Load Testing Jobs

Load Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Load Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Load Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 833 876 921
Rank change year-on-year +43 +45 -174
Permanent jobs citing Load Testing 74 71 350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.071% 0.075% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.079% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 60 45 150
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -5.41% +0.91%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £78,382 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,347 £52,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year -24.33% -3.26% +13.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Load Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Load Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Load Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Load Testing in the UK

Load Testing
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Load Testing in the UK

Load Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Load Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Load Testing in the UK

Load Testing
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Load Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
England +27 59 £47,500 -9.52% 20
UK excluding London -24 42 £39,347 -24.33% 16
Work from Home +65 40 £42,500 -32.00% 10
London +100 22 £65,000 +20.93% 8
North of England +40 13 £35,000 -19.54% 4
Midlands -6 13 £42,500 -34.62% 7
West Midlands -11 9 £52,500 -19.23% 6
North West +3 8 £35,000 - 3
South East -17 8 - -
Yorkshire +66 5 £35,000 -68.18% 1
Wales +12 4 - -
East Midlands - 4 £26,500 - 1
South West -24 3 £60,000 -25.00%
Scotland -65 1 £55,000 - 2

Load Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 9 (12.16%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 29 (39.19%) Azure
2 14 (18.92%) AWS
2 14 (18.92%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (14.86%) PaaS
4 7 (9.46%) GCP
5 6 (8.11%) Azure AKS
5 6 (8.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 6 (8.11%) Azure Pipelines
5 6 (8.11%) IaaS
6 5 (6.76%) GitHub
6 5 (6.76%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (4.05%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.35%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.41%) Internet
1 4 (5.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (21.62%) SQL Server
2 11 (14.86%) Relational Database
3 5 (6.76%) Redis
4 4 (5.41%) InfluxDB
4 4 (5.41%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.35%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 20 (27.03%) Postman
2 6 (8.11%) JIRA
2 6 (8.11%) SonarQube
3 5 (6.76%) GitLab
3 5 (6.76%) JMeter
3 5 (6.76%) SoapUI
4 4 (5.41%) Katalon Studio
4 4 (5.41%) Selenium
5 2 (2.70%) Git
5 2 (2.70%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.35%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.35%) Gatling
6 1 (1.35%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.35%) LoadRunner
6 1 (1.35%) LoadUI
General
1 20 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 13 (17.57%) Finance
3 9 (12.16%) Legal
4 6 (8.11%) Law
4 6 (8.11%) Police
5 4 (5.41%) Aerospace
5 4 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (5.41%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (5.41%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.41%) Retail
5 4 (5.41%) Welsh Language
6 3 (4.05%) Front Office
7 2 (2.70%) Local Government
8 1 (1.35%) Back Office
8 1 (1.35%) Games
8 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (24.32%) Developer
2 15 (20.27%) Test Engineer
3 12 (16.22%) Senior
4 9 (12.16%) Lead
5 8 (10.81%) Web Developer
6 7 (9.46%) Senior Developer
6 7 (9.46%) Tester
7 6 (8.11%) Analyst
7 6 (8.11%) Systems Analyst
7 6 (8.11%) Systems Test Analyst
7 6 (8.11%) Test Analyst
8 5 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.76%) Site Engineer
8 5 (6.76%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 4 (5.41%) Applications Engineer
9 4 (5.41%) Integration Tester
9 4 (5.41%) Java Developer
9 4 (5.41%) Resource Assistant
9 4 (5.41%) Security Engineer
9 4 (5.41%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (20.27%) .NET
1 15 (20.27%) HTML
2 10 (13.51%) CSS
3 9 (12.16%) REST
3 9 (12.16%) Web Services
4 8 (10.81%) ASP.NET Web API
4 8 (10.81%) CSS3
4 8 (10.81%) KnockoutJS
4 8 (10.81%) XML
5 7 (9.46%) ARM Templates
5 7 (9.46%) Node.js
5 7 (9.46%) SOAP
6 6 (8.11%) .NET Framework
6 6 (8.11%) ASP.NET
6 6 (8.11%) ASP.NET MVC
6 6 (8.11%) Azure Blueprints
6 6 (8.11%) Entity Framework
6 6 (8.11%) Gherkin
6 6 (8.11%) MassTransit
6 6 (8.11%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.51%) Management Information System
2 9 (12.16%) Algorithms
2 9 (12.16%) Data Structures
2 9 (12.16%) Product Ownership
3 8 (10.81%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.76%) FMCG
4 5 (6.76%) Onboarding
4 5 (6.76%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (5.41%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (5.41%) NHS
5 4 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (4.05%) Equities
6 3 (4.05%) Fixed Income
6 3 (4.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (4.05%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (4.05%) Hedge funds
6 3 (4.05%) PMI
7 2 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (2.70%) Legacy Code
8 1 (1.35%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.11%) Windows
2 4 (5.41%) Unix
3 1 (1.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (60.81%) Test Automation
2 41 (55.41%) DevOps
3 31 (41.89%) Agile
4 27 (36.49%) Mentoring
4 27 (36.49%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (36.49%) Software Testing
5 21 (28.38%) Coaching
6 20 (27.03%) Functional Testing
7 19 (25.68%) Non-Functional Testing
8 18 (24.32%) Regression Testing
9 17 (22.97%) Information Security
10 16 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (20.27%) Code Quality
11 15 (20.27%) ITIL
11 15 (20.27%) Microservices
11 15 (20.27%) Performance Testing
11 15 (20.27%) SDLC
11 15 (20.27%) Test Strategy
12 14 (18.92%) CI/CD
12 14 (18.92%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 29 (39.19%) SQL
2 22 (29.73%) JavaScript
3 19 (25.68%) C#
4 8 (10.81%) T-SQL
4 8 (10.81%) VB.NET
5 7 (9.46%) Bicep
6 5 (6.76%) Groovy
6 5 (6.76%) Python
7 4 (5.41%) Java
8 3 (4.05%) C++
8 3 (4.05%) PHP
9 2 (2.70%) C
10 1 (1.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (21.62%) Degree
2 5 (6.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (6.76%) ISTQB
2 5 (6.76%) Master's Degree
2 5 (6.76%) Numerate Degree
2 5 (6.76%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.41%) CIPD
3 4 (5.41%) DBS Check
3 4 (5.41%) GIAC
4 3 (4.05%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (22.97%) QA
2 6 (8.11%) Accessibility
2 6 (8.11%) SLA
3 4 (5.41%) ISO 14001
3 4 (5.41%) ISO 9001
4 2 (2.70%) HL7
5 1 (1.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (12.16%) Docker
1 9 (12.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (5.41%) VMware Server
3 2 (2.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (12.16%) Grafana
2 8 (10.81%) Kubernetes
3 6 (8.11%) Istio
4 5 (6.76%) Kibana
5 2 (2.70%) Terraform
6 1 (1.35%) Ansible
6 1 (1.35%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 44 (59.46%) Microsoft
2 15 (20.27%) ServiceNow
3 9 (12.16%) VMware
4 7 (9.46%) Google
5 5 (6.76%) Splunk
6 4 (5.41%) Oracle
7 2 (2.70%) Progress
8 1 (1.35%) OpenLink
8 1 (1.35%) SaltStack