The first table below looks at the demand for Stress Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Stress Testing 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Stress Testing
Rank 152 154 156
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Stress Testing 1 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.032% 0.029% 0.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.041% 0.113%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
Average salary £40,000 - £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £35,750
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +11.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2333 2445 2660
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 74.13% 70.77% 76.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1403 1740 1920
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Stress Testing
UK

Stress Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Stress Testing across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland Stress Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Stress Testing
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Stress Testing Salary Trend

Stress Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Stress Testing 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
Edinburgh +6 1 £40,000 -
Stress Testing
UK

Stress Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Stress 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 Stress Testing.

1 5 (83.33%) ISEB
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) TDD
4 1 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) .NET
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
4 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 1 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) Flash
4 1 (16.67%) XHTML
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
4 1 (16.67%) SAS
4 1 (16.67%) Time Management
4 1 (16.67%) Android
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010

Stress Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Stress 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 Stress Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) XML
1 1 (16.67%) Flash
1 1 (16.67%) XHTML
1 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
1 1 (16.67%) JSON
1 1 (16.67%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (16.67%) SAS
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio
1 1 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
1 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
2 4 (66.67%) Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Software Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Automated Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Integration Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Scalability Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) ISEB
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
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