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This section looks at the demand for Stress 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 Stress Testing over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStress Testing
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank225233
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching permanent IT job ads11
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.020 %0.021 %
Salaries quoted01
Average minimum salary-£32,000
Average salary-£32,000
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£32,000
UK excluding London average salary£43,500£37,349
% change on same period last year+16.46 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads50664762
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.727 %1.985 %
Salaries quoted42784103
Average minimum salary£36,207£37,342
Average salary£39,641£40,422
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
Average maximum salary£43,075£43,502
UK excluding London average salary£42,487£44,463
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
Stress Testing EnglandStress Testing
England

Stress Testing
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Stress Testing Demand Trend

Stress Testing
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Stress Testing across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Stress Testing Salary Trend

Stress Testing
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Stress Testing within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
ShropshireNew entry-1--
Stress Testing EnglandStress Testing
England

Stress Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Stress 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 Stress Testing.

13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)Degree
22 (66.67 %)Automated Testing
22 (66.67 %)Publishing
22 (66.67 %)Xcode
22 (66.67 %)QA
22 (66.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
22 (66.67 %)Usability Testing
22 (66.67 %)Performance Testing
22 (66.67 %)Compatibility Testing
22 (66.67 %)Load Testing
22 (66.67 %)Security Testing
22 (66.67 %)Unit Testing
22 (66.67 %)Integration Testing
22 (66.67 %)System Testing
22 (66.67 %)RIP
22 (66.67 %)C++
22 (66.67 %)MFC
22 (66.67 %)UNIX
22 (66.67 %)Mac OS X
22 (66.67 %)OpenGL
22 (66.67 %)Regression Testing
22 (66.67 %)XUL
31 (33.33 %)Education
31 (33.33 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)Active Directory
31 (33.33 %)Citrix
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (33.33 %)SAN

Stress Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Stress 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 Stress Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %)MFC
12 (66.67 %)OpenGL
12 (66.67 %)XUL
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (66.67 %)RIP
21 (33.33 %)SAN
21 (33.33 %)LAN
21 (33.33 %)WAN
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (66.67 %)Xcode
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Publishing
21 (33.33 %)Education
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Test Engineer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Clustering
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (66.67 %)Mac OS X
22 (66.67 %)UNIX
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Regression Testing
12 (66.67 %)Automated Testing
12 (66.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
12 (66.67 %)Usability Testing
12 (66.67 %)Performance Testing
12 (66.67 %)Compatibility Testing
12 (66.67 %)Load Testing
12 (66.67 %)Security Testing
12 (66.67 %)Unit Testing
12 (66.67 %)Integration Testing
12 (66.67 %)System Testing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)C++
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (100.00 %)Degree
21 (33.33 %)MCSE
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (66.67 %)QA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (33.33 %)Active Directory
11 (33.33 %)Backup Exec
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (33.33 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
11 (33.33 %)WSUS
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Microsoft
11 (33.33 %)Citrix