The first table below looks at the demand for Load Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Load Testing over the 3 months to 23 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Testing
Rank 240 220 214
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -6
Permanent jobs citing Load Testing 9 16 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.126% 0.225% 0.329%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.164% 0.307% 0.481%
Number of salaries quoted 7 16 23
Average salary £40,000 £27,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.45% -33.73%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% +2.73%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5485 5215 4784
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.76% 73.29% 68.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4587 4553 4198
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -3.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Load Testing
England

Load Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Load Testing Salary Trend

Load Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Load Testing across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West Load Testing Salary Histogram

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 North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cheshire +10 5 £27,500 -1.78%
Merseyside +21 2 £40,000 +6.66%
Manchester -22 2 £40,500 +54.28%
Load Testing
England

Load Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 26 (76.47%) SQL
2 15 (44.12%) Unit Testing
3 14 (41.18%) Automated Testing
4 13 (38.24%) SQL Server
4 13 (38.24%) Manual Testing
5 12 (35.29%) SQL Server 2008
6 11 (32.35%) C#
7 10 (29.41%) Test Scripting
7 10 (29.41%) Selenium
7 10 (29.41%) Degree
7 10 (29.41%) Computer Science
8 9 (26.47%) SQL Server 2012
8 9 (26.47%) T-SQL
8 9 (26.47%) .NET
8 9 (26.47%) OLTP
8 9 (26.47%) SQL Server 2005
8 9 (26.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (26.47%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (23.53%) Replication
9 8 (23.53%) MySQL
9 8 (23.53%) NoSQL
9 8 (23.53%) QA
9 8 (23.53%) Software Testing
10 7 (20.59%) Automation Testing
10 7 (20.59%) ISEB
11 6 (17.65%) SQL Server 2000
11 6 (17.65%) Data Modelling
11 6 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (17.65%) ISTQB
11 6 (17.65%) Web Testing

Load Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 9 (26.47%) .NET
2 3 (8.824%) jQuery
2 3 (8.824%) ASP.NET
2 3 (8.824%) CSS
2 3 (8.824%) SOAP
2 3 (8.824%) Web Services
2 3 (8.824%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (14.71%) CMS
2 3 (8.824%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.882%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (38.24%) SQL Server
2 12 (35.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (26.47%) SQL Server 2012
3 9 (26.47%) OLTP
3 9 (26.47%) SQL Server 2005
3 9 (26.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (23.53%) MySQL
4 8 (23.53%) NoSQL
5 6 (17.65%) SQL Server 2000
5 6 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (14.71%) VLDB
7 4 (11.76%) IDMS
8 3 (8.824%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (8.824%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (2.941%) HBase
9 1 (2.941%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 10 (29.41%) Selenium
2 5 (14.71%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (11.76%) TestComplete
4 3 (8.824%) Subversion
5 2 (5.882%) Cucumber
6 1 (2.941%) JIRA
6 1 (2.941%) WebDriver
6 1 (2.941%) JMeter
6 1 (2.941%) Bugzilla
General
1 1 (2.941%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (55.88%) Analyst
1 19 (55.88%) Test Analyst
2 9 (26.47%) DBA
2 9 (26.47%) Developer
3 8 (23.53%) SQL DBA
4 7 (20.59%) Tester
5 5 (14.71%) Agile Test Analyst
5 5 (14.71%) SQL Developer
6 4 (11.76%) Administrator
6 4 (11.76%) SQL Server DBA
6 4 (11.76%) Teradata DBA
6 4 (11.76%) Automated Test Analyst
7 3 (8.824%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
7 3 (8.824%) .NET Developer
7 3 (8.824%) VB.NET Developer
7 3 (8.824%) ASP.NET Developer
8 2 (5.882%) Junior
8 2 (5.882%) Junior Test Analyst
8 2 (5.882%) Junior Analyst
8 2 (5.882%) Manual Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) Computer Science
2 8 (23.53%) Replication
3 6 (17.65%) Data Integration
4 3 (8.824%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Windows
2 3 (8.824%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) Unit Testing
2 14 (41.18%) Automated Testing
3 13 (38.24%) Manual Testing
4 10 (29.41%) Test Scripting
5 9 (26.47%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (23.53%) Software Testing
7 7 (20.59%) Automation Testing
8 6 (17.65%) Data Modelling
8 6 (17.65%) Web Testing
9 5 (14.71%) Agile Software Development
9 5 (14.71%) Change Management
9 5 (14.71%) Regression Testing
9 5 (14.71%) E-Commerce
9 5 (14.71%) ITIL
10 4 (11.76%) Performance Testing
11 3 (8.824%) Agile Testing
11 3 (8.824%) Web Development
11 3 (8.824%) Web Design
11 3 (8.824%) TDD
12 2 (5.882%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 26 (76.47%) SQL
2 11 (32.35%) C#
3 9 (26.47%) T-SQL
4 5 (14.71%) VB.NET
5 3 (8.824%) VB
5 3 (8.824%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.941%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) Degree
2 7 (20.59%) ISEB
3 6 (17.65%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.941%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (23.53%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.941%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.824%) Google
3 1 (2.941%) VMware