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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkPerformance Testing
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank365397437
Rank change year-on-year
Up+32Up+40
Matching permanent IT job ads352301717
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.410 %0.355 %0.351 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category0.630 %0.591 %0.624 %
Salaries quoted286243566
Average salary£46,000£45,000£41,438
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.220 %+8.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,750£42,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.760 %+13.33 %
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5586550935114817
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK65.02 %60.06 %56.26 %
Salaries quoted461684162493134
Average salary£45,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£27,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£70,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

Performance Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Performance Testing within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Performance Testing Demand Trend

Performance Testing
Salary Trend

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

Performance Testing Salary Trend

Performance Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Testing over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Performance Testing Salary Histogram

Performance 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 Performance Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+39334£45,000-
LondonUp+18172£50,000+11.11 %
South EastUp+856£52,500+16.66 %
City of LondonDown-4852£46,250+15.62 %
South WestUp+1724£50,000+81.81 %
East of EnglandUp+824£30,000-50.00 %
North WestUp+1523£35,000-
SurreyUp+1921£55,000+46.66 %
WiltshireUp+1318£50,000+58.73 %
YorkshireUp+1116£36,000-29.75 %
CambridgeshireNew entry-14£27,500-
East MidlandsUp+1111£50,000+16.27 %
LeicestershireUp+1710£50,000+51.51 %
West YorkshireUp+910£45,000-14.28 %
BerkshireUp+210£50,000+11.11 %
MerseysideUp+209£35,000+16.66 %
PeterboroughNew entry-9£27,500-
SwindonNo change08£50,000+58.73 %
LeedsUp+217£43,500-3.33 %
West SussexUp+97£39,000-32.17 %
Docklands, LondonUp+87£77,500+63.15 %
South YorkshireUp+156£27,500-38.88 %
CheshireUp+126£25,427-53.76 %
HampshireNew entry-6£37,250-
NorwichUp+205£27,000-25.00 %
NorfolkUp+155£27,000-25.00 %
HertfordshireDown-45£35,000-41.66 %
Home CountiesDown-305£52,500-4.54 %
CambridgeNew entry-5£27,500-
StainesNew entry-5£42,000-

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1151 (22.44 %)Finance
2145 (21.55 %)LoadRunner
3125 (18.57 %)ISEB
4121 (17.98 %)SQL
5110 (16.34 %)Banking
5110 (16.34 %)Test Scripting
6105 (15.60 %).NET
7102 (15.16 %)QA
898 (14.56 %)Java
995 (14.12 %)Degree
1091 (13.52 %)Oracle
1189 (13.22 %)User Acceptance Testing
1280 (11.89 %)Regression Testing
1378 (11.59 %)HP
1378 (11.59 %)Automated Testing
1477 (11.44 %)SQL Server
1574 (11.00 %)Investment Banking
1671 (10.55 %)SAP
1769 (10.25 %)QuickTest Pro
1864 (9.510 %)C#
1962 (9.212 %)Windows
1962 (9.212 %)Agile Software Development
2058 (8.618 %)C++
2154 (8.024 %)Microsoft
2251 (7.578 %)System Testing
2350 (7.429 %)Test Automation
2350 (7.429 %)Selenium
2350 (7.429 %)XML
2449 (7.281 %)UNIX
2548 (7.132 %)J2EE

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1105 (15.60 %).NET
250 (7.429 %)XML
348 (7.132 %)J2EE
433 (4.903 %)ASP.NET
433 (4.903 %)HTML
525 (3.715 %)Spring
525 (3.715 %)Java EE
619 (2.823 %)AJAX
619 (2.823 %)JSP
717 (2.526 %)CSS
815 (2.229 %)Web Services
913 (1.932 %)STL
913 (1.932 %)Middleware
913 (1.932 %)WebSphere
1012 (1.783 %).NET Framework
1012 (1.783 %)XSLT
119 (1.337 %)ODBC
119 (1.337 %)DCOM
119 (1.337 %)Spring MVC
128 (1.189 %)Silverlight
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
120 (2.972 %)IIS
213 (1.932 %)Apache
311 (1.634 %)ESB
410 (1.486 %)WebSphere Portal
58 (1.189 %)Tomcat
66 (0.892 %)SharePoint
66 (0.892 %)CMS
75 (0.743 %)NetWeaver
84 (0.594 %)WebLogic
93 (0.446 %)Alfresco
93 (0.446 %)JCAPS
101 (0.149 %)Oracle Workflow
101 (0.149 %)TIBCO EMS
101 (0.149 %)Commerce Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
134 (5.052 %)MS Excel
215 (2.229 %)MS Visio
39 (1.337 %)MS Office
44 (0.594 %)MS Project
51 (0.149 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (0.743 %)Maximo
15 (0.743 %)ION MarketView
24 (0.594 %)Oracle EBS R12
33 (0.446 %)Oracle Applications
42 (0.297 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.149 %)Oracle ERP
51 (0.149 %)Oracle Payroll
51 (0.149 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.149 %)Summit
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
116 (2.377 %)HTTP
210 (1.486 %)Internet
38 (1.189 %)DNS
44 (0.594 %)SSL
53 (0.446 %)TCP/IP
53 (0.446 %)DHCP
53 (0.446 %)VoIP
62 (0.297 %)SMTP
62 (0.297 %)VPN
62 (0.297 %)DVB
62 (0.297 %)Firewall
71 (0.149 %)ZigBee
71 (0.149 %)Network Security
71 (0.149 %)Ethernet
71 (0.149 %)Broadband
71 (0.149 %)SMS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
177 (11.44 %)SQL Server
225 (3.715 %)MySQL
318 (2.675 %)Reference Data
417 (2.526 %)BusinessObjects
515 (2.229 %)SAP BW
610 (1.486 %)SQL Server 2005
79 (1.337 %)DB2
88 (1.189 %)SAP BI
97 (1.040 %)BODI
106 (0.892 %)TOAD
106 (0.892 %)Datawarehouse
115 (0.743 %)OLTP
124 (0.594 %)Oracle 10g
124 (0.594 %)Oracle 9i
124 (0.594 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
133 (0.446 %)Informix
133 (0.446 %)SQL Server Integration Services
142 (0.297 %)SQL Server 2008
142 (0.297 %)DTS
142 (0.297 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1145 (21.55 %)LoadRunner
269 (10.25 %)QuickTest Pro
350 (7.429 %)Selenium
433 (4.903 %)WinRunner
531 (4.606 %)JUnit
531 (4.606 %)FitNesse
618 (2.675 %)TestDirector
717 (2.526 %)Eclipse
815 (2.229 %)Team Foundation Server
913 (1.932 %)WATIR
1012 (1.783 %)Subversion
1111 (1.634 %)Maven
1210 (1.486 %)TestPartner
1210 (1.486 %)ClearCase
139 (1.337 %)SilkTest
147 (1.040 %)CruiseControl
147 (1.040 %)AnthillPro
147 (1.040 %)Ant
147 (1.040 %)JProbe
155 (0.743 %)JMeter
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1151 (22.44 %)Finance
2110 (16.34 %)Banking
374 (11.00 %)Investment Banking
439 (5.795 %)Front Office
525 (3.715 %)Pensions
623 (3.418 %)Insurance
713 (1.932 %)Back Office
713 (1.932 %)Government
811 (1.634 %)Retail
97 (1.040 %)Health
97 (1.040 %)Telecoms
97 (1.040 %)General Ledger
106 (0.892 %)Private Banking
106 (0.892 %)Education
106 (0.892 %)Publishing
115 (0.743 %)Financial Institution
115 (0.743 %)Marketing
124 (0.594 %)Manufacturing
133 (0.446 %)Construction
142 (0.297 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1138 (20.51 %)Analyst
2118 (17.53 %)Tester
3115 (17.09 %)Test Manager
4113 (16.79 %)Test Analyst
587 (12.93 %)Developer
656 (8.321 %)Consultant
748 (7.132 %)Test Engineer
845 (6.686 %)Performance Tester
941 (6.092 %)Architect
1037 (5.498 %)Performance Manager
1134 (5.052 %)Performance Test Manager
1232 (4.755 %)Senior Tester
1330 (4.458 %)Test Consultant
1427 (4.012 %)Performance Engineer
1526 (3.863 %)C++ Developer
1623 (3.418 %)Senior Analyst
1722 (3.269 %)Java Developer
1722 (3.269 %)Performance Test Consultant
1821 (3.120 %)Technical Architect
1920 (2.972 %)Technical Tester
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
138 (5.646 %)Fixed Income
232 (4.755 %)Derivative
327 (4.012 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
423 (3.418 %)Open Source
520 (2.972 %)Mainframe
611 (1.634 %)Web 2.0
710 (1.486 %)Computer Science
88 (1.189 %)N-Tier
97 (1.040 %)Multithreading
106 (0.892 %)Clustering
113 (0.446 %)Spread Betting
113 (0.446 %)Management Information System
113 (0.446 %)Thin Client
113 (0.446 %)Fat Client
113 (0.446 %)Credit Risk
122 (0.297 %)Equity Derivative
122 (0.297 %)Data Integration
122 (0.297 %)Client/Server
122 (0.297 %)Equities
131 (0.149 %)Credit Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
162 (9.212 %)Windows
249 (7.281 %)UNIX
347 (6.984 %)Linux
425 (3.715 %)Windows Server 2003
512 (1.783 %)Solaris
610 (1.486 %)Red Hat Linux
72 (0.297 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
72 (0.297 %)HPUX
81 (0.149 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.149 %)VMS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1110 (16.34 %)Test Scripting
289 (13.22 %)User Acceptance Testing
380 (11.89 %)Regression Testing
478 (11.59 %)Automated Testing
562 (9.212 %)Agile Software Development
651 (7.578 %)System Testing
750 (7.429 %)Test Automation
847 (6.984 %)Scrum
941 (6.092 %)Integration Testing
1038 (5.646 %)Software Testing
1135 (5.201 %)SOA
1234 (5.052 %)Project Management
1332 (4.755 %)Volume Testing
1431 (4.606 %)Test Management
1529 (4.309 %)Load Testing
1529 (4.309 %)TDD
1627 (4.012 %)E-Commerce
1725 (3.715 %)Risk Management
1725 (3.715 %)Stress Testing
1824 (3.566 %)Web Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1121 (17.98 %)SQL
298 (14.56 %)Java
364 (9.510 %)C#
458 (8.618 %)C++
537 (5.498 %)C
631 (4.606 %)JavaScript
728 (4.160 %)Ruby
824 (3.566 %)PHP
918 (2.675 %)VBA
1017 (2.526 %)Perl
1114 (2.080 %)VB
1211 (1.634 %)Python
1310 (1.486 %)VBScript
149 (1.337 %)Shell Script
158 (1.189 %)XPath
158 (1.189 %)PL/SQL
158 (1.189 %)T-SQL
164 (0.594 %)PHP5
164 (0.594 %)Bash shell
173 (0.446 %)VB.NET
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1125 (18.57 %)ISEB
295 (14.12 %)Degree
314 (2.080 %)Security Cleared
411 (1.634 %)ISEB Practitioner
57 (1.040 %)SC Cleared
64 (0.594 %)ISTQB
64 (0.594 %)ITIL Certification
71 (0.149 %)HP ASE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1102 (15.16 %)QA
24 (0.594 %)ISO9000
33 (0.446 %)WCAG
42 (0.297 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (0.743 %)Active Directory
15 (0.743 %)VMware Infrastructure
23 (0.446 %)Oracle RAC
32 (0.297 %)qmail
32 (0.297 %)NFS
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
113 (1.932 %)HP Quality Center
22 (0.297 %)OpenView
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
191 (13.52 %)Oracle
278 (11.59 %)HP
371 (10.55 %)SAP
454 (8.024 %)Microsoft
522 (3.269 %)Citrix
617 (2.526 %)Business Objects
712 (1.783 %)VMware
811 (1.634 %)TIBCO
910 (1.486 %)Red Hat
109 (1.337 %)Cisco
109 (1.337 %)Zend
117 (1.040 %)Agresso
117 (1.040 %)Compuware
117 (1.040 %)Murex
117 (1.040 %)Siebel
117 (1.040 %)Unisys
125 (0.743 %)Bloomberg
125 (0.743 %)ION Trading
134 (0.594 %)Calypso
143 (0.446 %)PeopleSoft