The first table below looks at the demand for the Automation Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automation Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automation Tester
Rank 152 132 150
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +18
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 5 16 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.160% 0.465% 0.199%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.169% 0.491% 0.210%
Number of salaries quoted 0 15 5
Average salary - £36,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -28.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2960 3257 3334
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.72% 94.60% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1774 2361 2505
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 £26,750 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Automation Tester
UK

Automation Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Automation Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Automation Tester
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Automation Tester Salary Trend

Automation Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Glasgow -31 4 - -
West Lothian - 1 - -
Automation Tester
UK

Automation Tester
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Automation Tester 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 Automation Tester in their job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Java
1 7 (100.00%) Perl
1 7 (100.00%) VBScript
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Automated Testing
2 4 (57.14%) C#
2 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
3 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 3 (42.86%) Open Source
3 3 (42.86%) HP
3 3 (42.86%) QuickTest Pro
3 3 (42.86%) UNIX
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Broadband

Automation Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Automation Tester 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 Automation Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Automated Testing
1 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Java
1 7 (100.00%) Perl
1 7 (100.00%) VBScript
2 4 (57.14%) C#
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) HP
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
QTP EXPERT- Glasgow... The team will hit the ground running with QTP and will also have some exposure to QC. This an excellent chance to be working with...
Aston Carter
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013