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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Strategy
Rank 126 115 121
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +6
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 35 41 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 1.059% 1.202% 1.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.436% 1.661% 1.332%
Number of salaries quoted 13 27 25
Average salary £44,000 £42,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.52% -26.08%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £36,000 £35,900
10% offered a salary of more than £49,500 £55,000 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,750 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+0.58% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2438 2469 2778
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 73.77% 72.40% 77.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1527 1749 2017
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,165
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Strategy
UK

Test Strategy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Test Strategy Jobs Demand Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Test Strategy Salary Trend

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Strategy across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Scotland Test Strategy Salary Histogram

Test Strategy
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh -7 17 £47,500 -13.63% 2
Glasgow -17 13 £40,000 +11.11%
Stirling - 3 - -
Aberdeen - 2 £47,500 -
Test Strategy
UK

Test Strategy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy.

1 41 (78.85%) Finance
2 16 (30.77%) Java
3 14 (26.92%) Automated Testing
4 13 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
4 13 (25.00%) Banking
4 13 (25.00%) C#
4 13 (25.00%) ISEB
5 12 (23.08%) Perl
5 12 (23.08%) VBScript
6 11 (21.15%) ISTQB
6 11 (21.15%) Test Automation
7 10 (19.23%) Test Management
8 9 (17.31%) Retail
8 9 (17.31%) QA
8 9 (17.31%) Analytics
9 8 (15.38%) soapUI
9 8 (15.38%) System Testing
9 8 (15.38%) SOA
10 7 (13.46%) .NET
10 7 (13.46%) SQL
10 7 (13.46%) Retail Banking
11 6 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (11.54%) Degree
11 6 (11.54%) SOAP
11 6 (11.54%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (11.54%) Scrum
12 5 (9.615%) HP
12 5 (9.615%) Risk Management
12 5 (9.615%) Oracle

Test Strategy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (15.38%) soapUI
2 7 (13.46%) .NET
3 6 (11.54%) SOAP
4 3 (5.769%) Web Services
5 1 (1.923%) HTML5
5 1 (1.923%) J2EE
5 1 (1.923%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.769%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 3 (5.769%) MS Project
3 2 (3.846%) Open Workbench
4 1 (1.923%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.923%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.846%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.692%) ATM
1 4 (7.692%) Internet
2 1 (1.923%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.54%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (7.692%) RDBMS
3 2 (3.846%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.769%) JUnit
1 3 (5.769%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (3.846%) LoadRunner
2 2 (3.846%) FitNesse
2 2 (3.846%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.923%) Selenium
General
1 41 (78.85%) Finance
2 13 (25.00%) Banking
3 9 (17.31%) Retail
4 7 (13.46%) Retail Banking
5 4 (7.692%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.846%) Private Banking
7 1 (1.923%) Back Office
7 1 (1.923%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.923%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (21.15%) Tester
1 11 (21.15%) Analyst
2 10 (19.23%) Test Engineer
3 8 (15.38%) Test Manager
3 8 (15.38%) Test Analyst
4 6 (11.54%) Automation Tester
4 6 (11.54%) Automation Engineer
5 5 (9.615%) QA Analyst
5 5 (9.615%) Quality Analyst
5 5 (9.615%) QA Test Analyst
6 4 (7.692%) Testing Manager
6 4 (7.692%) Compliance Manager
7 3 (5.769%) Technical Project Leader
7 3 (5.769%) Senior Tester
7 3 (5.769%) Project Leader
8 2 (3.846%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (3.846%) Test Team Leader
8 2 (3.846%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (3.846%) Team Leader
8 2 (3.846%) Senior Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.692%) Management Information System
1 4 (7.692%) IVR
1 4 (7.692%) Online Banking
2 3 (5.769%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.846%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.923%) Social Media
4 1 (1.923%) Derivative
4 1 (1.923%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.846%) Windows
2 1 (1.923%) Android
2 1 (1.923%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.92%) Automated Testing
2 13 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 11 (21.15%) Test Automation
4 10 (19.23%) Test Management
5 9 (17.31%) Analytics
6 8 (15.38%) System Testing
6 8 (15.38%) SOA
7 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (11.54%) Scrum
7 6 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (9.615%) Product Management
8 5 (9.615%) Software Testing
8 5 (9.615%) Risk Management
8 5 (9.615%) BDD
9 4 (7.692%) CRM
9 4 (7.692%) Project Management
9 4 (7.692%) Programme Management
9 4 (7.692%) Unit Testing
9 4 (7.692%) Test Scripting
10 3 (5.769%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (30.77%) Java
2 13 (25.00%) C#
3 12 (23.08%) VBScript
3 12 (23.08%) Perl
4 7 (13.46%) SQL
5 1 (1.923%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (25.00%) ISEB
2 11 (21.15%) ISTQB
3 6 (11.54%) Degree
4 2 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (3.846%) PMP
4 2 (3.846%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.923%) CISA
5 1 (1.923%) QiCA
5 1 (1.923%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (17.31%) QA
2 4 (7.692%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (5.769%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (9.615%) Oracle
1 5 (9.615%) HP
2 4 (7.692%) Siebel
2 4 (7.692%) Cognizant
3 2 (3.846%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.846%) Citrix
4 1 (1.923%) Informatica
4 1 (1.923%) Reuters
4 1 (1.923%) Bloomberg
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The roles will be involved in large, complex audits across Investment Banking, Retail and Wealth divisions in addition to independent assessment and certification of critical payments and settlement...
Change Recruitment Group
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
We are looking for motivated, organised individuals with extensive knowledge of Technology, Audit or Risk Management... Design testing strategy to be used during fieldwork... Mandatory Requirements Relevant qualifications -...
Change Recruitment Group
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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