The first table below looks at the demand for JMeter skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited JMeter 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 Development Applications category for the Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache JMeter
Rank 142 140 160
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +20
Permanent jobs citing JMeter 2 10 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.081% 0.399% 0.213%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.538% 1.976% 1.292%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 7
Average salary £36,250 £61,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.81% +88.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,250 £46,250 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,250 £76,250 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,250 £38,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year
-4.60% +20.63%
All Development Applications
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
372 506 542
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 15.16% 20.21% 16.50%
Number of salaries quoted 303 384 478
Average salary £37,500 £47,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.05% +18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £34,550 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,500 £54,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
JMeter
East of England

JMeter
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing JMeter across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Hertfordshire JMeter Jobs Demand Trend

JMeter
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing JMeter across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire JMeter Salary Trend

JMeter
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JMeter within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £32,500 -
Royston - 1 £40,000 -
JMeter
East of England

JMeter
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing JMeter 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 JMeter.

1 16 (94.12%) Automated Testing
1 16 (94.12%) QA
2 10 (58.82%) XML
2 10 (58.82%) Java
3 9 (52.94%) SQL
3 9 (52.94%) Selenium
4 8 (47.06%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (47.06%) Scrum
4 8 (47.06%) Ruby
4 8 (47.06%) Software Testing
4 8 (47.06%) C++
4 8 (47.06%) Ant
4 8 (47.06%) Shell Script
4 8 (47.06%) Pharmaceutical
4 8 (47.06%) UNIX
4 8 (47.06%) Linux
4 8 (47.06%) V-Model
4 8 (47.06%) Test Automation
4 8 (47.06%) Waterfall
5 7 (41.18%) Cisco
5 7 (41.18%) Nortel
5 7 (41.18%) ISEB
5 7 (41.18%) Avaya
5 7 (41.18%) QuickTest Pro
5 7 (41.18%) ISTQB
5 7 (41.18%) Regression Testing
5 7 (41.18%) System Testing
5 7 (41.18%) Load Testing
6 5 (29.41%) Automation Testing
6 5 (29.41%) HP Quality Center

JMeter
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing JMeter 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 JMeter. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (58.82%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) Internet
Development Applications
1 9 (52.94%) Selenium
2 8 (47.06%) Ant
3 7 (41.18%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 8 (47.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 15 (88.24%) Test Engineer
2 9 (52.94%) Analyst
3 8 (47.06%) Test Analyst
3 8 (47.06%) Senior Test Engineer
4 7 (41.18%) QA Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) QA Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Software Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) UNIX
1 8 (47.06%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Automated Testing
2 8 (47.06%) Software Testing
2 8 (47.06%) Scrum
2 8 (47.06%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (47.06%) V-Model
2 8 (47.06%) Test Automation
2 8 (47.06%) Waterfall
3 7 (41.18%) Regression Testing
3 7 (41.18%) System Testing
3 7 (41.18%) Load Testing
4 5 (29.41%) Automation Testing
5 1 (5.882%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.882%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) Java
2 9 (52.94%) SQL
3 8 (47.06%) Shell Script
3 8 (47.06%) Ruby
3 8 (47.06%) C++
4 1 (5.882%) VBScript
4 1 (5.882%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) ISEB
1 7 (41.18%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (94.12%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Cisco
1 7 (41.18%) Nortel
1 7 (41.18%) Avaya