The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Test Analyst in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Test Analyst
Rank - 93 103
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Analyst 0 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh - 0.146% 0.131%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.152% 0.138%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 2
Average salary - £22,000 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.38%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1027 1312 1452
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.71% 95.56% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 596 960 1055
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 £26,000 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Test Analyst
Scotland

Software Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Software Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Software Test Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh Software Test Analyst Salary Trend

Software Test Analyst
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Software Test Analyst 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 Software Test Analyst in their job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) C#

Software Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Software Test Analyst 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 Software Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (50.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISEB