The first table below looks at the demand for the Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Dundee 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 22 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 Dundee region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Tester
Rank 21 14 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 5 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dundee 7.246% 7.576% -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.463% 7.576% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
Average salary £23,000 £24,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.12% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All Job Titles
Dundee
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
67 66 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dundee 97.10% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 46 56 24
Average salary £26,000 £31,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.12% +12.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,995 £45,000 £55,000
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 Dundee region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Dundee 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 Dundee region.

Dundee Tester Salary Trend

Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dundee 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 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
2 5 (71.43%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) .NET
3 4 (57.14%) C++
3 4 (57.14%) Java
3 4 (57.14%) Python
3 4 (57.14%) Games
3 4 (57.14%) QA
3 4 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (57.14%) Ruby
3 4 (57.14%) Automated Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
4 2 (28.57%) System Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Game Development
5 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
5 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
5 1 (14.29%) MS Access
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
5 1 (14.29%) ISEB
5 1 (14.29%) SQL
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
5 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
5 1 (14.29%) Windows

Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dundee 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.

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MS Access
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (57.14%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (57.14%) Automated Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) System Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Game Development
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C#
2 4 (57.14%) C++
2 4 (57.14%) Java
2 4 (57.14%) Python
2 4 (57.14%) Ruby
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft