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The table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPerformance Testing
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank471433
Rank change on same period last yearDown-38
Matching permanent IT job ads509758
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.293 %0.325 %
As % of the category below0.525 %0.624 %
Salaries quoted424610
Average minimum salary£38,183£41,115
Average salary£40,967£44,189
% change on same period last year-7.29 %
Average maximum salary£43,751£47,262
UK excluding London average salary£37,561£40,723
% change on same period last year-7.76 %
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching permanent IT job ads96926121453
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled55.73 %52.04 %
Salaries quoted8053997587
Average minimum salary£43,010£44,148
Average salary£47,046£48,168
% change on same period last year-2.32 %
Average maximum salary£51,083£52,189
UK excluding London average salary£42,667£44,191
% change on same period last year-3.44 %
Performance Testing UKPerformance Testing
UK

Performance Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Performance Testing
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

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 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-53191£48,148+0.17 %
East of EnglandUp+7384£39,378-12.61 %
South EastDown-3768£33,359-16.12 %
North WestUp+1067£37,122-1.19 %
West MidlandsUp+431£33,175-20.76 %
South WestUp+623£34,684-6.49 %
East MidlandsUp+317£37,500-7.52 %
YorkshireUp+2314£35,525+1.49 %
Performance Testing UKPerformance Testing
UK

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

1320 (28.65 %)SQL
2251 (22.47 %)ISEB
3244 (21.84 %)LoadRunner
4243 (21.75 %)Finance
5223 (19.96 %)QA
6217 (19.43 %)Java
7215 (19.25 %)Windows
8195 (17.46 %)UNIX
9184 (16.47 %)Oracle
10179 (16.03 %)Test Scripting
11154 (13.79 %)SQL Server
12121 (10.83 %)TestDirector
13108 (9.669 %)Software Testing
14106 (9.490 %)Agile Software Development
1594 (8.415 %)Degree
1693 (8.326 %)Automated Testing
1791 (8.147 %)Microsoft
1889 (7.968 %).NET
1987 (7.789 %)QuickTest Pro
2082 (7.341 %)E-Commerce
2180 (7.162 %)Regression Testing
2279 (7.073 %)C#
2376 (6.804 %)Pensions
2376 (6.804 %)Retail
2475 (6.714 %)Windows Server 2003
2573 (6.535 %)System Testing
2669 (6.177 %)User Acceptance Testing
2768 (6.088 %)Linux
2864 (5.730 %)Test Management
2963 (5.640 %)HP

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
189 (7.968 %).NET
258 (5.192 %)XML
345 (4.029 %)J2EE
441 (3.671 %)WebServices
535 (3.133 %)HTML
535 (3.133 %)WebSphere
630 (2.686 %)ASP.NET
721 (1.880 %)AJAX
818 (1.611 %)CSS
917 (1.522 %)Spring
1011 (0.985 %)JDBC
119 (0.806 %)Middleware
128 (0.716 %)XSLT
137 (0.627 %)Struts
146 (0.537 %)ASP
146 (0.537 %).NET Framework
155 (0.448 %)Hibernate
155 (0.448 %)JSP
164 (0.358 %)FIX Protocol
173 (0.269 %)MVC
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
146 (4.118 %)IIS
240 (3.581 %)Apache
316 (1.432 %)BizTalk Server
415 (1.343 %)Tomcat
512 (1.074 %)WebSphere Application Server
610 (0.895 %)Oracle Workflow
79 (0.806 %)IBM HTTP Server
88 (0.716 %)WPS
88 (0.716 %)SharePoint
96 (0.537 %)CMS
105 (0.448 %)WebLogic
105 (0.448 %)JBoss
113 (0.269 %)MQSeries
113 (0.269 %)Oracle 10gAS
122 (0.179 %)Oracle Application Server
122 (0.179 %)FormScape
122 (0.179 %)Lotus Notes
122 (0.179 %)Tuxedo
131 (0.090 %)Oracle HTTP Server
131 (0.090 %)ColdFusion
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
146 (4.118 %)MS Excel
222 (1.970 %)MS Visio
314 (1.253 %)MS Office
43 (0.269 %)CA Clarity
43 (0.269 %)MS Project
52 (0.179 %)AutoCAD
52 (0.179 %)Pro/ENGINEER
61 (0.090 %)Photoshop
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
128 (2.507 %)Oracle Applications
222 (1.970 %)Oracle 11i
315 (1.343 %)Oracle EBS
42 (0.179 %)Oracle ERP
42 (0.179 %)Oracle Financials
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
133 (2.954 %)HTTP
133 (2.954 %)SAN
223 (2.059 %)Firewall
320 (1.791 %)Network Security
415 (1.343 %)Internet
514 (1.253 %)TCP/IP
612 (1.074 %)Bluetooth
710 (0.895 %)Wireless
88 (0.716 %)FTP
96 (0.537 %)SNMP
105 (0.448 %)Ethernet
113 (0.269 %)VPN
122 (0.179 %)DNS
122 (0.179 %)SS7
122 (0.179 %)INAP
122 (0.179 %)GSM
122 (0.179 %)LAN
122 (0.179 %)WAN
122 (0.179 %)VLAN
131 (0.090 %)2G
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1154 (13.79 %)SQL Server
238 (3.402 %)DB2
337 (3.312 %)SQL Server 2005
431 (2.775 %)SQL Server 2000
523 (2.059 %)MySQL
619 (1.701 %)Oracle 8/8i
718 (1.611 %)Oracle 9i
816 (1.432 %)Oracle 10g
816 (1.432 %)DTS
912 (1.074 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1010 (0.895 %)MS Access
118 (0.716 %)Sybase ASA
126 (0.537 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
126 (0.537 %)Datawarehouse
126 (0.537 %)TOAD
126 (0.537 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
133 (0.269 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
142 (0.179 %)RDBMS
142 (0.179 %)ETL
142 (0.179 %)Crystal Reports
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1244 (21.84 %)LoadRunner
2121 (10.83 %)TestDirector
387 (7.789 %)QuickTest Pro
462 (5.551 %)WinRunner
527 (2.417 %)QALoad
622 (1.970 %)Selenium
718 (1.611 %)Ant
718 (1.611 %)JUnit
718 (1.611 %)Visual Studio
817 (1.522 %)SilkPerformer
911 (0.985 %)JIRA
911 (0.985 %)Rational Robot
911 (0.985 %)JMeter
109 (0.806 %)TestPartner
117 (0.627 %)Visual Studio Team System
126 (0.537 %)TestComplete
126 (0.537 %)FitNesse
135 (0.448 %)Rational Performance Tester
135 (0.448 %)WATIR
135 (0.448 %)NUnit
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1243 (21.75 %)Finance
276 (6.804 %)Retail
276 (6.804 %)Pensions
356 (5.013 %)Health
445 (4.029 %)Telecoms
537 (3.312 %)Banking
624 (2.149 %)Insurance
714 (1.253 %)Publishing
813 (1.164 %)Government
911 (0.985 %)Financial Institution
1010 (0.895 %)Front Office
1010 (0.895 %)Pharmaceutical
1010 (0.895 %)Law
1010 (0.895 %)Marketing
118 (0.716 %)Education
125 (0.448 %)Games
125 (0.448 %)Music
134 (0.358 %)Advertising
134 (0.358 %)Investment Banking
134 (0.358 %)Legal
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1316 (28.29 %)Analyst
2276 (24.71 %)Tester
3220 (19.70 %)Test Analyst
4122 (10.92 %)Test Manager
594 (8.415 %)Performance Tester
669 (6.177 %)Senior Tester
764 (5.730 %)Team Leader
764 (5.730 %)Software Tester
860 (5.372 %)Developer
959 (5.282 %)DBA
1057 (5.103 %)Consultant
1154 (4.834 %)Administrator
1247 (4.208 %)Support Analyst
1344 (3.939 %)Test Engineer
1440 (3.581 %)Test Team Leader
1538 (3.402 %)Performance Analyst
1634 (3.044 %)Test Specialist
1731 (2.775 %)Test Consultant
1828 (2.507 %)QA Engineer
1927 (2.417 %)Oracle DBA
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
128 (2.507 %)Clustering
227 (2.417 %)AS400
324 (2.149 %)Derivative
420 (1.791 %)Computer Science
519 (1.701 %)Mainframe
617 (1.522 %)Client/Server
79 (0.806 %)Management Information System
79 (0.806 %)Web 2.0
85 (0.448 %)Equities
85 (0.448 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
94 (0.358 %)EPoS
94 (0.358 %)N-Tier
94 (0.358 %)Psychology
103 (0.269 %)Replication
103 (0.269 %)Statistics
112 (0.179 %)CCTV
112 (0.179 %)PMI
112 (0.179 %)Multithreading
112 (0.179 %)Social Network
112 (0.179 %)Data Protection Act
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1215 (19.25 %)Windows
2195 (17.46 %)UNIX
375 (6.714 %)Windows Server 2003
468 (6.088 %)Linux
538 (3.402 %)Solaris
628 (2.507 %)AIX
720 (1.791 %)Windows Vista
819 (1.701 %)Red Hat Linux
918 (1.611 %)VMS
1012 (1.074 %)Windows XP
119 (0.806 %)HPUX
119 (0.806 %)Windows 2000 Server
127 (0.627 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
134 (0.358 %)Windows Server 2008
134 (0.358 %)Windows 2000
142 (0.179 %)Windows NT
142 (0.179 %)Fedora
142 (0.179 %)CentOS
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1179 (16.03 %)Test Scripting
2108 (9.669 %)Software Testing
3106 (9.490 %)Agile Software Development
493 (8.326 %)Automated Testing
582 (7.341 %)E-Commerce
680 (7.162 %)Regression Testing
773 (6.535 %)System Testing
869 (6.177 %)User Acceptance Testing
964 (5.730 %)Test Management
1059 (5.282 %)Integration Testing
1158 (5.192 %)Load Testing
1255 (4.924 %)Manual Testing
1346 (4.118 %)Unit Testing
1444 (3.939 %)Security Testing
1542 (3.760 %)Stress Testing
1638 (3.402 %)Project Management
1737 (3.312 %)ITIL
1836 (3.223 %)Security Cleared
1931 (2.775 %)V-Model
2023 (2.059 %)Risk Management
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1320 (28.65 %)SQL
2217 (19.43 %)Java
379 (7.073 %)C#
458 (5.192 %)VB
549 (4.387 %)Perl
642 (3.760 %)C++
734 (3.044 %)Shell Script
824 (2.149 %)Transact-SQL
918 (1.611 %)JavaScript
1016 (1.432 %)C
1114 (1.253 %)PL/SQL
128 (0.716 %)PHP
137 (0.627 %)VBScript
145 (0.448 %)VB.NET
145 (0.448 %)VBA
153 (0.269 %)VC++
153 (0.269 %)DHTML
153 (0.269 %)XPath
162 (0.179 %)Ruby
162 (0.179 %)Korn
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1251 (22.47 %)ISEB
294 (8.415 %)Degree
340 (3.581 %)ISTQB
420 (1.791 %)ISEB Practitioner
512 (1.074 %)Microsoft Certification
69 (0.806 %)MCDBA
78 (0.716 %)HND
85 (0.448 %)ACCA
85 (0.448 %)CISA
94 (0.358 %)ITIL Certification
103 (0.269 %)PRINCE2 Certification
103 (0.269 %)MCSE
112 (0.179 %)MCSA
112 (0.179 %)MCP
112 (0.179 %)HP ASE
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1223 (19.96 %)QA
25 (0.448 %)SLA
31 (0.090 %)TickIT
31 (0.090 %)ISO9001
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
125 (2.238 %)Backup Exec
223 (2.059 %)Terminal Server
313 (1.164 %)Active Directory
45 (0.448 %)Oracle RAC
45 (0.448 %)VMware Infrastructure
54 (0.358 %)Oracle RMAN
62 (0.179 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.090 %)NetBackup
71 (0.090 %)MSMQ
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.358 %)OpenView
14 (0.358 %)Unicenter
23 (0.269 %)BMC PATROL
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1184 (16.47 %)Oracle
291 (8.147 %)Microsoft
363 (5.640 %)HP
444 (3.939 %)Red Hat
542 (3.760 %)IBM
637 (3.312 %)Citrix
728 (2.507 %)BT
818 (1.611 %)Siebel
917 (1.522 %)EMC
1016 (1.432 %)SAP
1115 (1.343 %)Sybase
1211 (0.985 %)Cisco
1310 (0.895 %)Sun
149 (0.806 %)CA
157 (0.627 %)VMware
166 (0.537 %)Patsystems
166 (0.537 %)Mercator
175 (0.448 %)MKS
175 (0.448 %)Compuware
175 (0.448 %)GL TRADE