The first table below looks at the demand for Rational Performance Tester skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Rational Performance Tester 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 Development Applications category.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM Rational Performance Tester (RPT)
Rank 850 869 827
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -42
Permanent jobs citing Rational Performance Tester 8 27 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.007% 0.022% 0.036%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.050% 0.157% 0.280%
Number of salaries quoted 3 16 31
Average salary £55,000 £53,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.80% -6.95%
90% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £46,250 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary - £54,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year
- +6.34%
All Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15950 17226 15715
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 14.80% 14.24% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13613 15130 13800
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%

Rational Performance Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Rational Performance Tester within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Rational Performance Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Rational Performance Tester
Salary Trend

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

Rational Performance Tester Salary Trend

Rational Performance Tester
Salary Histogram

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

Rational Performance Tester Salary Histogram

Rational Performance Tester
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Rational Performance Tester 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 +19 8 £55,000 +4.76%
London +28 4 £55,000 +4.76%
Berkshire +8 3 - -
South East +7 3 - -
Yorkshire -18 1 - -
Leeds - 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 - -

Rational Performance Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Rational Performance Tester 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 Rational Performance Tester.

1 8 (100.00%) Performance Testing
2 7 (87.50%) LoadRunner
2 7 (87.50%) IBM
3 4 (50.00%) .NET
4 3 (37.50%) Knowledge Management
4 3 (37.50%) SilkPerformer
4 3 (37.50%) C++
4 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 3 (37.50%) HP
4 3 (37.50%) Web Services
5 2 (25.00%) XML
5 2 (25.00%) Java
5 2 (25.00%) C
5 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (25.00%) Sybase
5 2 (25.00%) ASP
5 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
5 2 (25.00%) CSS
5 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (25.00%) Open Source
5 2 (25.00%) QA
5 2 (25.00%) QALoad
5 2 (25.00%) WCF
5 2 (25.00%) WPF
5 2 (25.00%) Banking
5 2 (25.00%) Micro Focus
5 2 (25.00%) JMeter
5 2 (25.00%) Finance

Rational Performance Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Rational Performance Tester 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 Rational Performance Tester. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
2 3 (37.50%) Web Services
3 2 (25.00%) XML
3 2 (25.00%) WCF
3 2 (25.00%) WPF
3 2 (25.00%) ASP
3 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (25.00%) CSS
4 1 (12.50%) SOAP
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
1 1 (12.50%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) LoadRunner
2 3 (37.50%) SilkPerformer
3 2 (25.00%) JMeter
3 2 (25.00%) QALoad
4 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
4 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Banking
1 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Tester
1 4 (50.00%) Performance Tester
2 3 (37.50%) Test Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Manager
2 3 (37.50%) LoadRunner Tester
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Test Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Test Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Test Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) UNIX
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) SOA
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Load Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Security Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Web Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
4 1 (12.50%) Time Management
4 1 (12.50%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C++
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) C
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) VB
3 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ISEB
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) IBM
2 3 (37.50%) HP
3 2 (25.00%) Micro Focus
3 2 (25.00%) Sybase
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft