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The table below looks at the demand for Manual Testing skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Manual Testing over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkManual Testing
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank144164
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching permanent IT job ads1312
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.560 %0.396 %
Salaries quoted68
Average minimum salary£25,000£30,250
Average salary£27,750£30,875
% change on same period last year-10.12 %
Average maximum salary£30,500£31,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,322£33,781
% change on same period last year-10.24 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads23223030
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.349 %1.304 %
Salaries quoted16941921
Average minimum salary£39,614£35,489
Average salary£43,056£38,507
% change on same period last year+11.81 %
Average maximum salary£46,498£41,524
UK excluding London average salary£42,657£44,229
% change on same period last year-3.55 %
Manual Testing UKManual Testing
UK

Manual Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland Manual Testing Demand Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Manual Testing Salary Trend

Manual Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Manual Testing across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Scotland Manual Testing Salary Histogram

Manual Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Manual Testing within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 13 October 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+339£26,500+6.00 %
GlasgowUp+164£28,375-11.32 %
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Manual Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing.

19 (45.00 %)Software Testing
19 (45.00 %)QuickTest Pro
24 (20.00 %)Finance
24 (20.00 %)UNIX
33 (15.00 %)SQL Server
33 (15.00 %)Solaris
33 (15.00 %)Linux
42 (10.00 %).NET
42 (10.00 %)MySQL
42 (10.00 %)ISEB
42 (10.00 %)RDBMS
42 (10.00 %)Automated Testing
42 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (10.00 %)Marketing
42 (10.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
51 (5.000 %)Stress Testing
51 (5.000 %)Test Scripting
51 (5.000 %)Web Development
51 (5.000 %)Selenium
51 (5.000 %)Digital Marketing
51 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (5.000 %)Pay per click
51 (5.000 %)PDA
51 (5.000 %)Pensions
51 (5.000 %)Regression Testing
51 (5.000 %)Microsoft
51 (5.000 %)RDF
51 (5.000 %)Windows
51 (5.000 %)Intranet
51 (5.000 %)Internet

Manual Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Manual 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 Manual Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (10.00 %).NET
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.000 %)Intranet
11 (5.000 %)Internet
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (15.00 %)SQL Server
22 (10.00 %)RDBMS
22 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (10.00 %)MySQL
31 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2005
Scotland IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (45.00 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (5.000 %)Selenium
Scotland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (20.00 %)Finance
22 (10.00 %)Marketing
31 (5.000 %)Pensions
Scotland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (70.00 %)Analyst
211 (55.00 %)Test Analyst
36 (30.00 %)Tester
42 (10.00 %)Quality Analyst
51 (5.000 %)Business Analyst
51 (5.000 %)Manual Tester
51 (5.000 %)Software Tester
Scotland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)Client/Server
11 (5.000 %)PDA
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (20.00 %)UNIX
23 (15.00 %)Solaris
23 (15.00 %)Linux
31 (5.000 %)Windows
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (45.00 %)Software Testing
22 (10.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
22 (10.00 %)Automated Testing
31 (5.000 %)Stress Testing
31 (5.000 %)Test Scripting
31 (5.000 %)RDF
31 (5.000 %)Regression Testing
31 (5.000 %)Pay per click
31 (5.000 %)Web Development
31 (5.000 %)Digital Marketing
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.000 %)C
11 (5.000 %)SQL
11 (5.000 %)Python
Scotland IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (10.00 %)ISEB
Scotland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.000 %)Microsoft