The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 87 67 73
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +6
Permanent jobs citing Performance Testing 8 9 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.696% 1.071% 1.440%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.959% 1.557% 1.813%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 11
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-7.31% +2.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
834 578 772
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 72.52% 68.81% 79.42%
Number of salaries quoted 473 439 589
Average salary £41,500 £38,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.21% -10.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,000 £57,500 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Performance Testing
Scotland

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Performance Testing Salary Trend

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 13 (100.00%) Java
2 10 (76.92%) J2EE
2 10 (76.92%) Oracle
3 9 (69.23%) JUnit
3 9 (69.23%) ETL
3 9 (69.23%) HP
3 9 (69.23%) Informatica
3 9 (69.23%) QuickTest Pro
3 9 (69.23%) LoadRunner
3 9 (69.23%) Benchmarking
3 9 (69.23%) Banking
3 9 (69.23%) Investment Banking
3 9 (69.23%) Software Testing
3 9 (69.23%) QA
3 9 (69.23%) Reference Data
3 9 (69.23%) Test Automation
4 7 (53.85%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (30.77%) SQL
5 4 (30.77%) Java EE
5 4 (30.77%) Finance
6 3 (23.08%) C#
6 3 (23.08%) VMware
6 3 (23.08%) .NET Framework
6 3 (23.08%) VBScript
6 3 (23.08%) .NET
6 3 (23.08%) Windows
6 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
6 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (23.08%) PowerShell

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 10 (76.92%) J2EE
2 4 (30.77%) Java EE
3 3 (23.08%) .NET
3 3 (23.08%) .NET Framework
4 1 (7.692%) Hibernate
4 1 (7.692%) Spring
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (7.692%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (69.23%) JUnit
1 9 (69.23%) QuickTest Pro
1 9 (69.23%) LoadRunner
General
1 9 (69.23%) Banking
1 9 (69.23%) Investment Banking
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Performance Engineer
2 1 (7.692%) Designer
2 1 (7.692%) Systems Designer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Reference Data
2 2 (15.38%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) ETL
1 9 (69.23%) Benchmarking
1 9 (69.23%) Software Testing
1 9 (69.23%) Test Automation
2 3 (23.08%) Build Automation
2 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
4 1 (7.692%) OO
4 1 (7.692%) OOD
4 1 (7.692%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (30.77%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) VBScript
3 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
3 3 (23.08%) C#
4 1 (7.692%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) QA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Oracle
2 9 (69.23%) HP
2 9 (69.23%) Informatica
3 3 (23.08%) VMware
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Working as part of a QA global team... Strong experience with manual testing, writing test plans, and reviewing test cases. Ability to identify candidate test automation packs which...
Change Recruitment Group
Salary: Excellent salary & benefits package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Our application suite is used by analysts both across the globe and across various lines of business, including Equities, Credit, Fixed Income and Economics... Testing tools - QC, QTP...
FPSG Connect
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare + Bous
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Our application suite is used by analysts both across the globe and across various lines of business, including Equities, Credit, Fixed Income and Economics... Working as part of...
FPSG Connect
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare + Bous
Posted: 14 May 2013