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This section looks at the demand for the Functional Tester role in IT jobs within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Functional Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Functional Tester
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank153184
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching permanent IT job ads11
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.027 %0.017 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£28,000-
Average salary£29,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£30,000-
UK excluding London average salary£36,500£34,625
% change on same period last year+5.41 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads37525942
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.981 %2.433 %
Salaries quoted25373719
Average minimum salary£33,174£33,294
Average salary£36,476£35,916
% change on same period last year+1.55 %
Average maximum salary£39,778£38,539
UK excluding London average salary£38,197£39,483
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Functional Tester UKFunctional Tester
UK

Functional Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Functional Tester across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Functional Tester Demand Trend

Functional Tester
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Functional Tester Salary Trend

Functional Tester
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Tester within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghUp+231£29,000-
Functional Tester UKFunctional Tester
UK

Functional Tester
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Functional 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 Functional Tester in their job title.

14 (100.00 %)Oracle
14 (100.00 %)TestDirector
14 (100.00 %)ISEB
23 (75.00 %)WinRunner
23 (75.00 %)WebSphere
23 (75.00 %)Performance Testing
23 (75.00 %)LoadRunner
23 (75.00 %)WebSphere MQ
23 (75.00 %)Mainframe
23 (75.00 %)MQSeries
23 (75.00 %)Siebel
23 (75.00 %)IBM
23 (75.00 %)IBM Mainframe
31 (25.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)DB2
31 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
31 (25.00 %)Finance

Functional Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Functional 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 Functional Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %)WebSphere
Scotland IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)MQSeries
13 (75.00 %)WebSphere MQ
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)DB2
Scotland IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (100.00 %)TestDirector
23 (75.00 %)LoadRunner
23 (75.00 %)WinRunner
Scotland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Finance
Scotland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (75.00 %)Mainframe
13 (75.00 %)IBM Mainframe
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Performance Testing
21 (25.00 %)Test Scripting
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)SQL
Scotland IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (100.00 %)ISEB
Scotland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Oracle
23 (75.00 %)Siebel
23 (75.00 %)IBM
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