Load Testing Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Load Testing skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Load Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Load Testing
Rank 684 649 558
Rank change year-on-year
-35 -91
Permanent jobs citing Load Testing 175 255 328
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.162% 0.211% 0.266%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.212% 0.283% 0.361%
Number of salaries quoted 151 216 284
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £28,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 82363 90112 90953
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 76.41% 74.51% 73.67%
Number of salaries quoted 67577 76622 76058
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

Load Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Load Testing Salary Trend

Load Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Load Testing over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Load Testing Salary Histogram

Load Testing
Top 30 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 UK 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
England -49 164 £40,000 -5.88%
London 0 77 £50,000 -
Yorkshire -7 42 £38,000 +1.33%
West Yorkshire +24 37 £38,000 +1.33%
Leeds +7 37 £38,000 +33.33%
South East -17 29 £32,500 -27.77%
City of London +10 22 £50,000 -4.76%
Surrey +9 13 £37,500 -16.66%
West Sussex - 11 £32,500 -
North West -5 10 £35,000 +27.27%
Ealing - 9 £60,000 -
Guildford - 8 £41,250 -
Cheshire +7 6 £28,750 +2.67%
Wales - 6 £37,000 -
South Wales - 5 £32,000 -
Merseyside +27 3 £40,000 +6.66%
Liverpool +21 3 £40,000 +6.66%
Berkshire +1 3 £40,000 -11.11%
Knutsford - 3 £27,500 -
Cardiff - 3 £31,500 -
Sheffield +7 2 £25,000 -33.33%
South Yorkshire +5 2 £25,000 -33.33%
Reading +2 2 - -
South West -3 2 £25,000 -24.81%
York -12 2 £35,000 -6.66%
North Yorkshire -20 2 £35,000 -6.66%
Caerphilly - 2 £48,750 -
Leamington Spa - 2 - -
Poole - 2 £25,000 -
Dorset - 2 £25,000 -

Load Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 165 (38.64%) QA
2 157 (36.77%) SQL
3 132 (30.91%) C#
4 126 (29.51%) Performance Testing
5 121 (28.34%) .NET
6 102 (23.89%) SQL Server
7 100 (23.42%) Agile Software Development
8 93 (21.78%) Selenium
9 89 (20.84%) Automated Testing
10 75 (17.56%) Finance
10 75 (17.56%) Test Scripting
11 73 (17.10%) Unit Testing
12 67 (15.69%) TDD
13 65 (15.22%) Scrum
14 64 (14.99%) Java
15 63 (14.75%) ASP.NET
16 62 (14.52%) Microsoft
17 61 (14.29%) JavaScript
18 59 (13.82%) Web Services
19 58 (13.58%) Test Automation
20 56 (13.11%) XML
21 54 (12.65%) HTML
22 50 (11.71%) Windows
22 50 (11.71%) Linux
23 46 (10.77%) ISEB
23 46 (10.77%) Software Testing
24 45 (10.54%) Degree
24 45 (10.54%) Continuous Integration
25 42 (9.836%) OO
26 41 (9.602%) Ajax

Load Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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
1 121 (28.34%) .NET
2 63 (14.75%) ASP.NET
3 59 (13.82%) Web Services
4 56 (13.11%) XML
5 54 (12.65%) HTML
6 41 (9.602%) Ajax
7 37 (8.665%) CSS
8 30 (7.026%) .NET Framework
9 29 (6.792%) Spring
10 25 (5.855%) J2EE
11 23 (5.386%) COM+
12 22 (5.152%) jQuery
13 21 (4.918%) WCF
14 20 (4.684%) SOAP
15 16 (3.747%) Hibernate
16 15 (3.513%) XSL
16 15 (3.513%) WSDL
16 15 (3.513%) JSP
16 15 (3.513%) WPF
17 14 (3.279%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 28 (6.557%) IIS
2 22 (5.152%) Apache
3 19 (4.450%) SharePoint
4 15 (3.513%) nginx
5 12 (2.810%) WebLogic
6 11 (2.576%) Drupal
7 10 (2.342%) Tomcat
8 7 (1.639%) Amazon AWS
9 6 (1.405%) Confluence
9 6 (1.405%) Apache Solr
9 6 (1.405%) CMS
10 5 (1.171%) SharePoint 2013
11 3 (0.703%) Apache Pig
12 2 (0.468%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.468%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 2 (0.468%) Tuxedo
13 1 (0.234%) ColdFusion
13 1 (0.234%) DotNetNuke
13 1 (0.234%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.234%) Umbraco
Applications
1 29 (6.792%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.171%) MS Project
3 2 (0.468%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.234%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.234%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.494%) HTTP
2 22 (5.152%) Internet
3 10 (2.342%) Firewall
4 9 (2.108%) Intranet
5 8 (1.874%) Network Security
6 7 (1.639%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.405%) Wireshark
8 5 (1.171%) NetScaler
9 3 (0.703%) OpenVPN
10 2 (0.468%) Wireless
10 2 (0.468%) Broadband
10 2 (0.468%) LAN
10 2 (0.468%) WAN
11 1 (0.234%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.234%) DNS
11 1 (0.234%) SSL
11 1 (0.234%) SAN
11 1 (0.234%) Reverse Proxy
11 1 (0.234%) Cisco PIX
11 1 (0.234%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (23.89%) SQL Server
2 38 (8.899%) MySQL
2 38 (8.899%) SQL Server 2008
3 28 (6.557%) SQL Server 2005
4 20 (4.684%) SQL Server 2000
5 17 (3.981%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 16 (3.747%) SQL Server 2012
6 16 (3.747%) NoSQL
6 16 (3.747%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 14 (3.279%) OLTP
8 11 (2.576%) OLAP
9 9 (2.108%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.874%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 6 (1.405%) Data Mining
11 6 (1.405%) VLDB
11 6 (1.405%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 5 (1.171%) Hadoop
12 5 (1.171%) CouchDB
13 4 (0.937%) IDMS
13 4 (0.937%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 93 (21.78%) Selenium
2 40 (9.368%) JMeter
3 39 (9.133%) Visual Studio
4 38 (8.899%) WebDriver
5 30 (7.026%) Team Foundation Server
5 30 (7.026%) LoadRunner
6 29 (6.792%) QuickTest Pro
6 29 (6.792%) Cucumber
7 26 (6.089%) Git (software)
8 25 (5.855%) NUnit
9 23 (5.386%) SpecFlow
10 21 (4.918%) Maven
11 19 (4.450%) Ant
11 19 (4.450%) FitNesse
12 17 (3.981%) Subversion
13 16 (3.747%) Hudson
14 14 (3.279%) Jenkins
14 14 (3.279%) JUnit
14 14 (3.279%) Mercurial
15 11 (2.576%) QALoad
General
1 75 (17.56%) Finance
2 23 (5.386%) Marketing
3 20 (4.684%) Games
4 12 (2.810%) Advertising
5 11 (2.576%) Retail
6 10 (2.342%) French Language
6 10 (2.342%) German Language
7 9 (2.108%) Back Office
8 5 (1.171%) Publishing
9 4 (0.937%) Banking
10 3 (0.703%) Legal
11 2 (0.468%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.234%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.234%) Music
12 1 (0.234%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 92 (21.55%) Analyst
2 86 (20.14%) Developer
3 84 (19.67%) Test Analyst
4 83 (19.44%) Tester
5 34 (7.963%) Test Engineer
6 26 (6.089%) Consultant
7 22 (5.152%) Performance Tester
8 21 (4.918%) Performance Analyst
8 21 (4.918%) Performance Test Analyst
9 19 (4.450%) QA Engineer
10 18 (4.215%) QA Analyst
10 18 (4.215%) DBA
11 17 (3.981%) Administrator
11 17 (3.981%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (3.747%) Technical Consultant
12 16 (3.747%) Software Developer
12 16 (3.747%) QA Tester
13 15 (3.513%) Java Developer
13 15 (3.513%) Software Engineer
14 13 (3.044%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.728%) Computer Science
2 20 (4.684%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (4.450%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.279%) Open Source
5 13 (3.044%) Replication
6 10 (2.342%) Statistics
6 10 (2.342%) Client/Server
6 10 (2.342%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.405%) Digital Media
7 6 (1.405%) Data Integration
7 6 (1.405%) Social Gaming
7 6 (1.405%) Inversion of Control
7 6 (1.405%) N-Tier
7 6 (1.405%) NHS
8 4 (0.937%) Mathematics
9 3 (0.703%) Social Media
9 3 (0.703%) iPad
10 2 (0.468%) Online Games
10 2 (0.468%) Kindle
10 2 (0.468%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 50 (11.71%) Windows
1 50 (11.71%) Linux
2 36 (8.431%) UNIX
3 18 (4.215%) Solaris
4 17 (3.981%) Windows Server 2008
5 15 (3.513%) Fedora
5 15 (3.513%) Ubuntu
5 15 (3.513%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (3.513%) VMS
6 9 (2.108%) Windows XP
6 9 (2.108%) AIX
6 9 (2.108%) Windows 7
6 9 (2.108%) CentOS
7 7 (1.639%) Android
8 4 (0.937%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.937%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.234%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (29.51%) Performance Testing
2 100 (23.42%) Agile Software Development
3 89 (20.84%) Automated Testing
4 75 (17.56%) Test Scripting
5 73 (17.10%) Unit Testing
6 67 (15.69%) TDD
7 65 (15.22%) Scrum
8 58 (13.58%) Test Automation
9 46 (10.77%) Software Testing
10 45 (10.54%) Continuous Integration
11 42 (9.836%) OO
12 40 (9.368%) MVC
12 40 (9.368%) Stress Testing
13 39 (9.133%) User Stories
14 34 (7.963%) Automation Testing
15 33 (7.728%) Regression Testing
15 33 (7.728%) Configuration Management
16 32 (7.494%) User Acceptance Testing
17 30 (7.026%) Security Testing
17 30 (7.026%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 157 (36.77%) SQL
2 132 (30.91%) C#
3 64 (14.99%) Java
4 61 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 35 (8.197%) T-SQL
6 31 (7.260%) PHP
7 30 (7.026%) VB
8 29 (6.792%) Python
9 20 (4.684%) PowerShell
9 20 (4.684%) Perl
10 18 (4.215%) Ruby
11 17 (3.981%) C++
12 14 (3.279%) Shell Script
12 14 (3.279%) VB.NET
13 13 (3.044%) VB6
14 10 (2.342%) Bash shell
15 8 (1.874%) C
16 4 (0.937%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.703%) F#
17 3 (0.703%) R
Qualifications
1 46 (10.77%) ISEB
2 45 (10.54%) Degree
3 40 (9.368%) ISTQB
4 6 (1.405%) Security Cleared
5 5 (1.171%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.937%) MCPD
7 2 (0.468%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.468%) CCNA
8 1 (0.234%) CCNP
8 1 (0.234%) RHCE
8 1 (0.234%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (38.64%) QA
2 13 (3.044%) SLA
3 2 (0.468%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.234%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.234%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (2.576%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.703%) Postfix
2 3 (0.703%) Varnish
2 3 (0.703%) VirtualBox
2 3 (0.703%) NFS
2 3 (0.703%) Oracle RMAN
2 3 (0.703%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.234%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (6.557%) Puppet
2 16 (3.747%) Nagios
3 15 (3.513%) ZABBIX
4 11 (2.576%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (0.703%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.468%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.234%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 62 (14.52%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.197%) Oracle
3 23 (5.386%) HP
4 14 (3.279%) Cisco
5 12 (2.810%) IBM
5 12 (2.810%) Red Hat
5 12 (2.810%) VMware
6 11 (2.576%) BEA
7 9 (2.108%) Citrix
8 7 (1.639%) Avaya
8 7 (1.639%) Dell
8 7 (1.639%) Nortel
8 7 (1.639%) CheckPoint
8 7 (1.639%) Mercator
9 6 (1.405%) JBoss
9 6 (1.405%) Google
10 5 (1.171%) Rackspace
10 5 (1.171%) NetApp
10 5 (1.171%) Riverbed
11 4 (0.937%) Siebel
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