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The table below looks at the demand for Performance Testing skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Testing over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPerformance Testing
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank206187
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching permanent IT job ads1637
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.016 %
As % of the category below0.326 %0.767 %
Salaries quoted932
Average minimum salary£26,500£41,094
Average salary£30,250£43,656
% change on same period last year-30.70 %
Average maximum salary£34,000£46,219
UK excluding London average salary£37,930£40,332
% change on same period last year-5.95 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads49084824
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.716 %2.023 %
Salaries quoted41504159
Average minimum salary£36,142£37,278
Average salary£39,523£40,357
% change on same period last year-2.06 %
Average maximum salary£42,904£43,435
UK excluding London average salary£42,540£44,374
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Performance Testing EnglandPerformance Testing
England

Performance Testing
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Performance Testing Salary Trend

Performance Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Testing across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Midlands Performance Testing Salary Histogram

Performance Testing
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamNew entry-6£28,000-
StaffordshireNew entry-5£32,500-
CoventryDown-83£33,833-24.81 %
WarwickshireDown-241£28,500-39.82 %
Performance Testing EnglandPerformance Testing
England

Performance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

112 (48.00 %)SQL
112 (48.00 %)Test Scripting
28 (32.00 %)Oracle
28 (32.00 %)LoadRunner
28 (32.00 %)Project Management
37 (28.00 %)ISEB
37 (28.00 %)TestDirector
37 (28.00 %)System Testing
37 (28.00 %)Unit Testing
37 (28.00 %)Integration Testing
46 (24.00 %)Software Testing
46 (24.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
46 (24.00 %)Java
46 (24.00 %)JMeter
46 (24.00 %)Finance
55 (20.00 %)Automated Testing
55 (20.00 %)VB
55 (20.00 %)C#
55 (20.00 %)QA
55 (20.00 %)Pensions
64 (16.00 %)Load Testing
64 (16.00 %)XML
73 (12.00 %)UML
73 (12.00 %)C++
73 (12.00 %)J2EE
73 (12.00 %)OO
73 (12.00 %)Process Management
73 (12.00 %)Validation
73 (12.00 %)AJAX
82 (8.000 %)Use Case

Performance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (16.00 %)XML
23 (12.00 %)J2EE
23 (12.00 %)AJAX
32 (8.000 %)Hibernate
32 (8.000 %)Spring
41 (4.000 %)XSL
41 (4.000 %)EJB
41 (4.000 %)JSP
41 (4.000 %)Servlets
41 (4.000 %)WebSphere
41 (4.000 %)HTML
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.000 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.000 %)SAN
11 (4.000 %)Internet
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.000 %)SQL Server
11 (4.000 %)DB2
11 (4.000 %)Datawarehouse
11 (4.000 %)DTS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (32.00 %)LoadRunner
27 (28.00 %)TestDirector
36 (24.00 %)JMeter
41 (4.000 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
41 (4.000 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (4.000 %)Rational Robot
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (24.00 %)Finance
25 (20.00 %)Pensions
32 (8.000 %)Marketing
41 (4.000 %)Health
41 (4.000 %)Insurance
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (56.00 %)Tester
27 (28.00 %)Senior Tester
36 (24.00 %)Test Manager
45 (20.00 %)Software Tester
53 (12.00 %)Test Analyst
53 (12.00 %)Developer
53 (12.00 %)Analyst
62 (8.000 %)Performance Tester
62 (8.000 %)J2EE Developer
71 (4.000 %)Software Engineer
71 (4.000 %)Consultant
71 (4.000 %)DBA
71 (4.000 %)Administrator
71 (4.000 %)Java Developer
71 (4.000 %)SQL Server DBA
71 (4.000 %)Systems Tester
71 (4.000 %)Test Engineer
71 (4.000 %)Senior Software Engineer
71 (4.000 %)Software Test Engineer
71 (4.000 %)SQL DBA
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.000 %)Client/Server
11 (4.000 %)Replication
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (8.000 %)Windows
21 (4.000 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (4.000 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (4.000 %)UNIX
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (48.00 %)Test Scripting
28 (32.00 %)Project Management
37 (28.00 %)Unit Testing
37 (28.00 %)Integration Testing
37 (28.00 %)System Testing
46 (24.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
46 (24.00 %)Software Testing
55 (20.00 %)Automated Testing
64 (16.00 %)Load Testing
73 (12.00 %)Process Management
73 (12.00 %)Validation
73 (12.00 %)UML
73 (12.00 %)OO
82 (8.000 %)OOA/OOD
82 (8.000 %)Regression Testing
82 (8.000 %)Agile Software Development
82 (8.000 %)Use Case
91 (4.000 %)Unified Process
91 (4.000 %)RUP
91 (4.000 %)B2B
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (48.00 %)SQL
26 (24.00 %)Java
35 (20.00 %)VB
35 (20.00 %)C#
43 (12.00 %)C++
51 (4.000 %)Transact-SQL
51 (4.000 %)VBA
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (28.00 %)ISEB
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (20.00 %)QA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (4.000 %)Terminal Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (32.00 %)Oracle
21 (4.000 %)IBM
21 (4.000 %)Microsoft
21 (4.000 %)Compaq