) Regression Testing
14 100 (7.994%) TDD
15 97 (7.754%) Unit Testing
16 88 (7.034%) Manual Testing
17 83 (6.635%) Automation Testing
18 80 (6.395%) User Stories
19 75 (5.995%) OO
Programming Languages
1 374 (29.90%) SQL
2 280 (22.38%) Java
3 188 (15.03%) C#
4 135 (10.79%) JavaScript
5 97 (7.754%) C++
6 75 (5.995%) Shell Script
7 61 (4.876%) Python
8 54 (4.317%) C
9 53 (4.237%) Perl
10 45 (3.597%) Ruby
11 27 (2.158%) PL/SQL
11 27 (2.158%) PowerShell
12 21 (1.679%) VB
13 18 (1.439%) PHP
14 17 (1.359%) Bash shell
15 15 (1.199%) T-SQL
16 14 (1.119%) VBScript
17 10 (0.799%) XQuery
18 8 (0.639%) R
18 8 (0.639%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 244 (19.50%) ISEB
2 225 (17.99%) Degree
3 106 (8.473%) ISTQB
4 91 (7.274%) Security Cleared
5 44 (3.517%) SC Cleared
6 36 (2.878%) DV Cleared
7 31 (2.478%) ISEB Practitioner
8 14 (1.119%) SAP Certification
9 9 (0.719%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 9 (0.719%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.400%) Postgraduate
11 3 (0.240%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.160%) MCSE
12 2 (0.160%) MCSA
12 2 (0.160%) PhD
12 2 (0.160%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.080%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.080%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.080%) HP ASE
13 1 (0.080%) HP MASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 399 (31.89%) QA
2 4 (0.320%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.160%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 2 (0.160%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.080%) ISO 8583
4 1 (0.080%) TickIT
4 1 (0.080%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (1.359%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.039%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.959%) NFS
4 10 (0.799%) VMware ESX
5 7 (0.560%) Varnish
6 1 (0.080%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.080%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 99 (7.914%) HP Quality Center
2 15 (1.199%) Netcool
2 15 (1.199%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 11 (0.879%) Puppet
4 8 (0.639%) Legato
5 4 (0.320%) YUM
6 1 (0.080%) WebInspect
6 1 (0.080%) OpenView
6 1 (0.080%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.080%) CA Wily
6 1 (0.080%) SCOM
Vendors
1 183 (14.63%) HP
2 160 (12.79%) Oracle
3 131 (10.47%) Microsoft
4 51 (4.077%) SAP
5 45 (3.597%) IBM
6 35 (2.798%) VMware
7 27 (2.158%) JBoss
8 24 (1.918%) Sun
9 22 (1.759%) Citrix
10 21 (1.679%) TIBCO
11 20 (1.599%) Siebel
11 20 (1.599%) EMC
12 15 (1.199%) Huawei
12 15 (1.199%) Meridio
12 15 (1.199%) Mercator
13 13 (1.039%) Teradata
14 12 (0.959%) Rackspace
14 12 (0.959%) Fujitsu
14 12 (0.959%) Informatica
15 9 (0.719%) Capita
London
An exciting new position has arisen for a talented tester to join a global Health care Software provider based in Central London-The ideal candidate will have the...
OPUS
Salary: GBP35000 per annum
Posted: 29 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
ISEB Qualified. Desirable Skills: Experience of managing automation and performance testing. Experience of managing test teams within a .Net environment... ISEB Practitioner / Advanced... Test Lead / Automation / Performance / .Net...
CoreCom Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Altrincham, North West
You will have a real passion for testing and have ideally 2 years experience of Windows application testing and knowledge of MS SQL Server, either gained through the...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + bens
Posted: 3 June 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Test Analyst / System Tester / UAT / Performance Testing / Automated Testing / Web Based Applications / XML / HTML / Crawley / 30 - 31K + bonus + benefits required to test business change projects and web based...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £31000 per annum + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Experience of writing and maintaining test scripts essential... Experience of e-commerce solutions... Advanced knowledge and experience of Microsoft Products - Outlook, Word, Excel, etc... This will also include...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Advantage XPO
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
Aston Carter
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Competitive
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Competitive
Posted: 18 June 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 15 June 2013
City of London
Sand Resources
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 4 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Advantage XPO
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
South West London
Advantage XPO
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Bedford, South East
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 per annum + Benefits: Bonus
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
Sogeti
Salary: Excellent Salary + Flexible Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Actis Recruitment.
Salary: From £24,000 to £30,000 per annum + excellent bonus + bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire,...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: To £30,000 + excellent bonus + benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
The People Network
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
OPUS
Salary: GBP45000 to GBP55000 per annum
Posted: 3 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £35k to £40k + bonus (c15%) + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Williams McKinley Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
Progression Recruitment
Salary: From £55,000 to £70,000 per annum plus 10% bonus plus amazing benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £70000 - £96000 per annum + (incl bonus), benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £35k to £40k + bonus (c15%) + benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013