The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 74 94 78
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -16
Permanent jobs citing Performance Testing 21 8 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 2.386% 0.642% 1.357%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.409% 0.899% 1.944%
Number of salaries quoted 21 8 11
Average salary £46,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.42% +2.94%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
616 890 823
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 70.00% 71.43% 69.80%
Number of salaries quoted 537 734 733
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Performance Testing
South West

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Performance Testing Salary Trend

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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Gloucester +28 21 £46,000 +27.77%
Performance Testing
South West

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 (80.00%) Linux
1 32 (80.00%) ISEB
2 30 (75.00%) LoadRunner
2 30 (75.00%) Shell Script
2 30 (75.00%) LAN
2 30 (75.00%) WAN
2 30 (75.00%) ITIL
2 30 (75.00%) UNIX
2 30 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
2 30 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 30 (75.00%) DV Cleared
2 30 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 25 (62.50%) C#
3 25 (62.50%) C++
4 17 (42.50%) Java
4 17 (42.50%) Degree
5 15 (37.50%) Identity Management
5 15 (37.50%) Mathematics
5 15 (37.50%) CGI
6 10 (25.00%) SQL
6 10 (25.00%) .NET
7 8 (20.00%) T-SQL
7 8 (20.00%) VB
7 8 (20.00%) HTML
7 8 (20.00%) SQL Server
7 8 (20.00%) IIS
7 8 (20.00%) ADO.NET
7 8 (20.00%) ASP.NET
7 8 (20.00%) COM+
7 8 (20.00%) Web Services

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 (37.50%) CGI
2 10 (25.00%) .NET
3 8 (20.00%) HTML
3 8 (20.00%) ADO.NET
3 8 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 8 (20.00%) COM+
3 8 (20.00%) Web Services
3 8 (20.00%) XML
3 8 (20.00%) XSL
3 8 (20.00%) WSDL
3 8 (20.00%) XML Schema
3 8 (20.00%) .NET Framework
4 2 (5.000%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (20.00%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (75.00%) LAN
1 30 (75.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (20.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 8 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 8 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 30 (75.00%) LoadRunner
2 8 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (37.50%) Test Consultant
1 15 (37.50%) Tester
1 15 (37.50%) Consultant
2 5 (12.50%) Development Manager
3 4 (10.00%) Head of Development
4 2 (5.000%) Software Manager
4 2 (5.000%) Software Development Manager
4 2 (5.000%) Analyst
4 2 (5.000%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (37.50%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 32 (80.00%) Linux
2 30 (75.00%) UNIX
3 2 (5.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (75.00%) ITIL
1 30 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
1 30 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 15 (37.50%) Identity Management
3 8 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 8 (20.00%) Load Testing
4 2 (5.000%) Test Scripting
4 2 (5.000%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (75.00%) Shell Script
2 25 (62.50%) C#
2 25 (62.50%) C++
3 17 (42.50%) Java
4 10 (25.00%) SQL
5 8 (20.00%) T-SQL
5 8 (20.00%) VB
5 8 (20.00%) VB6
6 2 (5.000%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (80.00%) ISEB
2 30 (75.00%) DV Cleared
2 30 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 17 (42.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (5.000%) Microsoft
1 2 (5.000%) Oracle