The first table below looks at the demand for the Performance Test 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 Test Engineer 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 Engineer
Rank 860 874 877
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Performance Test Engineer 8 11 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.007% 0.009% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.010% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 4
Average salary £50,000 £46,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.52% +3.33%
UK excluding London average salary - £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.44%
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 Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Performance Test Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Test Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Performance Test Engineer Salary Trend

Performance Test Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Performance Test Engineer Salary Histogram

Performance Test Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Test Engineer 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 +24 8 £50,000 +7.52% 1
London +38 7 £50,000 +7.52% 1
Docklands, London - 5 £50,000 -
Yorkshire +9 1 - -
West Yorkshire -3 1 - -
Leeds -6 1 - -

Performance Test Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 31 (96.88%) QA
2 27 (84.38%) Performance Testing
3 26 (81.25%) LoadRunner
4 23 (71.88%) Finance
4 23 (71.88%) Test Scripting
5 22 (68.75%) SQL
5 22 (68.75%) HP
6 17 (53.13%) XML
6 17 (53.13%) Scrum
7 16 (50.00%) Degree
8 15 (46.88%) HTML
9 14 (43.75%) Web Services
9 14 (43.75%) Computer Science
10 13 (40.63%) HTTP
11 12 (37.50%) Fiddler
12 10 (31.25%) .NET
13 8 (25.00%) JavaScript
14 7 (21.88%) C#
15 6 (18.75%) Java
16 5 (15.63%) ISEB
16 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
16 5 (15.63%) UNIX
16 5 (15.63%) ISTQB
16 5 (15.63%) SilkPerformer
16 5 (15.63%) Open Source
17 4 (12.50%) Banking
17 4 (12.50%) Linux
17 4 (12.50%) CSS
17 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
18 3 (9.375%) Windows

Performance Test Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 17 (53.13%) XML
2 15 (46.88%) HTML
3 14 (43.75%) Web Services
4 10 (31.25%) .NET
5 4 (12.50%) CSS
6 2 (6.250%) WCF
6 2 (6.250%) WPF
6 2 (6.250%) ASP
6 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET
7 1 (3.125%) J2EE
7 1 (3.125%) WebSphere
7 1 (3.125%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.250%) IIS
2 1 (3.125%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (3.125%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (3.125%) MS Project
1 1 (3.125%) MS Excel
1 1 (3.125%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 13 (40.63%) HTTP
2 1 (3.125%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.125%) Oracle 9i
3 1 (3.125%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 26 (81.25%) LoadRunner
2 12 (37.50%) Fiddler
3 5 (15.63%) SilkPerformer
4 2 (6.250%) QALoad
4 2 (6.250%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 23 (71.88%) Finance
2 4 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (6.250%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 14 (43.75%) Computer Science
2 5 (15.63%) Open Source
3 1 (3.125%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) UNIX
2 4 (12.50%) Linux
3 3 (9.375%) Windows
3 3 (9.375%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (9.375%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (84.38%) Performance Testing
2 23 (71.88%) Test Scripting
3 17 (53.13%) Scrum
4 3 (9.375%) Software Testing
4 3 (9.375%) Business Continuity
4 3 (9.375%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (9.375%) Waterfall
4 3 (9.375%) V-Model
4 3 (9.375%) Test Automation
4 3 (9.375%) Test Management
4 3 (9.375%) Usability Testing
4 3 (9.375%) Kanban
4 3 (9.375%) Load Testing
5 2 (6.250%) Unit Testing
5 2 (6.250%) Integration Testing
5 2 (6.250%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (6.250%) Automation Testing
5 2 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (3.125%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (3.125%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (68.75%) SQL
2 8 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (21.88%) C#
4 6 (18.75%) Java
5 3 (9.375%) Python
6 2 (6.250%) C
6 2 (6.250%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (15.63%) ISEB
2 5 (15.63%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (96.88%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (9.375%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 22 (68.75%) HP
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.375%) Borland
4 2 (6.250%) Micro Focus
4 2 (6.250%) IBM
4 2 (6.250%) Sybase
5 1 (3.125%) Oracle
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