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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Testing
Rank 143 149 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing Load Testing 1 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.041% 0.040% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.054% 0.054% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £32,500 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.77% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1868 1842 2502
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 76.12% 73.56% 76.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1488 1491 2012
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £31,250 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Load Testing
East of England

Load Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Load Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Load Testing
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Load Testing Salary Trend

Load Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Load Testing 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 -
Load Testing
East of England

Load Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 12 (100.00%) SQL
2 7 (58.33%) Cisco
2 7 (58.33%) Nortel
2 7 (58.33%) ISEB
2 7 (58.33%) Avaya
2 7 (58.33%) QuickTest Pro
2 7 (58.33%) Regression Testing
2 7 (58.33%) JMeter
2 7 (58.33%) Automated Testing
2 7 (58.33%) Software Testing
2 7 (58.33%) ISTQB
2 7 (58.33%) QA
2 7 (58.33%) Selenium
2 7 (58.33%) System Testing
3 5 (41.67%) HP Quality Center
3 5 (41.67%) Automation Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Unit Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Ajax
3 5 (41.67%) TDD
3 5 (41.67%) Subversion
3 5 (41.67%) Content Management
3 5 (41.67%) T-SQL
3 5 (41.67%) .NET
3 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
3 5 (41.67%) Visual Studio
3 5 (41.67%) ASP.NET
3 5 (41.67%) B2B
3 5 (41.67%) C#
3 5 (41.67%) DHTML
3 5 (41.67%) HTML

Load Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (41.67%) DHTML
1 5 (41.67%) HTML
1 5 (41.67%) .NET
1 5 (41.67%) ASP.NET
1 5 (41.67%) Ajax
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (58.33%) QuickTest Pro
1 7 (58.33%) JMeter
1 7 (58.33%) Selenium
2 5 (41.67%) Visual Studio
2 5 (41.67%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Analyst
1 7 (58.33%) Test Analyst
1 7 (58.33%) Test Engineer
1 7 (58.33%) QA Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Web Developer
2 5 (41.67%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Regression Testing
1 7 (58.33%) Automated Testing
1 7 (58.33%) Software Testing
1 7 (58.33%) System Testing
2 5 (41.67%) B2B
2 5 (41.67%) Automation Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Unit Testing
2 5 (41.67%) TDD
2 5 (41.67%) Content Management
3 4 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) T-SQL
2 5 (41.67%) C#
2 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) ISEB
1 7 (58.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Cisco
1 7 (58.33%) Nortel
1 7 (58.33%) Avaya