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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 50 68 41
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 42 15 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 3.401% 1.710% 4.187%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.565% 1.859% 4.415%
Number of salaries quoted 35 10 33
Average salary £50,000 £31,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+58.73% -16.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £22,850 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +1.56%
All Job Titles
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1178 807 974
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 95.38% 92.02% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 774 569 761
Average salary £40,000 £36,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Test Analyst
Scotland

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Glasgow Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Glasgow Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow region that cited 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 Test Analyst in their job title.

1 25 (48.08%) SQL
2 23 (44.23%) Finance
3 18 (34.62%) Banking
4 17 (32.69%) QA
4 17 (32.69%) QuickTest Pro
4 17 (32.69%) Test Automation
5 15 (28.85%) ISEB
5 15 (28.85%) UNIX
6 12 (23.08%) Java
6 12 (23.08%) ISTQB
7 11 (21.15%) Derivative
7 11 (21.15%) HP Quality Center
7 11 (21.15%) Test Management
8 9 (17.31%) Selenium
9 8 (15.38%) Oracle
9 8 (15.38%) Linux
9 8 (15.38%) Test Scripting
10 7 (13.46%) .NET
10 7 (13.46%) Software Testing
10 7 (13.46%) Investment Banking
11 6 (11.54%) ISEB Practitioner
12 5 (9.615%) Retail
12 5 (9.615%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (9.615%) Equity Derivative
12 5 (9.615%) Retail Banking
12 5 (9.615%) ATM
12 5 (9.615%) RDBMS
12 5 (9.615%) Informatica
12 5 (9.615%) Quality Management
12 5 (9.615%) CRM

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow region that cited 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 Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (13.46%) .NET
2 3 (5.769%) Middleware
3 2 (3.846%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.923%) COM
4 1 (1.923%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.846%) MQSeries
Applications
1 1 (1.923%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.615%) ATM
2 3 (5.769%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.615%) RDBMS
2 3 (5.769%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 17 (32.69%) QuickTest Pro
2 9 (17.31%) Selenium
3 4 (7.692%) JUnit
4 2 (3.846%) Jenkins
4 2 (3.846%) JBehave
4 2 (3.846%) WebDriver
4 2 (3.846%) Cucumber
4 2 (3.846%) TestDirector
General
1 23 (44.23%) Finance
2 18 (34.62%) Banking
3 7 (13.46%) Investment Banking
4 5 (9.615%) Retail
4 5 (9.615%) Retail Banking
5 3 (5.769%) Legal
6 2 (3.846%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.15%) Derivative
2 5 (9.615%) Equity Derivative
3 3 (5.769%) Equities
3 3 (5.769%) IVR
3 3 (5.769%) Computer Science
3 3 (5.769%) Online Banking
4 2 (3.846%) Open Source
4 2 (3.846%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 15 (28.85%) UNIX
2 8 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.69%) Test Automation
2 11 (21.15%) Test Management
3 8 (15.38%) Test Scripting
4 7 (13.46%) Software Testing
5 5 (9.615%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (9.615%) Quality Management
5 5 (9.615%) CRM
5 5 (9.615%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (7.692%) Stress Testing
6 4 (7.692%) Validation
6 4 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (7.692%) System Testing
6 4 (7.692%) Time Management
6 4 (7.692%) Data Validation
6 4 (7.692%) ETL
6 4 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (5.769%) Programme Management
7 3 (5.769%) Resource Management
7 3 (5.769%) Automation Testing
7 3 (5.769%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 25 (48.08%) SQL
2 12 (23.08%) Java
3 5 (9.615%) C#
4 3 (5.769%) Shell Script
4 3 (5.769%) C++
5 2 (3.846%) VB
5 2 (3.846%) VBA
6 1 (1.923%) C
Qualifications
1 15 (28.85%) ISEB
2 12 (23.08%) ISTQB
3 6 (11.54%) ISEB Practitioner
4 4 (7.692%) Degree
5 3 (5.769%) CSQA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (32.69%) QA
Systems Management
1 11 (21.15%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (15.38%) Oracle
2 5 (9.615%) Informatica
3 4 (7.692%) Sybase
4 3 (5.769%) Cognizant
4 3 (5.769%) Siebel
5 1 (1.923%) Microsoft
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