Performance Testing Job Trends in Somerset

Performance Testing
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Performance Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Permanent jobs citing Performance Testing 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.18% - 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% - 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
South West median annual salary £45,000 £60,445 £65,000
% change year-on-year -25.55% -7.01% +20.93%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 427 345 323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 77.78% 77.70% 86.13%
Number of salaries quoted 192 123 258
10th Percentile £26,775 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,928 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.14% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £53,375 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,250 £81,250 £70,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £54,439 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.15% +3.69% +3.35%

Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Performance Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Performance Testing job vacancy trend in Somerset

Performance Testing
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Performance Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Performance Testing

Performance Testing
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Testing within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Bath - 1 £50,000 - 2
Performance Testing
South West

Performance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation