The first table below looks at the demand for ISTQB in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISTQB over the 3 months to 24 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 Qualifications for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB)
Rank 130 126 118
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -8
Permanent jobs citing ISTQB 23 29 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.731% 0.839% 1.177%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.635% 2.678% 3.875%
Number of salaries quoted 13 25 32
Average salary £38,750 £40,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.12% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £77,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £35,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -6.04%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
873 1083 1058
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 27.74% 31.35% 30.37%
Number of salaries quoted 505 784 779
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ISTQB
UK

ISTQB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland ISTQB Salary Trend

ISTQB
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISTQB across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland ISTQB Salary Histogram

ISTQB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISTQB within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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 -10 12 £50,000 +127.27%
Edinburgh -2 9 £37,500 -42.30%
Aberdeen - 2 £32,250 -
Dundee -4 1 £22,000 -8.33%
ISTQB
UK

ISTQB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 31 (83.78%) ISEB
2 21 (56.76%) Finance
2 21 (56.76%) Software Testing
3 16 (43.24%) Test Automation
4 14 (37.84%) QA
5 11 (29.73%) HP Quality Center
6 10 (27.03%) Test Management
6 10 (27.03%) Agile Software Development
6 10 (27.03%) Banking
7 9 (24.32%) QuickTest Pro
7 9 (24.32%) .NET
7 9 (24.32%) Test Strategy
8 7 (18.92%) C#
8 7 (18.92%) HP
9 6 (16.22%) SQL
9 6 (16.22%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (16.22%) System Testing
10 5 (13.51%) Selenium
10 5 (13.51%) Analytics
10 5 (13.51%) Automated Testing
10 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
11 4 (10.81%) Java
11 4 (10.81%) ISEB Practitioner
11 4 (10.81%) Non-Functional Testing
11 4 (10.81%) Degree
12 3 (8.108%) Resource Management
12 3 (8.108%) WebSphere
12 3 (8.108%) Matrix Management
12 3 (8.108%) CSQA
12 3 (8.108%) Product Management

ISTQB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 9 (24.32%) .NET
2 3 (8.108%) WebSphere
3 1 (2.703%) WCF
3 1 (2.703%) LAMP
3 1 (2.703%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.703%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.703%) Documentum
1 1 (2.703%) MQSeries
Applications
1 2 (5.405%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.703%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.703%) RDBMS
1 1 (2.703%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (24.32%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (13.51%) Selenium
3 2 (5.405%) LoadRunner
4 1 (2.703%) Redmine
4 1 (2.703%) Subversion
4 1 (2.703%) TestDirector
General
1 21 (56.76%) Finance
2 10 (27.03%) Banking
3 3 (8.108%) Investment Banking
4 2 (5.405%) Financial Institution
4 2 (5.405%) Retail
4 2 (5.405%) German Language
4 2 (5.405%) Retail Banking
4 2 (5.405%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (2.703%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (43.24%) Analyst
1 16 (43.24%) Test Analyst
2 6 (16.22%) QA Analyst
2 6 (16.22%) QA Test Analyst
2 6 (16.22%) Quality Analyst
3 5 (13.51%) Test Leader
3 5 (13.51%) Senior Test Analyst
3 5 (13.51%) Team Leader
3 5 (13.51%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (13.51%) Test Team Leader
4 3 (8.108%) Test Engineer
4 3 (8.108%) Test Manager
5 2 (5.405%) Test Specialist
5 2 (5.405%) Head of Testing
5 2 (5.405%) Automated Test Specialist
6 1 (2.703%) Performance Test Analyst
6 1 (2.703%) UAT Test Manager
6 1 (2.703%) Testing Specialist
6 1 (2.703%) UAT Manager
6 1 (2.703%) QA Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) Credit Risk
2 1 (2.703%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.703%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.703%) AS400
2 1 (2.703%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.703%) Windows
1 1 (2.703%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (56.76%) Software Testing
2 16 (43.24%) Test Automation
3 10 (27.03%) Test Management
3 10 (27.03%) Agile Software Development
4 9 (24.32%) Test Strategy
5 6 (16.22%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (16.22%) System Testing
6 5 (13.51%) Analytics
6 5 (13.51%) Automated Testing
7 4 (10.81%) Non-Functional Testing
8 3 (8.108%) Resource Management
8 3 (8.108%) Matrix Management
8 3 (8.108%) Product Management
8 3 (8.108%) Performance Testing
8 3 (8.108%) Test Scripting
8 3 (8.108%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (8.108%) Risk Management
8 3 (8.108%) Scrum
8 3 (8.108%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (5.405%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.92%) C#
2 6 (16.22%) SQL
3 4 (10.81%) Java
4 1 (2.703%) Ruby
4 1 (2.703%) C
4 1 (2.703%) Python
4 1 (2.703%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.703%) Perl
Qualifications
1 31 (83.78%) ISEB
2 4 (10.81%) ISEB Practitioner
2 4 (10.81%) Degree
3 3 (8.108%) CSQA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (37.84%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.703%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (29.73%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) HP
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.108%) JBoss
4 1 (2.703%) Intergraph
4 1 (2.703%) Open Text
4 1 (2.703%) VMware
4 1 (2.703%) Reuters
4 1 (2.703%) Bloomberg
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
Dunfermline, Fife
You will ideally hold an HND/HNC/Degree educated in Computer Science, Engineering or Similar discipline. You will be able to demonstrate strong background in a software testing...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £380000 per annum + Good benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013