The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 24 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 79 84 69
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -15
Permanent jobs citing Performance Testing 7 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 0.839% 0.543% 0.321%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.122% 0.696% 0.436%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 2
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £36,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £35,000 £35,350
10% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £35,000 £38,150
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
624 718 459
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 74.82% 78.04% 73.56%
Number of salaries quoted 565 663 418
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,000 £65,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Performance Testing
Hampshire

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Performance Testing Salary Trend

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 10 (71.43%) SQL
2 9 (64.29%) Scrum
2 9 (64.29%) Test Scripting
3 8 (57.14%) Oracle
4 7 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (42.86%) QA
5 6 (42.86%) C#
5 6 (42.86%) C++
5 6 (42.86%) ISEB
6 4 (28.57%) DTV
6 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
6 4 (28.57%) Java
6 4 (28.57%) Linux
7 3 (21.43%) .NET
7 3 (21.43%) Mobile App
7 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (21.43%) System Testing
7 3 (21.43%) TDD
7 3 (21.43%) Integration Testing
8 1 (7.143%) Test-First Development
8 1 (7.143%) ActiveMQ
8 1 (7.143%) Data Analysis
8 1 (7.143%) Automated Testing
8 1 (7.143%) Degree
8 1 (7.143%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (7.143%) Release Management
8 1 (7.143%) MySQL
8 1 (7.143%) OOA/OOD
8 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
8 1 (7.143%) UNIX

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 (21.43%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) ActiveMQ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) MySQL
General
1 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Test Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Test Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Agile Test Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) Senior Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) DTV
2 3 (21.43%) Mobile App
2 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
2 1 (7.143%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Scrum
1 9 (64.29%) Test Scripting
2 7 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (21.43%) System Testing
3 3 (21.43%) TDD
3 3 (21.43%) Integration Testing
4 1 (7.143%) Test-First Development
4 1 (7.143%) Data Analysis
4 1 (7.143%) Automated Testing
4 1 (7.143%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (7.143%) Release Management
4 1 (7.143%) OOA/OOD
4 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) SQL
2 6 (42.86%) C#
2 6 (42.86%) C++
3 4 (28.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) ISEB
2 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (42.86%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle