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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Benchmarking
Rank 119 122 105
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -17
Permanent jobs citing Benchmarking 28 7 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 1.065% 0.334% 0.658%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.357% 0.425% 0.896%
Number of salaries quoted 28 7 12
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% +7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £45,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year
-18.88% -7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2064 1648 1340
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 78.54% 78.66% 73.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1638 1408 1147
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Benchmarking
West Yorkshire

Benchmarking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Benchmarking Jobs Demand Trend

Benchmarking
Salary Trend

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

Leeds Benchmarking Salary Trend

Benchmarking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking.

1 31 (96.88%) Performance Testing
2 30 (93.75%) User Stories
3 27 (84.38%) Load Testing
4 24 (75.00%) Stress Testing
5 17 (53.13%) Windows
6 15 (46.88%) Finance
7 4 (12.50%) LAMP
7 4 (12.50%) .NET
8 3 (9.375%) E-Commerce
8 3 (9.375%) SQL
8 3 (9.375%) Non-Functional Testing
9 2 (6.250%) Big Data
10 1 (3.125%) WatchGuard
10 1 (3.125%) SonicWALL
10 1 (3.125%) VMware Infrastructure
10 1 (3.125%) Veeam
10 1 (3.125%) VMware
10 1 (3.125%) Degree
10 1 (3.125%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (3.125%) Enterprise Architecture
10 1 (3.125%) LAN
10 1 (3.125%) WAN
10 1 (3.125%) Cisco
10 1 (3.125%) IBM
10 1 (3.125%) Microsoft
10 1 (3.125%) HP
10 1 (3.125%) Dell
10 1 (3.125%) SAN
10 1 (3.125%) NetApp
10 1 (3.125%) SQL Server

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (12.50%) .NET
1 4 (12.50%) LAMP
Applications
1 1 (3.125%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.125%) LAN
1 1 (3.125%) WAN
1 1 (3.125%) SAN
1 1 (3.125%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.250%) Big Data
2 1 (3.125%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (46.88%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (59.38%) Performance Analyst
1 19 (59.38%) Performance Test Analyst
1 19 (59.38%) Analyst
1 19 (59.38%) Test Analyst
2 15 (46.88%) Performance Tester
2 15 (46.88%) Tester
3 3 (9.375%) Non-Functional Tester
4 1 (3.125%) Technical Director
Operating Systems
1 17 (53.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (96.88%) Performance Testing
2 30 (93.75%) User Stories
3 27 (84.38%) Load Testing
4 24 (75.00%) Stress Testing
5 3 (9.375%) Non-Functional Testing
5 3 (9.375%) E-Commerce
6 1 (3.125%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (3.125%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.375%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.125%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (3.125%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (3.125%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (3.125%) Cisco
1 1 (3.125%) IBM
1 1 (3.125%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.125%) HP
1 1 (3.125%) Dell
1 1 (3.125%) NetApp
1 1 (3.125%) VMware
1 1 (3.125%) WatchGuard
1 1 (3.125%) SonicWALL
1 1 (3.125%) Veeam
Leeds, Yorkshire
Excellent opportunity for a Performance Test Analyst to join a successful financial services company based in Leeds.
E-Resourcing
Salary: £38000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013