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The table below looks at the demand for Stress Testing skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Stress Testing over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStress Testing
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank516621
Rank change on same period last yearUp+105
Matching permanent IT job ads8786
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.037 %
As % of the category below0.202 %0.147 %
Salaries quoted6365
Average minimum salary£54,841£62,585
Average salary£59,889£67,431
% change on same period last year-11.18 %
Average maximum salary£64,937£72,277
UK excluding London average salary£39,625£36,988
% change on same period last year+7.13 %
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching permanent IT job ads4317258658
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled25.07 %25.24 %
Salaries quoted3602546126
Average minimum salary£49,000£49,728
Average salary£53,595£54,396
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Average maximum salary£58,190£59,065
UK excluding London average salary£42,657£44,229
% change on same period last year-3.55 %
Stress Testing EnglandStress Testing
England

Stress Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Stress Testing across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London Stress Testing Demand Trend

Stress Testing
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Stress Testing across the London region.

London Stress Testing Salary Trend

Stress Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Stress Testing across the London region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

London Stress Testing Salary Histogram

Stress Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Stress Testing within the London region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-1428£69,529-16.81 %
CroydonNew entry-1£52,500-
WimbledonNew entry-1£32,500-
Stress Testing EnglandStress Testing
England

Stress Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the London region citing Stress 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 Stress Testing.

1103 (54.50 %)Market Risk
2100 (52.91 %)Oracle
390 (47.62 %)C++
464 (33.86 %)Monte Carlo Method
539 (20.63 %)UNIX
539 (20.63 %)RDBMS
636 (19.05 %)Business Analysis
733 (17.46 %)Finance
832 (16.93 %)Risk Management
931 (16.40 %)Banking
1026 (13.76 %)Degree
1124 (12.70 %)Investment Banking
1124 (12.70 %)Project Management
1223 (12.17 %)Oracle 10g
1223 (12.17 %)ISEB
1223 (12.17 %)OO
1223 (12.17 %)Automated Testing
1322 (11.64 %)Test Scripting
1421 (11.11 %)Java
1520 (10.58 %)SQL
1618 (9.524 %)Performance Testing
1717 (8.995 %)LoadRunner
1717 (8.995 %)UML
1816 (8.466 %)Linux
1816 (8.466 %).NET
1816 (8.466 %)Load Testing
1914 (7.407 %)QA
1914 (7.407 %)SQL Server
2013 (6.878 %)Windows
2013 (6.878 %)QuickTest Pro

Stress Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the London region citing Stress 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 Stress Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (8.466 %).NET
210 (5.291 %)XML
39 (4.762 %).NET Framework
48 (4.233 %)HTML
57 (3.704 %)SyncML
57 (3.704 %)SOAP
66 (3.175 %)XSLT
66 (3.175 %)CORBA
66 (3.175 %)J2ME
75 (2.646 %)Adobe Flex
83 (1.587 %)ASP.NET
92 (1.058 %)CSS
101 (0.529 %)WebServices
101 (0.529 %)AJAX
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (6.349 %)WebLogic
24 (2.116 %)Oracle Application Server
33 (1.587 %)IIS
33 (1.587 %)MS Exchange
33 (1.587 %)SAS
42 (1.058 %)SharePoint
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (4.233 %)MS Office
24 (2.116 %)MS Excel
32 (1.058 %)MATLAB
41 (0.529 %)MS PowerPoint
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.058 %)Oracle 11i
12 (1.058 %)Summit
21 (0.529 %)Oracle ERP
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (4.762 %)Ethernet
19 (4.762 %)Firewall
22 (1.058 %)Internet
31 (0.529 %)X.21
31 (0.529 %)PBX
31 (0.529 %)PSTN
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
139 (20.63 %)RDBMS
223 (12.17 %)Oracle 10g
314 (7.407 %)SQL Server
412 (6.349 %)Oracle 8/8i
59 (4.762 %)Oracle 9i
59 (4.762 %)OLAP
59 (4.762 %)Oracle OLAP
59 (4.762 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
67 (3.704 %)Oracle 11g
74 (2.116 %)Oracle Reports
83 (1.587 %)OLTP
91 (0.529 %)MySQL
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (8.995 %)LoadRunner
213 (6.878 %)QuickTest Pro
311 (5.820 %)Bugzilla
410 (5.291 %)WinRunner
410 (5.291 %)TestDirector
54 (2.116 %)Visual Studio
54 (2.116 %)VSS/SourceSafe
54 (2.116 %)Oracle Forms
63 (1.587 %)Rational Robot
72 (1.058 %)Selenium
81 (0.529 %)Synon
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
133 (17.46 %)Finance
231 (16.40 %)Banking
324 (12.70 %)Investment Banking
46 (3.175 %)Legal
54 (2.116 %)Front Office
63 (1.587 %)Insurance
72 (1.058 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.529 %)Telecoms
81 (0.529 %)Education
81 (0.529 %)Games
81 (0.529 %)Retail
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
151 (26.98 %)Developer
236 (19.05 %)Senior Developer
320 (10.58 %)Analyst
418 (9.524 %)Test Engineer
517 (8.995 %)Tester
614 (7.407 %)Risk Manager
713 (6.878 %)Consultant
812 (6.349 %)Architect
911 (5.820 %)Test Analyst
911 (5.820 %)C++ Developer
109 (4.762 %)Risk Analyst
118 (4.233 %)Network Consultant
127 (3.704 %)Senior Consultant
127 (3.704 %)Team Leader
127 (3.704 %)Network Architect
127 (3.704 %)Applications Tester
127 (3.704 %)Senior Network Consultant
136 (3.175 %)Senior Network Architect
136 (3.175 %)Quantitative Analyst
136 (3.175 %)Quantitative Risk Analyst
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1103 (54.50 %)Market Risk
212 (6.349 %)Credit Risk
310 (5.291 %)Derivative
46 (3.175 %)Multithreading
55 (2.646 %)Economics
55 (2.646 %)Fixed Income
64 (2.116 %)Statistics
64 (2.116 %)Mathematics
73 (1.587 %)Physics
82 (1.058 %)Chemistry
82 (1.058 %)Credit Derivative
82 (1.058 %)Energy Derivatives
82 (1.058 %)Client/Server
91 (0.529 %)Blackberry
91 (0.529 %)Equities
91 (0.529 %)Web 2.0
91 (0.529 %)Exotic Derivative
91 (0.529 %)Equity Derivative
91 (0.529 %)Computer Science
91 (0.529 %)Social Network
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
139 (20.63 %)UNIX
216 (8.466 %)Linux
313 (6.878 %)Windows
47 (3.704 %)Windows XP
47 (3.704 %)Windows Vista
56 (3.175 %)Windows 2000
63 (1.587 %)SUSE
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
164 (33.86 %)Monte Carlo Method
236 (19.05 %)Business Analysis
332 (16.93 %)Risk Management
424 (12.70 %)Project Management
523 (12.17 %)OO
523 (12.17 %)Automated Testing
622 (11.64 %)Test Scripting
718 (9.524 %)Performance Testing
817 (8.995 %)UML
916 (8.466 %)Load Testing
1010 (5.291 %)OOA/OOD
118 (4.233 %)User Acceptance Testing
126 (3.175 %)System Testing
126 (3.175 %)SOA
135 (2.646 %)Regression Testing
144 (2.116 %)Software Testing
144 (2.116 %)Web Testing
153 (1.587 %)Integration Testing
153 (1.587 %)Security Testing
153 (1.587 %)Fund Management
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
190 (47.62 %)C++
221 (11.11 %)Java
320 (10.58 %)SQL
411 (5.820 %)VBA
59 (4.762 %)JavaScript
67 (3.704 %)VB
75 (2.646 %)PHP
75 (2.646 %)PHP5
75 (2.646 %)C#
83 (1.587 %)VB.NET
92 (1.058 %)Transact-SQL
101 (0.529 %)VBScript
101 (0.529 %)SAS Macro
101 (0.529 %)Lisp
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
126 (13.76 %)Degree
223 (12.17 %)ISEB
39 (4.762 %)Cisco Certification
39 (4.762 %)CCNP
43 (1.587 %)ISEB Practitioner
43 (1.587 %)ISTQB
51 (0.529 %)PhD
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (7.407 %)QA
25 (2.646 %)Basel II
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (6.349 %)VMware Infrastructure
29 (4.762 %)Active Directory
34 (2.116 %)Oracle RAC
42 (1.058 %)Oracle RMAN
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1100 (52.91 %)Oracle
212 (6.349 %)VMware
39 (4.762 %)Cisco
39 (4.762 %)CheckPoint
48 (4.233 %)Microsoft
56 (3.175 %)Symbian
65 (2.646 %)HP
72 (1.058 %)GoldenSource
81 (0.529 %)Avaya
81 (0.529 %)Compuware
81 (0.529 %)Sybase
81 (0.529 %)SAP