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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational Performance Tester (RPT)
Rank 605 633 624
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -9
Permanent jobs citing Rational Performance Tester 4 7 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.009% 0.013% 0.021%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.059% 0.096% 0.175%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 11
Average salary £55,000 £52,500 £59,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76% -11.01%
90% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £44,500 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £54,100 £61,000
UK excluding London average salary - £54,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year
- +6.34%
All Development Applications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
6803 7309 6861
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 15.60% 13.58% 11.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5843 6462 5969
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
Rational Performance Tester
England

Rational Performance Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Rational Performance Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Rational Performance Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Rational Performance Tester across the London region.

London Rational Performance Tester Salary Trend

Rational Performance Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Rational Performance Tester across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Rational Performance Tester Salary Histogram

Rational Performance Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Rational Performance Tester 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 Rational Performance Tester.

1 4 (100.00%) .NET
1 4 (100.00%) LoadRunner
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (75.00%) SilkPerformer
2 3 (75.00%) Web Services
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) HP
2 3 (75.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (50.00%) Java
3 2 (50.00%) C
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) Sybase
3 2 (50.00%) ASP
3 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (50.00%) CSS
3 2 (50.00%) XML
3 2 (50.00%) Micro Focus
3 2 (50.00%) JMeter
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) QA
3 2 (50.00%) QALoad
3 2 (50.00%) WCF
3 2 (50.00%) WPF
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Open Source
3 2 (50.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation

Rational Performance Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Rational Performance Tester 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 Rational Performance Tester. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) Web Services
3 2 (50.00%) XML
3 2 (50.00%) WCF
3 2 (50.00%) WPF
3 2 (50.00%) ASP
3 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (50.00%) CSS
4 1 (25.00%) SOAP
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) LoadRunner
2 3 (75.00%) SilkPerformer
3 2 (50.00%) JMeter
3 2 (50.00%) QALoad
4 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Test Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Test Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Load Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Kanban
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C++
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) VB
3 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) IBM
1 3 (75.00%) HP
2 2 (50.00%) Micro Focus
2 2 (50.00%) Sybase
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft