The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 23 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 Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 28 57 32
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -25
Permanent jobs citing Performance Testing 22 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 8.943% 0.248% 2.294%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.58% 0.315% 2.994%
Number of salaries quoted 21 1 0
Average salary £46,000 £36,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.77% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,750 £41,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.62% +3.75%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
190 317 167
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 77.24% 78.47% 76.61%
Number of salaries quoted 148 231 141
Average salary £35,500 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.25% -3.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £63,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Performance Testing
Gloucestershire

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester Performance Testing Salary Trend

Performance Testing
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 32 (100.00%) Linux
1 32 (100.00%) ISEB
2 30 (93.75%) LoadRunner
2 30 (93.75%) Shell Script
2 30 (93.75%) LAN
2 30 (93.75%) WAN
2 30 (93.75%) ITIL
2 30 (93.75%) UNIX
2 30 (93.75%) Penetration Testing
2 30 (93.75%) User Acceptance Testing
2 30 (93.75%) DV Cleared
2 30 (93.75%) Security Cleared
3 17 (53.13%) Degree
3 17 (53.13%) C#
3 17 (53.13%) C++
3 17 (53.13%) Java
4 15 (46.88%) CGI
4 15 (46.88%) Mathematics
4 15 (46.88%) Identity Management
5 2 (6.250%) Windows
5 2 (6.250%) Test Scripting
5 2 (6.250%) Automation Testing
5 2 (6.250%) Microsoft
5 2 (6.250%) PL/SQL
5 2 (6.250%) SQL
5 2 (6.250%) .NET
5 2 (6.250%) Oracle
5 2 (6.250%) COM

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 15 (46.88%) CGI
2 2 (6.250%) .NET
2 2 (6.250%) COM
Communications & Networking
1 30 (93.75%) LAN
1 30 (93.75%) WAN
Development Applications
1 30 (93.75%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 15 (46.88%) Tester
1 15 (46.88%) Consultant
1 15 (46.88%) Test Consultant
2 2 (6.250%) Analyst
2 2 (6.250%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (46.88%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 32 (100.00%) Linux
2 30 (93.75%) UNIX
3 2 (6.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (93.75%) ITIL
1 30 (93.75%) Penetration Testing
1 30 (93.75%) User Acceptance Testing
2 15 (46.88%) Identity Management
3 2 (6.250%) Test Scripting
3 2 (6.250%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (93.75%) Shell Script
2 17 (53.13%) C#
2 17 (53.13%) C++
2 17 (53.13%) Java
3 2 (6.250%) PL/SQL
3 2 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (100.00%) ISEB
2 30 (93.75%) DV Cleared
2 30 (93.75%) Security Cleared
3 17 (53.13%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (6.250%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.250%) Oracle