ISTQB Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Scotland region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 110 106 98
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -8
Contract jobs citing ISTQB 12 3 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.485% 0.114% 0.658%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.913% 0.912% 5.248%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 8
Average daily rate £378 £388 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.58% +10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £388 £294
10% offered a daily rate of more than £494 £388 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £304 £325
% change year-on-year
+8.64% -6.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £31.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +90.90%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 412 329 343
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 16.67% 12.45% 12.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 158 134
Average daily rate £345 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.54% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £210 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £426 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 26 20
Average hourly rate £15.00 £22.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +18.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.08 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.25 £35.80 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
ISTQB
UK

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ISTQB across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Scotland ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ISTQB across the Scotland region.

Scotland ISTQB Daily Rate Trend

ISTQB
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Scotland ISTQB Daily Rate Histogram

ISTQB
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ISTQB across the Scotland region.

Scotland ISTQB Hourly Rate Trend

ISTQB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Edinburgh +13 6 £409 -
Stirling - 3 £450 -
Glasgow -18 2 - -
ISTQB
UK

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing ISTQB 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited ISTQB.

1 19 (100.00%) ISEB
2 12 (63.16%) Finance
3 11 (57.89%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (42.11%) Test Strategy
5 7 (36.84%) HP Quality Center
6 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (31.58%) System Testing
7 5 (26.32%) Software Testing
8 4 (21.05%) Banking
8 4 (21.05%) Oracle
8 4 (21.05%) Test Management
8 4 (21.05%) Test Scripting
9 3 (15.79%) Web Development
9 3 (15.79%) Degree
9 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
9 3 (15.79%) QuickTest Pro
9 3 (15.79%) ISEB Practitioner
10 2 (10.53%) .NET
10 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
10 2 (10.53%) Test Automation
11 1 (5.263%) Data Protection
11 1 (5.263%) V-Model
11 1 (5.263%) soapUI
11 1 (5.263%) QA
11 1 (5.263%) Manual Testing
11 1 (5.263%) Cadis
11 1 (5.263%) HP
11 1 (5.263%) C#
11 1 (5.263%) SQL
11 1 (5.263%) MS Office

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing ISTQB also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ISTQB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
2 1 (5.263%) soapUI
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 12 (63.16%) Finance
2 4 (21.05%) Banking
3 1 (5.263%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Test Analyst
1 7 (36.84%) Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Tester
3 5 (26.32%) Systems Tester
4 3 (15.79%) Test Leader
4 3 (15.79%) Test Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Coordinator
6 1 (5.263%) Test Automation Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Automation Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Programme Test Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Programme Manager
6 1 (5.263%) UAT Tester
6 1 (5.263%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Test Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Tester
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Programme Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Systems Test Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Test Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (42.11%) Test Strategy
3 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (31.58%) System Testing
4 5 (26.32%) Software Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Test Management
5 4 (21.05%) Test Scripting
6 3 (15.79%) Web Development
7 2 (10.53%) Test Automation
8 1 (5.263%) Data Protection
8 1 (5.263%) V-Model
8 1 (5.263%) Manual Testing
8 1 (5.263%) SOA
8 1 (5.263%) ETL
8 1 (5.263%) Project Management
8 1 (5.263%) Information Management
8 1 (5.263%) Asset Management
8 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (5.263%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) C#
1 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) ISEB
2 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (36.84%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Oracle
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.263%) Cadis
3 1 (5.263%) HP
Test Analyst (Financial Services) - SAS, Hyperion, ETL
Edinburgh, Midlothian
A Test Analyst contract requirement has been identified by our Edinburgh based Financial Services Client. The successful candidate will be carrying out UAT Testing within an MI Team.
Head Resourcing
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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