The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Performance Testing 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.435% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.532% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £33,750 - -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.17% +1.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
376 501 317
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 81.74% 74.78% 69.67%
Number of salaries quoted 315 443 256
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Performance Testing
North West

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Performance Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Testing
Salary Trend

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

Merseyside Performance Testing Salary Trend

Performance Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Merseyside Performance Testing Salary Histogram

Performance Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Testing within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 21 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
Liverpool - 1 £40,000 -
Southport - 1 £27,500 -
Performance Testing
North West

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing Performance 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 Performance Testing.

1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (57.14%) V-Model
2 3 (42.86%) System Testing
2 3 (42.86%) DSDM
2 3 (42.86%) Regression Testing
2 3 (42.86%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
2 3 (42.86%) ISEB
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) QA
3 1 (14.29%) SUSE
3 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Back Office
3 1 (14.29%) IBM
3 1 (14.29%) CICS
3 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
3 1 (14.29%) zOS
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
3 1 (14.29%) XML
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) UNIX
3 1 (14.29%) DB2
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region citing Performance 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 Performance Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
1 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
2 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
2 1 (14.29%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) DB2
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Test Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Test Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Software Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Environment Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
1 1 (14.29%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) SUSE
1 1 (14.29%) zOS
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (57.14%) V-Model
2 3 (42.86%) System Testing
2 3 (42.86%) DSDM
2 3 (42.86%) Regression Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) ISEB
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) IBM
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat