The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Tester
Rank 143 151 149
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Tester 9 9 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.275% 0.264% 0.168%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.289% 0.280% 0.179%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 4
Average salary £32,000 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,400 £28,250
10% offered a salary of more than £36,250 £34,800 £34,200
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3114 3217 3353
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 95.20% 94.23% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1951 2316 2528
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 £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Software Tester
UK

Software Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Software Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Software Tester
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Software Tester Salary Trend

Software Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Tester across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland Software Tester Salary Histogram

Software Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 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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Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh 0 3 £35,000 +2.94%
Dundee -4 3 £24,000 - 1
Glasgow -7 3 - - 1
Software Tester
UK

Software Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title.

1 8 (53.33%) Degree
2 7 (46.67%) Java
3 6 (40.00%) ISEB
3 6 (40.00%) Games
3 6 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 6 (40.00%) QA
4 5 (33.33%) Selenium
4 5 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 5 (33.33%) Automated Testing
5 4 (26.67%) TDD
5 4 (26.67%) Scrum
5 4 (26.67%) Internet
5 4 (26.67%) PHP
5 4 (26.67%) .NET
5 4 (26.67%) Ant
5 4 (26.67%) Puppet
5 4 (26.67%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (26.67%) Web Testing
5 4 (26.67%) Jenkins
5 4 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
6 3 (20.00%) C#
7 2 (13.33%) C++
7 2 (13.33%) SQL
7 2 (13.33%) UNIX
7 2 (13.33%) Linux
7 2 (13.33%) Python
7 2 (13.33%) Regression Testing
7 2 (13.33%) Scalability Testing
7 2 (13.33%) Manual Testing

Software Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Software 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 Software Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (26.67%) .NET
2 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (6.667%) jQuery
2 1 (6.667%) JSON
2 1 (6.667%) XHTML
2 1 (6.667%) Flash
2 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET
2 1 (6.667%) CSS
2 1 (6.667%) XML
2 1 (6.667%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (6.667%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (6.667%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Selenium
2 4 (26.67%) Ant
2 4 (26.67%) Jenkins
3 1 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (6.667%) JIRA
3 1 (6.667%) JUnit
3 1 (6.667%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (40.00%) Games
2 1 (6.667%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.667%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) UNIX
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
2 1 (6.667%) Apple iOS
2 1 (6.667%) Android
2 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 5 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 4 (26.67%) TDD
3 4 (26.67%) Scrum
3 4 (26.67%) Web Testing
3 4 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (13.33%) Regression Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Scalability Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Manual Testing
4 2 (13.33%) System Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Validation
4 2 (13.33%) Game Development
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Compatibility Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Stress Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (6.667%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) Java
2 4 (26.67%) PHP
3 3 (20.00%) C#
4 2 (13.33%) C++
4 2 (13.33%) SQL
4 2 (13.33%) Python
4 2 (13.33%) Ruby
5 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Degree
2 6 (40.00%) ISEB
3 1 (6.667%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Puppet
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Be exposed to web testing with knowledge of cross browser testing... Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications such as excel, word etc... Desirables include ISTQB foundation certification,...
Net Talent
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent Benefit
Posted: 18 June 2013
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