The first table below looks at the demand for the Performance Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Engineer
Rank 828 855 830
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Performance Engineer 34 43 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.032% 0.036% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.038% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 20 36 33
Average salary £50,000 £47,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.38% -10.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,800 £32,500 £41,700
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £47,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-19.14% +10.58%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101523 114414 118763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.78% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 84418 98091 100446
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Performance Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Performance Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Performance Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Performance Engineer within the UK.

Performance Engineer Salary Trend

Performance Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Engineer over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

Performance Engineer Salary Histogram

Performance Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +10 29 £50,000 +6.38%
London +42 15 £50,000 +6.38%
Berkshire +7 10 £70,000 +47.36%
South East -1 10 £70,000 +47.36%
Scotland - 5 - -
Glasgow - 4 - -
Docklands, London - 4 £50,000 -
City of London +10 3 £50,000 -28.57%
Leicestershire - 3 £38,000 -
East Midlands - 3 £38,000 -
Slough - 3 £70,000 -
Leicester - 2 £37,000 -
Wiltshire +11 1 £33,000 -2.94%
Swindon +6 1 £33,000 -2.94%
South West +4 1 £33,000 -2.94%
Reading +3 1 - -
Edinburgh - 1 - -

Performance Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Performance Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 45 (56.96%) QA
2 40 (50.63%) LoadRunner
3 39 (49.37%) Performance Testing
4 35 (44.30%) HP
5 34 (43.04%) Finance
6 26 (32.91%) Java
6 26 (32.91%) SQL
7 24 (30.38%) Degree
8 23 (29.11%) Test Scripting
9 21 (26.58%) XML
10 20 (25.32%) .NET
11 19 (24.05%) Scrum
12 18 (22.78%) HTML
12 18 (22.78%) Microsoft
12 18 (22.78%) Computer Science
13 16 (20.25%) HTTP
13 16 (20.25%) Oracle
13 16 (20.25%) Web Services
14 15 (18.99%) SQL Server
14 15 (18.99%) J2EE
14 15 (18.99%) Software Testing
15 14 (17.72%) Banking
15 14 (17.72%) Windows
15 14 (17.72%) Fiddler
16 13 (16.46%) Test Automation
16 13 (16.46%) IIS
16 13 (16.46%) C#
17 12 (15.19%) C++
17 12 (15.19%) Investment Banking
18 11 (13.92%) JavaScript

Performance Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Performance Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (26.58%) XML
2 20 (25.32%) .NET
3 18 (22.78%) HTML
4 16 (20.25%) Web Services
5 15 (18.99%) J2EE
6 6 (7.595%) CSS
7 3 (3.797%) ASP.NET
7 3 (3.797%) OpenGL
7 3 (3.797%) Direct3D
8 2 (2.532%) ASP
8 2 (2.532%) WebSphere
8 2 (2.532%) WCF
8 2 (2.532%) WPF
9 1 (1.266%) Dojo
Application Platforms
1 13 (16.46%) IIS
2 3 (3.797%) Apache
3 2 (2.532%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.266%) LiveSite
Applications
1 9 (11.39%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.532%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.266%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.25%) HTTP
2 8 (10.13%) GSM
2 8 (10.13%) WCDMA
2 8 (10.13%) 2G
2 8 (10.13%) 3G
2 8 (10.13%) LTE
2 8 (10.13%) Radio Access Network
3 5 (6.329%) Firewall
3 5 (6.329%) Wireshark
3 5 (6.329%) SAN
3 5 (6.329%) DNS
3 5 (6.329%) Internet
4 3 (3.797%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.532%) 4G
5 2 (2.532%) HSPA
5 2 (2.532%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.99%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.861%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (5.063%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (5.063%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (3.797%) Data Mining
5 2 (2.532%) DB2
6 1 (1.266%) Informix
Development Applications
1 40 (50.63%) LoadRunner
2 14 (17.72%) Fiddler
3 10 (12.66%) JUnit
3 10 (12.66%) QuickTest Pro
4 6 (7.595%) SilkPerformer
5 3 (3.797%) Rational Performance Tester
6 2 (2.532%) QALoad
7 1 (1.266%) JMeter
7 1 (1.266%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (43.04%) Finance
2 14 (17.72%) Banking
3 12 (15.19%) Investment Banking
4 10 (12.66%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.797%) Electronics
5 3 (3.797%) Retail
5 3 (3.797%) Games
6 1 (1.266%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.266%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 18 (22.78%) Computer Science
2 9 (11.39%) Reference Data
3 8 (10.13%) Open Source
4 3 (3.797%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (3.797%) IPTV
5 2 (2.532%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.532%) N-Tier
5 2 (2.532%) Mainframe
5 2 (2.532%) Physics
5 2 (2.532%) Grid Computing
5 2 (2.532%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.266%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.266%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.266%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.72%) Windows
2 10 (12.66%) UNIX
3 8 (10.13%) Linux
4 5 (6.329%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (5.063%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (3.797%) Android
6 3 (3.797%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (49.37%) Performance Testing
2 23 (29.11%) Test Scripting
3 19 (24.05%) Scrum
4 15 (18.99%) Software Testing
5 13 (16.46%) Test Automation
6 10 (12.66%) ETL
6 10 (12.66%) Benchmarking
6 10 (12.66%) Load Testing
7 9 (11.39%) Performance Management
8 8 (10.13%) Capacity Planning
9 7 (8.861%) Resource Management
9 7 (8.861%) Network Design
10 5 (6.329%) Automation Testing
11 4 (5.063%) Kanban
11 4 (5.063%) Continuous Integration
11 4 (5.063%) Unit Testing
11 4 (5.063%) Integration Testing
11 4 (5.063%) Configuration Management
11 4 (5.063%) OO
11 4 (5.063%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 26 (32.91%) Java
1 26 (32.91%) SQL
2 13 (16.46%) C#
3 12 (15.19%) C++
4 11 (13.92%) JavaScript
5 9 (11.39%) C
6 6 (7.595%) Python
7 3 (3.797%) HLSL
7 3 (3.797%) GLSL
8 1 (1.266%) Haskell
8 1 (1.266%) Perl
8 1 (1.266%) VBScript
8 1 (1.266%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.266%) F#
Qualifications
1 24 (30.38%) Degree
2 8 (10.13%) ISEB
3 7 (8.861%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (56.96%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (3.797%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 35 (44.30%) HP
2 18 (22.78%) Microsoft
3 16 (20.25%) Oracle
4 10 (12.66%) Informatica
5 7 (8.861%) Huawei
5 7 (8.861%) Ericsson
6 4 (5.063%) Google
7 3 (3.797%) Borland
7 3 (3.797%) Apple
7 3 (3.797%) IBM
7 3 (3.797%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 2 (2.532%) Mapinfo
8 2 (2.532%) Micro Focus
8 2 (2.532%) Business Objects
8 2 (2.532%) Sybase
9 1 (1.266%) Omniture
9 1 (1.266%) DataSynapse
9 1 (1.266%) TIBCO
9 1 (1.266%) Reuters
9 1 (1.266%) Hitwise