The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 45 48 38
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -10
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 2 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 0.585% 0.487% 0.368%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.784% 0.722% 0.602%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 1
Average salary £32,250 £30,750 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.87% +11.81%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
255 277 166
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 74.56% 67.40% 61.03%
Number of salaries quoted 189 204 137
Average salary £40,000 £42,750 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.43% -18.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £30,000 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £55,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Scotland

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Testing across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Aberdeen Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

Aberdeen Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Software Testing 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 Software Testing.

1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Pegasus
2 2 (40.00%) Sage
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (40.00%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (40.00%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) GoldMine
3 1 (20.00%) Intergraph
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (20.00%) V-Model
3 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (20.00%) Redmine
3 1 (20.00%) Open Text
3 1 (20.00%) Maximo
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (20.00%) Subversion
3 1 (20.00%) Information Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Documentum

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Software Testing 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 Software Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Documentum
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (40.00%) GoldMine
2 1 (20.00%) Maximo
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Redmine
1 1 (20.00%) Subversion
1 1 (20.00%) JUnit
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Software Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) V-Model
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Information Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Pegasus
1 2 (40.00%) Sage
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Intergraph
2 1 (20.00%) Open Text
2 1 (20.00%) HP