The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 45 44 38
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 3 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 0.865% 0.964% 0.386%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.909% 1.039% 0.405%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 1
Average salary £57,500 £37,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.33% +36.36%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
330 385 247
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 95.10% 92.77% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 240 293 206
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Tester
Scotland

Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Tester
Salary Trend

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

Aberdeen Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Tester across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Aberdeen Tester Salary Histogram

Tester
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Tester in their job title 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 with Tester in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) FitNesse
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
2 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Cucumber
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) JUnit
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Tester in their job title 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 with Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
1 2 (66.67%) FitNesse
1 2 (66.67%) Cucumber
2 1 (33.33%) JUnit
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
1 1 (33.33%) Degree