Performance Testing Jobs in England

Performance Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Performance Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Performance Testing over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 583 641 605
Rank change year-on-year +58 -36 -133
Permanent jobs citing Performance Testing 103 194 345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.22% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.26% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 86 157 194
10th Percentile £42,063 £36,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,625 £45,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -19.23% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £81,000
90th Percentile - £80,500 £131,735
UK median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £64,500
% change year-on-year +23.81% -18.60% +7.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Performance Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,515 73,601 84,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.11% 85.11% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 23,741 53,968 50,109
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £41,860 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Performance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Testing in England

Performance Testing
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Performance Testing in England.

Salary trend for Performance Testing in England

Performance Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Performance Testing in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Performance Testing in England

Performance Testing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +80 47 £57,500 -8.89% 85
South East +112 37 £82,500 +83.33% 52
North of England +7 8 £57,400 +17.74% 32
North West -25 7 £55,000 +22.22% 16
Midlands +44 6 £45,000 -10.00% 25
South West +99 4 £46,250 -26.00% 13
West Midlands +24 4 £44,500 -11.00% 10
East Midlands +18 2 £45,000 -30.77% 12
Yorkshire +45 1 £59,800 -1.16% 12
East of England +36 1 £40,000 -23.81% 11
Performance Testing
UK

Performance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.88%) Apache Spark
1 4 (3.88%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.97%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.97%) iTrent
1 1 (0.97%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 59 (57.28%) Azure
2 46 (44.66%) Azure DevOps
3 33 (32.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 33 (32.04%) Azure Service Bus
3 33 (32.04%) SonarCloud
4 17 (16.50%) AWS
5 7 (6.80%) GCP
5 7 (6.80%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.85%) SaaS
7 4 (3.88%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (3.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.94%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (1.94%) BrowserStack
8 2 (1.94%) GitHub
8 2 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.94%) Serverless
9 1 (0.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.97%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.97%) IaaS
9 1 (0.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.97%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (34.95%) Elasticsearch
2 13 (12.62%) NoSQL
3 7 (6.80%) Big Data
3 7 (6.80%) Power BI
4 5 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (4.85%) SQL Server
5 4 (3.88%) Delta Lake
5 4 (3.88%) MySQL
6 3 (2.91%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.97%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.97%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.97%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.97%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 47 (45.63%) Git
2 35 (33.98%) JMeter
2 35 (33.98%) Selenium
3 33 (32.04%) MSBuild
3 33 (32.04%) Octopus Deploy
3 33 (32.04%) Team Foundation Server
3 33 (32.04%) Visual Studio
4 22 (21.36%) Postman
5 19 (18.45%) Cypress.io
6 17 (16.50%) Jenkins
7 13 (12.62%) Gatling
7 13 (12.62%) LoadRunner
8 12 (11.65%) JIRA
8 12 (11.65%) REST Assured
9 11 (10.68%) JUnit
9 11 (10.68%) TestRail
10 7 (6.80%) Locust
10 7 (6.80%) TestNG
11 6 (5.83%) Burp Suite
11 6 (5.83%) GitLab
General
1 33 (32.04%) Social Skills
2 26 (25.24%) Retail
3 20 (19.42%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (14.56%) Finance
5 5 (4.85%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.88%) Banking
6 4 (3.88%) Games
7 3 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.91%) Private Banking
7 3 (2.91%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.94%) Marketing
9 1 (0.97%) iGaming
9 1 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.97%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 34 (33.01%) Architect
2 33 (32.04%) Technical Architect
3 15 (14.56%) Analyst
4 12 (11.65%) Lead
5 11 (10.68%) Senior
6 10 (9.71%) Test Engineer
7 9 (8.74%) QA Engineer
8 8 (7.77%) Developer
8 8 (7.77%) Test Analyst
9 7 (6.80%) Automation Engineer
9 7 (6.80%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (6.80%) Test Manager
10 6 (5.83%) QA Automation Engineer
10 6 (5.83%) Quality Analyst
10 6 (5.83%) Tester
11 5 (4.85%) QA Analyst
12 4 (3.88%) Senior Quality Analyst
13 3 (2.91%) Java Developer
13 3 (2.91%) Migration Manager
13 3 (2.91%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (43.69%) REST
2 38 (36.89%) CSS
2 38 (36.89%) HTML
3 35 (33.98%) JSON
4 34 (33.01%) XML
5 33 (32.04%) .NET
5 33 (32.04%) ASP.NET
5 33 (32.04%) Bootstrap
5 33 (32.04%) gRPC
6 9 (8.74%) RESTful
7 8 (7.77%) Kafka
7 8 (7.77%) Playwright
7 8 (7.77%) pytest
7 8 (7.77%) React
8 7 (6.80%) AngularJS
9 5 (4.85%) Node.js
10 4 (3.88%) Jest
10 4 (3.88%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (3.88%) YAML
11 3 (2.91%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (2.91%) Mobile App
1 3 (2.91%) Product Ownership
2 2 (1.94%) Cybercrime
2 2 (1.94%) Reinsurance
3 1 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.97%) Cloud Native
3 1 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (0.97%) Data Centre
3 1 (0.97%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (0.97%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (0.97%) Low-Code
3 1 (0.97%) Mobile Games
3 1 (0.97%) NHS
3 1 (0.97%) Online Games
3 1 (0.97%) Sports Betting
3 1 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.97%) Android
1 1 (0.97%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.97%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (53.40%) DevOps
2 52 (50.49%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (49.51%) Test Automation
4 47 (45.63%) Code Quality
5 46 (44.66%) Microservices
6 44 (42.72%) Agile
7 39 (37.86%) Event-Driven
8 37 (35.92%) Software Testing
9 34 (33.01%) API Integration
9 34 (33.01%) Performance Optimisation
10 33 (32.04%) Data Encryption
10 33 (32.04%) Design Patterns
10 33 (32.04%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 33 (32.04%) MVC
11 31 (30.10%) CI/CD
12 29 (28.16%) Technical Leadership
13 28 (27.18%) Security Testing
14 27 (26.21%) Manual Testing
15 26 (25.24%) Test Strategy
16 21 (20.39%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 59 (57.28%) SQL
2 57 (55.34%) JavaScript
3 40 (38.83%) C#
4 25 (24.27%) Python
5 19 (18.45%) Java
6 7 (6.80%) TypeScript
7 6 (5.83%) Scala
8 2 (1.94%) Ruby
9 1 (0.97%) Bash
9 1 (0.97%) Go
9 1 (0.97%) Groovy
9 1 (0.97%) PHP
9 1 (0.97%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.97%) VBA
Qualifications
1 23 (22.33%) ISTQB
2 11 (10.68%) SC Cleared
2 11 (10.68%) Security Cleared
3 9 (8.74%) Degree
3 9 (8.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 5 (4.85%) Azure Certification
4 5 (4.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.85%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.91%) CISSP
5 3 (2.91%) ISEB
6 1 (0.97%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.97%) AWS Certified Developer
6 1 (0.97%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (0.97%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.97%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (32.04%) GDPR
2 32 (31.07%) QA
3 7 (6.80%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.94%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 44 (42.72%) Docker
2 1 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.97%) Firmware
2 1 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (10.68%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.85%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (4.85%) Terraform
3 1 (0.97%) Grafana
3 1 (0.97%) Kibana
3 1 (0.97%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.97%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (4.85%) Databricks
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.94%) OpenAI
3 1 (0.97%) CyberSource
3 1 (0.97%) Google
3 1 (0.97%) Pega
3 1 (0.97%) Sitecore
3 1 (0.97%) Splunk
3 1 (0.97%) StreamSets