The first table below looks at the demand for Test Strategy skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Strategy over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 75 68 89
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +21
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 17 26 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.453% 1.968% 0.679%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.914% 2.621% 0.840%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 8
Average salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.63% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £55,000 £36,950
10% offered a salary of more than £56,400 £55,000 £50,750
UK excluding London average salary £42,750 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+0.58% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
888 992 1309
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 75.90% 75.09% 80.75%
Number of salaries quoted 521 682 938
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -3.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
Scotland

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Edinburgh Test Strategy Salary Histogram

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 21 (100.00%) Finance
2 13 (61.90%) ISEB
3 11 (52.38%) ISTQB
4 9 (42.86%) Analytics
5 8 (38.10%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (33.33%) .NET
6 7 (33.33%) C#
6 7 (33.33%) System Testing
7 6 (28.57%) QA
8 5 (23.81%) Risk Management
8 5 (23.81%) Software Testing
8 5 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (23.81%) Product Management
8 5 (23.81%) Banking
8 5 (23.81%) Retail
9 4 (19.05%) HP
9 4 (19.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
10 3 (14.29%) SAS
10 3 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
10 3 (14.29%) Retail Banking
10 3 (14.29%) Information Security
11 2 (9.524%) Test Management
11 2 (9.524%) Degree
11 2 (9.524%) Credit Risk
11 2 (9.524%) SQL
11 2 (9.524%) ITIL
11 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
11 2 (9.524%) Scrum

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (33.33%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (4.762%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (4.762%) LoadRunner
1 1 (4.762%) Selenium
General
1 21 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Banking
2 5 (23.81%) Retail
3 3 (14.29%) Retail Banking
4 1 (4.762%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Test Manager
3 5 (23.81%) Test Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) QA Test Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Quality Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) QA Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Testing Manager
4 4 (19.05%) Compliance Manager
5 2 (9.524%) Head of Testing
5 2 (9.524%) Senior Risk Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Test Team Leader
5 2 (9.524%) Team Leader
5 2 (9.524%) Senior Systems Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Test Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) Audit Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Credit Risk
2 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Analytics
2 8 (38.10%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (33.33%) System Testing
4 5 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (23.81%) Software Testing
4 5 (23.81%) Risk Management
4 5 (23.81%) Product Management
5 3 (14.29%) Information Security
5 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (9.524%) Scrum
6 2 (9.524%) ITIL
6 2 (9.524%) Test Management
7 1 (4.762%) Test Scripting
7 1 (4.762%) Data Migration
7 1 (4.762%) Business Development
7 1 (4.762%) Risk Analysis
7 1 (4.762%) Information Management
7 1 (4.762%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (9.524%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (61.90%) ISEB
2 11 (52.38%) ISTQB
3 2 (9.524%) Degree
4 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.762%) CISA
4 1 (4.762%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) QA
2 4 (19.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) HP
2 1 (4.762%) Reuters
2 1 (4.762%) Bloomberg
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The roles will be involved in large, complex audits across Investment Banking, Retail and Wealth divisions in addition to independent assessment and certification of critical payments and settlement...
Change Recruitment Group
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
We are looking for motivated, organised individuals with extensive knowledge of Technology, Audit or Risk Management... Design testing strategy to be used during fieldwork... Mandatory Requirements Relevant qualifications -...
Change Recruitment Group
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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