The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Analyst
Rank 89 103 77
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 71 54 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 2.124% 1.622% 2.307%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.231% 1.724% 2.451%
Number of salaries quoted 50 32 59
Average salary £45,000 £30,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £23,100 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +1.56%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3182 3133 3386
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 95.21% 94.08% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2004 2252 2558
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 £56,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Test Analyst
UK

Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Test Analyst Salary Trend

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Analyst across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Scotland Test Analyst Salary Histogram

Test Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Glasgow +10 42 £50,000 +58.73% 4
Edinburgh -7 22 £30,500 +1.66% 2
Aberdeen +5 4 £37,500 -
Stirling +23 1 - - 1
West Lothian - 1 - -
Moray - 1 - -
Test Analyst
UK

Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Test Analyst 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 Test Analyst in their job title.

1 51 (48.11%) Finance
2 47 (44.34%) SQL
3 40 (37.74%) ISEB
4 28 (26.42%) Software Testing
4 28 (26.42%) QA
4 28 (26.42%) Java
5 26 (24.53%) Test Automation
6 25 (23.58%) Banking
6 25 (23.58%) UNIX
6 25 (23.58%) QuickTest Pro
7 23 (21.70%) ISTQB
8 20 (18.87%) HP Quality Center
9 19 (17.92%) .NET
10 17 (16.04%) C#
11 16 (15.09%) Linux
11 16 (15.09%) Degree
12 15 (14.15%) Test Scripting
12 15 (14.15%) Agile Software Development
13 14 (13.21%) Test Management
14 12 (11.32%) System Testing
15 11 (10.38%) Selenium
15 11 (10.38%) Derivative
15 11 (10.38%) Oracle
16 10 (9.434%) HP
16 10 (9.434%) User Acceptance Testing
16 10 (9.434%) Performance Testing
16 10 (9.434%) Time Management
17 9 (8.491%) SQL Server
18 8 (7.547%) C++
18 8 (7.547%) Investment Banking

Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 19 (17.92%) .NET
2 6 (5.660%) WebSphere
3 3 (2.830%) Middleware
4 2 (1.887%) LAMP
4 2 (1.887%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.943%) HTML
5 1 (0.943%) COM
5 1 (0.943%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.887%) MQSeries
1 2 (1.887%) Documentum
Applications
1 3 (2.830%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.887%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.717%) ATM
1 5 (4.717%) Broadband
2 3 (2.830%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.491%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.717%) RDBMS
3 3 (2.830%) MySQL
3 3 (2.830%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 25 (23.58%) QuickTest Pro
2 11 (10.38%) Selenium
3 5 (4.717%) LoadRunner
4 4 (3.774%) JUnit
5 3 (2.830%) TestDirector
6 2 (1.887%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.887%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.887%) JBehave
6 2 (1.887%) WebDriver
General
1 51 (48.11%) Finance
2 25 (23.58%) Banking
3 8 (7.547%) Investment Banking
4 6 (5.660%) Retail
4 6 (5.660%) Retail Banking
5 3 (2.830%) Legal
6 2 (1.887%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.943%) German Language
7 1 (0.943%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.943%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.38%) Derivative
2 5 (4.717%) Equity Derivative
3 4 (3.774%) Computer Science
4 3 (2.830%) Online Banking
4 3 (2.830%) Equities
4 3 (2.830%) IVR
5 2 (1.887%) AS400
5 2 (1.887%) EPoS
5 2 (1.887%) Open Source
5 2 (1.887%) SaaS
6 1 (0.943%) Informatics
6 1 (0.943%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 25 (23.58%) UNIX
2 16 (15.09%) Linux
3 1 (0.943%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (26.42%) Software Testing
2 26 (24.53%) Test Automation
3 15 (14.15%) Test Scripting
3 15 (14.15%) Agile Software Development
4 14 (13.21%) Test Management
5 12 (11.32%) System Testing
6 10 (9.434%) User Acceptance Testing
6 10 (9.434%) Performance Testing
6 10 (9.434%) Time Management
7 8 (7.547%) Automated Testing
7 8 (7.547%) Test Strategy
8 7 (6.604%) Analytics
8 7 (6.604%) Risk Management
9 6 (5.660%) Migration
9 6 (5.660%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (5.660%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (4.717%) Product Management
10 5 (4.717%) V-Model
10 5 (4.717%) Data Management
10 5 (4.717%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (44.34%) SQL
2 28 (26.42%) Java
3 17 (16.04%) C#
4 8 (7.547%) C++
5 5 (4.717%) VBScript
6 3 (2.830%) C
6 3 (2.830%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.887%) Python
7 2 (1.887%) VB
7 2 (1.887%) VBA
7 2 (1.887%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.887%) Perl
7 2 (1.887%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 40 (37.74%) ISEB
2 23 (21.70%) ISTQB
3 16 (15.09%) Degree
4 6 (5.660%) ISEB Practitioner
5 5 (4.717%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.717%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.830%) CSQA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (26.42%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.887%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (18.87%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (10.38%) Oracle
2 10 (9.434%) HP
3 5 (4.717%) Informatica
4 4 (3.774%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.774%) Sybase
5 3 (2.830%) Siebel
5 3 (2.830%) Cognizant
5 3 (2.830%) VMware
6 2 (1.887%) Open Text
6 2 (1.887%) Intergraph
7 1 (0.943%) Fiserv
7 1 (0.943%) Cadis
7 1 (0.943%) JBoss
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Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
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Work with developers and analysts on agile projects. - Create test plans, regression and performance testing... - Create test scripts for automated testing & capture defects... - Experience of working within an...
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 19 June 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
This role would directly interact with Project Managers and Support staff from the client organization and requires good communication and stakeholder management skills. Exposure to test process improvement...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Private Medical
Posted: 13 June 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
This role would directly interact with Project Managers and Support staff from the client organization and requires good communication and stakeholder management skills. Exposure to test process improvement...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
The job requires previous manual testing of web based applications experience.The successful applicant will be responsible for leading a small team of Test Analysts and will report...
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Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Stirling, Scotland
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