The first table below looks at the demand for the Performance Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Tester in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Tester
Rank 241 231 228
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Performance Tester 7 20 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.098% 0.284% 0.189%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.103% 0.296% 0.198%
Number of salaries quoted 6 17 9
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +12.50%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6808 6765 6558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.48% 95.94% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5756 5975 5797
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Performance Tester
England

Performance Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Performance Tester across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Performance Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Tester
Salary Trend

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

North West Performance Tester Salary Trend

Performance Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Tester within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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 -11 5 £42,500 -5.55%
Manchester - 2 £42,500 -
Performance Tester
England

Performance Tester
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Performance Tester in their job title 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 with Performance Tester in their job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Performance Testing
1 10 (90.91%) LoadRunner
2 7 (63.64%) HP
2 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (54.55%) Finance
3 6 (54.55%) Test Management
3 6 (54.55%) Mainframe
3 6 (54.55%) UNIX
3 6 (54.55%) Banking
4 4 (36.36%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (9.091%) Windows
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
5 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
5 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
5 1 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (9.091%) Load Testing
5 1 (9.091%) Games
5 1 (9.091%) VMware

Performance Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Performance Tester in their job title 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 with Performance Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (90.91%) LoadRunner
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
1 6 (54.55%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) UNIX
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Performance Testing
2 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (54.55%) Test Management
4 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
4 1 (9.091%) Load Testing
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) HP
2 1 (9.091%) VMware
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
Cheshire
The environment is currently Java, and candidates would ideally have exposure to the following: Jmeter SoapUI LoadUI Experience required: 2 years working within a structured performance test environment...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013