The first table below looks at the demand for the Performance Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Test Analyst
Rank 837 847 844
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Performance Test Analyst 31 38 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.028% 0.032% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.033% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 28 28 34
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,750 £31,900
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £56,800 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,251 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-5.59% -15.26%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102828 114458 120840
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.97% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 85533 98230 102542
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 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%

Performance Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Performance Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Test Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Performance Test Analyst Salary Trend

Performance Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Test Analyst over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

Performance Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Performance Test Analyst
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 Test Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +13 25 £41,250 -2.94% 7
Yorkshire +18 11 £38,000 +1.33%
West Yorkshire +6 11 £38,000 +1.33%
Leeds +4 11 £38,000 +1.33%
London +38 9 £47,500 -9.52% 4
Scotland +11 4 £45,000 -20.35%
Edinburgh - 4 £45,000 -
South East +10 3 £52,500 +23.52% 2
Berkshire - 3 £52,500 - 1
Reading - 2 - - 1
Ealing - 2 £60,000 -
Bournemouth -7 1 £55,000 - 1
South West -8 1 £55,000 +36.64% 1
Dorset -16 1 £55,000 - 1
Hertfordshire - 1 £45,000 -
Borehamwood - 1 £45,000 -
East of England - 1 £45,000 -

Performance Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Performance Test Analyst 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 Test Analyst in their job title.

1 58 (79.45%) Performance Testing
2 45 (61.64%) LoadRunner
3 31 (42.47%) HP
4 23 (31.51%) Load Testing
5 20 (27.40%) Windows
6 19 (26.03%) Benchmarking
7 18 (24.66%) Java
7 18 (24.66%) User Stories
8 17 (23.29%) Stress Testing
9 14 (19.18%) Finance
10 13 (17.81%) Test Scripting
11 11 (15.07%) ISEB
12 10 (13.70%) Oracle
12 10 (13.70%) Disaster Recovery
13 9 (12.33%) SAP
13 9 (12.33%) SQL
13 9 (12.33%) QA
14 8 (10.96%) ISTQB
14 8 (10.96%) SC Cleared
14 8 (10.96%) Security Cleared
14 8 (10.96%) UNIX
14 8 (10.96%) ERP
15 7 (9.589%) JMeter
15 7 (9.589%) WebSphere
16 6 (8.219%) SilkPerformer
16 6 (8.219%) Software Testing
16 6 (8.219%) Banking
16 6 (8.219%) Non-Functional Testing
16 6 (8.219%) Test Management
16 6 (8.219%) HP Quality Center

Performance Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Performance Test Analyst 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 Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (9.589%) WebSphere
2 6 (8.219%) .NET
3 4 (5.479%) LAMP
3 4 (5.479%) Middleware
4 3 (4.110%) HTML
5 2 (2.740%) J2EE
5 2 (2.740%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.479%) Tuxedo
2 3 (4.110%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.740%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (2.740%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.370%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.479%) HTTP
2 3 (4.110%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.110%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.740%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 45 (61.64%) LoadRunner
2 7 (9.589%) JMeter
3 6 (8.219%) SilkPerformer
3 6 (8.219%) QuickTest Pro
4 4 (5.479%) Visual Studio
5 2 (2.740%) OpenSTA
5 2 (2.740%) Visual Studio Team System
5 2 (2.740%) Selenium
5 2 (2.740%) WinRunner
5 2 (2.740%) TestDirector
6 1 (1.370%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 14 (19.18%) Finance
2 6 (8.219%) Banking
3 4 (5.479%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.740%) Retail
4 2 (2.740%) Investment Banking
4 2 (2.740%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.740%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.370%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (27.40%) Windows
2 8 (10.96%) UNIX
3 2 (2.740%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (79.45%) Performance Testing
2 23 (31.51%) Load Testing
3 19 (26.03%) Benchmarking
4 18 (24.66%) User Stories
5 17 (23.29%) Stress Testing
6 13 (17.81%) Test Scripting
7 10 (13.70%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (10.96%) ERP
9 6 (8.219%) Software Testing
9 6 (8.219%) Non-Functional Testing
9 6 (8.219%) Test Management
10 5 (6.849%) SOA
11 4 (5.479%) V-Model
11 4 (5.479%) E-Commerce
12 3 (4.110%) Business Continuity
12 3 (4.110%) Agile Software Development
12 3 (4.110%) Usability Testing
12 3 (4.110%) Waterfall
13 2 (2.740%) Test Strategy
13 2 (2.740%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 18 (24.66%) Java
2 9 (12.33%) SQL
3 5 (6.849%) C
4 4 (5.479%) C++
5 3 (4.110%) C#
6 2 (2.740%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.740%) Python
6 2 (2.740%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (15.07%) ISEB
2 8 (10.96%) ISTQB
2 8 (10.96%) SC Cleared
2 8 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.740%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (8.219%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 31 (42.47%) HP
2 10 (13.70%) Oracle
3 9 (12.33%) SAP
4 3 (4.110%) Borland
5 2 (2.740%) Fujitsu
5 2 (2.740%) Mercator
6 1 (1.370%) Citrix
6 1 (1.370%) Siebel
6 1 (1.370%) IBM
6 1 (1.370%) Microsoft
Bournemouth, Dorset
Coming into a role focussing on the technical performance testing of high transactional trading technology, the Non-Functional Test Analyst must have experience of testing a transactional or...
Aston Carter
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Travelling role.ERP Performance Test Analyst / SAP Performance Test Consultant required - HP Loadrunner experience or SAP test experience is desirable but not essential. My client, a leading Management...
Williams McKinley Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
Coming in to a busy and high profile business area, the performance Test Engineer must have excellent Performance Test Skills using custom or open source tools as well...
Aston Carter
Salary: £80000 - £110000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Skills: Current Security Clearance to SC level, proficient with Quality Centre/Test Director, LoadRunner, Winrunner or QTP, Knowledge of Windows server 2003, Lifecycle test management experience. Desirable: Defence /...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Negotiable on Application
Posted: 18 June 2013