The first table below looks at the demand for Software Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Testing
Rank 74 64 62
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 17 19 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.377% 2.166% 2.045%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.919% 3.045% 2.555%
Number of salaries quoted 13 19 20
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £53,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -25.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,000 £35,400
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
886 624 822
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 71.74% 71.15% 80.04%
Number of salaries quoted 576 448 622
Average salary £40,750 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Testing
Scotland

Software Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Software Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Software Testing
Salary Trend

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

Glasgow Software Testing Salary Trend

Software Testing
Salary Histogram

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

Glasgow Software Testing Salary Histogram

Software Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (59.26%) ISEB
2 14 (51.85%) QA
2 14 (51.85%) Test Automation
3 11 (40.74%) ISTQB
3 11 (40.74%) QuickTest Pro
4 10 (37.04%) Java
5 9 (33.33%) Finance
5 9 (33.33%) Automated Testing
5 9 (33.33%) Test Management
6 8 (29.63%) Degree
6 8 (29.63%) Linux
7 7 (25.93%) J2EE
7 7 (25.93%) Oracle
7 7 (25.93%) Banking
8 6 (22.22%) Unit Testing
8 6 (22.22%) Shell Script
8 6 (22.22%) Qt
8 6 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
8 6 (22.22%) Hudson
8 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (22.22%) Jenkins
9 5 (18.52%) Benchmarking
9 5 (18.52%) LoadRunner
9 5 (18.52%) Informatica
9 5 (18.52%) Quality Management
9 5 (18.52%) JUnit
9 5 (18.52%) Windows
9 5 (18.52%) Oracle 8/8i
9 5 (18.52%) ETL
9 5 (18.52%) HP

Software Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (25.93%) J2EE
2 6 (22.22%) Qt
3 2 (7.407%) .NET Framework
3 2 (7.407%) Middleware
3 2 (7.407%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.407%) MQSeries
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) Oracle 8/8i
2 3 (11.11%) GIS
Development Applications
1 11 (40.74%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (22.22%) Hudson
2 6 (22.22%) Jenkins
3 5 (18.52%) LoadRunner
3 5 (18.52%) JUnit
4 3 (11.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (7.407%) Selenium
5 2 (7.407%) Subversion
5 2 (7.407%) TestDirector
5 2 (7.407%) Mercurial
General
1 9 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (25.93%) Banking
3 5 (18.52%) Investment Banking
4 3 (11.11%) Games
5 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Test Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Software Engineer
2 7 (25.93%) Performance Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Senior Test Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Software Test Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Test Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Test Leader
6 3 (11.11%) Testing Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) Software Testing Engineer
7 2 (7.407%) Test Specialist
7 2 (7.407%) Automated Test Specialist
8 1 (3.704%) QA Leader
8 1 (3.704%) Senior Software Test Engineer
8 1 (3.704%) Tester
8 1 (3.704%) Senior Test Engineer
8 1 (3.704%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (3.704%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Reference Data
2 3 (11.11%) Mathematics
2 3 (11.11%) Physics
2 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 2 (7.407%) AS400
3 2 (7.407%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 8 (29.63%) Linux
2 5 (18.52%) Windows
3 3 (11.11%) Apple iOS
3 3 (11.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Test Automation
2 9 (33.33%) Automated Testing
2 9 (33.33%) Test Management
3 6 (22.22%) Unit Testing
3 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (18.52%) Benchmarking
4 5 (18.52%) Quality Management
4 5 (18.52%) ETL
4 5 (18.52%) Performance Testing
4 5 (18.52%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (14.81%) Scrum
6 3 (11.11%) Software Deployment
6 3 (11.11%) Release Management
6 3 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (7.407%) Web Testing
7 2 (7.407%) Test Scripting
7 2 (7.407%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (7.407%) V-Model
7 2 (7.407%) Waterfall
8 1 (3.704%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 10 (37.04%) Java
2 6 (22.22%) Shell Script
3 4 (14.81%) SQL
4 2 (7.407%) PowerShell
4 2 (7.407%) Perl
4 2 (7.407%) C
4 2 (7.407%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (59.26%) ISEB
2 11 (40.74%) ISTQB
3 8 (29.63%) Degree
4 5 (18.52%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (51.85%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Oracle
2 5 (18.52%) Informatica
2 5 (18.52%) HP
3 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
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