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The table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPerformance Testing
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank223234
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching permanent IT job ads2429
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.013 %
As % of the category below0.380 %0.438 %
Salaries quoted2126
Average minimum salary£33,013£33,557
Average salary£34,975£36,409
% change on same period last year-3.93 %
Average maximum salary£36,938£39,260
UK excluding London average salary£37,476£41,179
% change on same period last year-8.99 %
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads63226624
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.729 %2.859 %
Salaries quoted54855563
Average minimum salary£35,730£37,485
Average salary£39,046£40,478
% change on same period last year-3.53 %
Average maximum salary£42,363£43,470
UK excluding London average salary£42,625£44,259
% change on same period last year-3.69 %
Performance Testing EnglandPerformance Testing
England

Performance Testing
Demand Trend

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

South West Performance Testing Demand Trend

Performance Testing
Salary Trend

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

South West Performance Testing Salary Trend

Performance Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the South West region over the 3 months to 14 October 2008.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 14 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
GloucestershireUp+411£34,056-19.86 %
SomersetDown-1311£34,045-18.31 %
WiltshireUp+1610£33,400-6.96 %
BristolDown-159£41,500+19.94 %
DorsetUp+192£26,000-
Performance Testing EnglandPerformance Testing
England

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

115 (30.00 %)ISEB
214 (28.00 %)SQL Server
313 (26.00 %)Oracle
412 (24.00 %)UNIX
412 (24.00 %)LoadRunner
511 (22.00 %)Windows
610 (20.00 %)BizTalk Server
610 (20.00 %)Microsoft
610 (20.00 %)Retail
78 (16.00 %)Degree
78 (16.00 %)Test Management
78 (16.00 %)Linux
87 (14.00 %)IIS
87 (14.00 %)Active Directory
87 (14.00 %)FTP
96 (12.00 %)Finance
96 (12.00 %)TestDirector
105 (10.00 %)OOP
105 (10.00 %)SQL
105 (10.00 %)Load Testing
105 (10.00 %)V-Model
105 (10.00 %)ISTQB
114 (8.000 %)Integration Testing
114 (8.000 %)Change Management
123 (6.000 %)Validation
123 (6.000 %)Software Testing
132 (4.000 %)Banking
132 (4.000 %)Manual Testing
132 (4.000 %)Manufacturing
132 (4.000 %)Pro/ENGINEER

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (2.000 %).NET
11 (2.000 %)J2EE
11 (2.000 %)ASP.NET
11 (2.000 %)Middleware
11 (2.000 %).NET Framework
South West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (20.00 %)BizTalk Server
27 (14.00 %)IIS
South West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (4.000 %)MS Excel
12 (4.000 %)MS Visio
12 (4.000 %)AutoCAD
12 (4.000 %)Pro/ENGINEER
21 (2.000 %)MS Project
South West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (4.000 %)Oracle 11i
12 (4.000 %)Oracle Applications
21 (2.000 %)Oracle EBS
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (14.00 %)FTP
21 (2.000 %)3G
21 (2.000 %)2G
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (28.00 %)SQL Server
22 (4.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
22 (4.000 %)Oracle 9i
31 (2.000 %)RDBMS
31 (2.000 %)Oracle 10g
31 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (2.000 %)MySQL
South West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (24.00 %)LoadRunner
26 (12.00 %)TestDirector
31 (2.000 %)QuickTest Pro
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (20.00 %)Retail
26 (12.00 %)Finance
32 (4.000 %)Manufacturing
32 (4.000 %)Banking
41 (2.000 %)Health
41 (2.000 %)Pensions
41 (2.000 %)Retail Banking
41 (2.000 %)Telecoms
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (40.00 %)Tester
215 (30.00 %)Analyst
215 (30.00 %)Test Analyst
313 (26.00 %)Performance Tester
410 (20.00 %)Test Manager
59 (18.00 %)Performance Analyst
59 (18.00 %)Performance Test Analyst
67 (14.00 %)Software Tester
74 (8.000 %)DBA
74 (8.000 %)Performance Test Manager
74 (8.000 %)Performance Manager
83 (6.000 %)Team Leader
83 (6.000 %)Test Team Leader
92 (4.000 %)Design Engineer
92 (4.000 %)Oracle DBA
92 (4.000 %)Test Engineer
92 (4.000 %)Administrator
92 (4.000 %)Mechanical Engineer
92 (4.000 %)Mechanical Design Engineer
92 (4.000 %)Senior Mechanical Engineer
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.000 %)Replication
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (24.00 %)UNIX
211 (22.00 %)Windows
38 (16.00 %)Linux
41 (2.000 %)Solaris
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (16.00 %)Test Management
25 (10.00 %)Load Testing
25 (10.00 %)OOP
25 (10.00 %)V-Model
34 (8.000 %)Change Management
34 (8.000 %)Integration Testing
43 (6.000 %)Validation
43 (6.000 %)Software Testing
52 (4.000 %)CAD
52 (4.000 %)Project Management
52 (4.000 %)Manual Testing
61 (2.000 %)System Testing
61 (2.000 %)Security Cleared
61 (2.000 %)CMMI
61 (2.000 %)Regression Testing
61 (2.000 %)RAD
61 (2.000 %)RUP
61 (2.000 %)DSDM
61 (2.000 %)User Acceptance Testing
61 (2.000 %)Scrum
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (10.00 %)SQL
22 (4.000 %)Java
31 (2.000 %)VB.NET
31 (2.000 %)C
31 (2.000 %)C#
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (30.00 %)ISEB
28 (16.00 %)Degree
35 (10.00 %)ISTQB
41 (2.000 %)ISEB Practitioner
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.000 %)QA
South West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (14.00 %)Active Directory
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (26.00 %)Oracle
210 (20.00 %)Microsoft
32 (4.000 %)SAP
41 (2.000 %)Sun
41 (2.000 %)HP