The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Testing
Rank 52 48 54
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +6
Permanent jobs citing Performance Testing 3 10 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 0.624% 1.946% 0.418%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.744% 2.404% 0.571%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 2
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
403 416 350
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 83.78% 80.93% 73.07%
Number of salaries quoted 346 362 331
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £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
Wiltshire

Performance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Performance Testing Salary Trend

Performance Testing
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 5 (71.43%) LoadRunner
2 4 (57.14%) Borland
2 4 (57.14%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (57.14%) HP
2 4 (57.14%) ISEB
2 4 (57.14%) SilkPerformer
2 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
2 4 (57.14%) ISTQB
2 4 (57.14%) Business Continuity
2 4 (57.14%) Usability Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Test Management
2 4 (57.14%) V-Model
2 4 (57.14%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
3 3 (42.86%) QA
4 2 (28.57%) Java
4 2 (28.57%) .NET
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 1 (14.29%) Web Services
5 1 (14.29%) XML
5 1 (14.29%) UNIX
5 1 (14.29%) Windows
5 1 (14.29%) Linux
5 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
5 1 (14.29%) SQL
5 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (14.29%) Finance

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) Web Services
2 1 (14.29%) XML
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) LoadRunner
2 4 (57.14%) SilkPerformer
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Test Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Tester
2 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Test Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Performance Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Performance Test Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Non-Functional Tester
3 3 (42.86%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Tester
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Test Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) Systems Tester
3 3 (42.86%) QA Tester
3 3 (42.86%) QA Engineer
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
1 4 (57.14%) Business Continuity
1 4 (57.14%) Usability Testing
1 4 (57.14%) Test Management
1 4 (57.14%) V-Model
1 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) ISEB
1 4 (57.14%) ISTQB
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Borland
1 4 (57.14%) HP