The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 19 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 Qualifications for the Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 75 - 66
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 16 0 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.296% - 1.655%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.926% - 6.343%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 14
Average salary £50,000 - £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.66%
All Qualifications
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
270 274 268
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 21.86% 31.24% 26.10%
Number of salaries quoted 161 178 207
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,750 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
ISTQB
Scotland

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Glasgow ISTQB Jobs Demand Trend

ISTQB
Salary Trend

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

Glasgow ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Glasgow ISTQB Salary Histogram

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB.

1 14 (82.35%) ISEB
2 12 (70.59%) Test Automation
3 11 (64.71%) Software Testing
3 11 (64.71%) Test Management
4 9 (52.94%) HP Quality Center
4 9 (52.94%) Finance
4 9 (52.94%) QuickTest Pro
5 7 (41.18%) QA
5 7 (41.18%) ISEB Practitioner
5 7 (41.18%) Banking
6 6 (35.29%) Java
7 5 (29.41%) Quality Management
7 5 (29.41%) Selenium
7 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (23.53%) Automated Testing
8 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
8 4 (23.53%) SQL
9 3 (17.65%) .NET
9 3 (17.65%) Investment Banking
9 3 (17.65%) Resource Management
9 3 (17.65%) CSQA
10 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (11.76%) Web Testing
10 2 (11.76%) MQSeries
10 2 (11.76%) Middleware
10 2 (11.76%) TestDirector
10 2 (11.76%) AS400
10 2 (11.76%) Scrum
10 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
10 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow region citing ISTQB 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 ISTQB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (17.65%) .NET
2 2 (11.76%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) MQSeries
Development Applications
1 9 (52.94%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (29.41%) Selenium
3 2 (11.76%) TestDirector
General
1 9 (52.94%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) Banking
3 3 (17.65%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Analyst
1 12 (70.59%) Test Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Senior Analyst
2 7 (41.18%) Senior Test Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Test Leader
4 3 (17.65%) QA Test Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) QA Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Quality Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Test Specialist
5 2 (11.76%) Automated Test Specialist
6 1 (5.882%) QA Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Test Automation
2 11 (64.71%) Software Testing
2 11 (64.71%) Test Management
3 5 (29.41%) Quality Management
3 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (23.53%) Automated Testing
5 3 (17.65%) Resource Management
6 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (11.76%) Web Testing
6 2 (11.76%) Scrum
6 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
6 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting
6 2 (11.76%) V-Model
6 2 (11.76%) Non-Functional Testing
7 1 (5.882%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) Java
2 4 (23.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (82.35%) ISEB
2 7 (41.18%) ISEB Practitioner
3 3 (17.65%) CSQA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) QA
Systems Management
1 9 (52.94%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Be exposed to web testing with knowledge of cross browser testing... Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications such as excel, word etc... Desirables include ISTQB foundation certification,...
Net Talent
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent Benefit
Posted: 18 June 2013