The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 24 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 0.585% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.818% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £32,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.04%
All Qualifications
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
110 133 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 32.16% 32.36% 33.82%
Number of salaries quoted 82 109 75
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £20,000 £20,750
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £58,750 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
Scotland

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited ISTQB.

1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) V-Model
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) Redmine
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Documentum
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Intergraph
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Open Text
2 1 (50.00%) Maximo
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Subversion
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited ISTQB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Documentum
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Maximo
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Redmine
1 1 (50.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) V-Model
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Intergraph
1 1 (50.00%) Open Text