The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Engineer
Rank 156 154 153
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 5 2 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.151% 0.059% 0.139%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.159% 0.062% 0.148%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 5
Average salary £24,000 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-46.66% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3143 3212 3386
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 95.10% 94.19% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1979 2309 2549
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 £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
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QA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland QA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Scotland QA Engineer Salary Trend

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Vacancies
West Lothian - 3 - -
Glasgow -18 1 - -
Dundee - 1 £24,000 -
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UK

QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited QA Engineer 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 QA Engineer in their job title.

1 15 (100.00%) QA
2 12 (80.00%) Degree
3 10 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (66.67%) TDD
3 10 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
3 10 (66.67%) Selenium
3 10 (66.67%) Scrum
4 9 (60.00%) XML Schema
4 9 (60.00%) QuickTest Pro
4 9 (60.00%) XML
4 9 (60.00%) FitNesse
4 9 (60.00%) Test Automation
4 9 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (60.00%) User Stories
4 9 (60.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Java
6 2 (13.33%) C#
6 2 (13.33%) C++
6 2 (13.33%) Python
6 2 (13.33%) .NET
6 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
6 2 (13.33%) Automated Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Games
6 2 (13.33%) Ruby
6 2 (13.33%) Game Development
7 1 (6.667%) Validation
7 1 (6.667%) System Testing
7 1 (6.667%) Web Testing
7 1 (6.667%) Test Scripting
7 1 (6.667%) RDBMS

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited QA Engineer 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 QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (60.00%) XML
1 9 (60.00%) XML Schema
2 2 (13.33%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (66.67%) Selenium
2 9 (60.00%) FitNesse
2 9 (60.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 2 (13.33%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Scrum
1 10 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 10 (66.67%) TDD
1 10 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
2 9 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 9 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (60.00%) User Stories
3 2 (13.33%) Game Development
3 2 (13.33%) Automated Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Web Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Test Scripting
4 1 (6.667%) System Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Java
2 2 (13.33%) C#
2 2 (13.33%) C++
2 2 (13.33%) Python
2 2 (13.33%) Ruby
3 1 (6.667%) Perl
3 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (6.667%) ISO 9000
Edinburgh, Scotland
Harvey Nash's leading financial services client is looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Analyst to join their team in Edinburgh. Testing a market leading, cutting edge product...
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 27 May 2013
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