The first table below looks at the demand for Unit 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 Unit Testing over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unit Testing
Rank 59 60 80
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +20
Permanent jobs citing Unit Testing 114 105 78
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 3.573% 3.000% 2.281%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.810% 4.279% 2.990%
Number of salaries quoted 51 67 57
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -14.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,300 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2370 2454 2609
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 74.27% 70.11% 76.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1410 1750 1892
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £42,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -5.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,700
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Unit Testing
UK

Unit Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Unit Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Unit Testing Salary Trend

Unit Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unit Testing across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Scotland Unit Testing Salary Histogram

Unit Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unit Testing within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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
Glasgow +3 64 £47,500 +39.70%
Edinburgh -8 47 £37,500 +10.29%
Fife - 1 - -
West Lothian - 1 - -
Unit Testing
UK

Unit Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing.

1 97 (53.30%) .NET
2 88 (48.35%) C#
3 87 (47.80%) Java
4 80 (43.96%) Finance
5 77 (42.31%) XML
6 68 (37.36%) JavaScript
7 65 (35.71%) Scrum
7 65 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
8 62 (34.07%) Microsoft
9 57 (31.32%) jQuery
10 55 (30.22%) Subversion
11 49 (26.92%) Banking
11 49 (26.92%) Degree
11 49 (26.92%) SQL
11 49 (26.92%) SQL Server
12 47 (25.82%) UNIX
13 45 (24.73%) .NET Framework
14 39 (21.43%) CSS
14 39 (21.43%) Continuous Integration
15 38 (20.88%) ASP.NET
15 38 (20.88%) Computer Science
15 38 (20.88%) MVC
16 37 (20.33%) WCF
16 37 (20.33%) HTML
17 36 (19.78%) Spring
18 35 (19.23%) Hibernate
18 35 (19.23%) TDD
19 34 (18.68%) Web Services
20 32 (17.58%) N-Tier
20 32 (17.58%) Data Modelling

Unit Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Unit 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 Unit Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 97 (53.30%) .NET
2 77 (42.31%) XML
3 57 (31.32%) jQuery
4 45 (24.73%) .NET Framework
5 39 (21.43%) CSS
6 38 (20.88%) ASP.NET
7 37 (20.33%) WCF
7 37 (20.33%) HTML
8 36 (19.78%) Spring
9 35 (19.23%) Hibernate
10 34 (18.68%) Web Services
11 32 (17.58%) Ajax
12 29 (15.93%) ASP.NET MVC
13 24 (13.19%) WPF
14 23 (12.64%) JMS
15 22 (12.09%) HTML5
16 20 (10.99%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 16 (8.791%) J2EE
18 15 (8.242%) JSON
19 13 (7.143%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 26 (14.29%) Tomcat
2 8 (4.396%) BizTalk Server
3 7 (3.846%) TIBCO EMS
3 7 (3.846%) WebSphere MQ
3 7 (3.846%) Amazon EC2
4 5 (2.747%) MSMQ
4 5 (2.747%) Apache Solr
4 5 (2.747%) Windows Azure
4 5 (2.747%) NServiceBus
4 5 (2.747%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (1.648%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (1.648%) IIS
6 2 (1.099%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (1.099%) Apache Qpid
6 2 (1.099%) MQSeries
6 2 (1.099%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.099%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.549%) Apache
7 1 (0.549%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 30 (16.48%) MS Excel
2 15 (8.242%) MS Office
3 2 (1.099%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.648%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.099%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (1.099%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.549%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.495%) Internet
2 7 (3.846%) Ethernet
3 6 (3.297%) HTTP
4 2 (1.099%) FTP
4 2 (1.099%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (26.92%) SQL Server
2 23 (12.64%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (6.044%) NoSQL
4 10 (5.495%) SQL Server 2012
5 7 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (3.846%) Oracle 10g
6 6 (3.297%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (3.297%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (2.747%) TOAD
7 5 (2.747%) CouchDB
7 5 (2.747%) Couchbase
8 4 (2.198%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (2.198%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (2.198%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 4 (2.198%) Oracle 11g
9 3 (1.648%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.648%) MySQL
9 3 (1.648%) Data Mining
10 2 (1.099%) MarkLogic
10 2 (1.099%) BigTable
Development Applications
1 55 (30.22%) Subversion
2 31 (17.03%) Visual Studio
3 30 (16.48%) Eclipse
4 25 (13.74%) Team Foundation Server
5 24 (13.19%) JUnit
6 21 (11.54%) Git (software)
7 17 (9.341%) Selenium
8 15 (8.242%) Maven
9 14 (7.692%) JIRA
10 10 (5.495%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
11 9 (4.945%) MSTest
12 7 (3.846%) PhoneGap
12 7 (3.846%) Appcelerator Titanium
13 6 (3.297%) Oracle Forms
14 5 (2.747%) NUnit
14 5 (2.747%) TeamCity
15 4 (2.198%) VSS/SourceSafe
16 2 (1.099%) Jenkins
16 2 (1.099%) MSBuild
16 2 (1.099%) Hudson
General
1 80 (43.96%) Finance
2 49 (26.92%) Banking
3 22 (12.09%) Private Banking
4 11 (6.044%) Games
5 10 (5.495%) Legal
5 10 (5.495%) Telecoms
6 8 (4.396%) Investment Banking
7 7 (3.846%) Electronics
8 4 (2.198%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.198%) Front Office
9 3 (1.648%) Retail
10 2 (1.099%) Back Office
10 2 (1.099%) Publishing
11 1 (0.549%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 123 (67.58%) Developer
2 34 (18.68%) .NET Developer
3 25 (13.74%) Java Developer
4 24 (13.19%) C# Developer
5 18 (9.890%) Software Engineer
6 17 (9.341%) Senior Developer
7 16 (8.791%) C# .NET Developer
8 11 (6.044%) Analyst
8 11 (6.044%) Software Developer
9 10 (5.495%) Consultant
10 9 (4.945%) Microsoft Developer
10 9 (4.945%) Applications Support
10 9 (4.945%) Front-End Developer
11 7 (3.846%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 7 (3.846%) Applications Support Analyst
11 7 (3.846%) Web Developer
11 7 (3.846%) Support Analyst
12 6 (3.297%) Junior
12 6 (3.297%) Test Engineer
12 6 (3.297%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 38 (20.88%) Computer Science
2 32 (17.58%) N-Tier
3 16 (8.791%) Clustering
3 16 (8.791%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (7.143%) Mathematics
5 12 (6.593%) Equities
6 10 (5.495%) Fixed Income
7 8 (4.396%) Open Source
7 8 (4.396%) Derivative
8 7 (3.846%) CUDA
8 7 (3.846%) Visualisation
9 6 (3.297%) Client/Server
9 6 (3.297%) Equity Derivative
9 6 (3.297%) Economics
10 5 (2.747%) Web 2.0
11 4 (2.198%) Mobile App
11 4 (2.198%) Credit Risk
12 2 (1.099%) Reference Data
12 2 (1.099%) SaaS
12 2 (1.099%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 47 (25.82%) UNIX
2 19 (10.44%) Windows
3 13 (7.143%) Android
4 12 (6.593%) Apple iOS
5 10 (5.495%) Linux
6 5 (2.747%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (1.099%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.549%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (35.71%) Scrum
1 65 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
2 39 (21.43%) Continuous Integration
3 38 (20.88%) MVC
4 35 (19.23%) TDD
5 32 (17.58%) Data Modelling
6 28 (15.38%) Extreme Programming
7 24 (13.19%) SOA
8 22 (12.09%) Product Management
9 16 (8.791%) Multithreading
10 15 (8.242%) Performance Testing
11 14 (7.692%) OO
12 13 (7.143%) Web Development
12 13 (7.143%) Software Engineering
13 12 (6.593%) Workflow
14 11 (6.044%) CRM
15 9 (4.945%) Integration Testing
15 9 (4.945%) Analytics
16 8 (4.396%) UML
17 7 (3.846%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 88 (48.35%) C#
2 87 (47.80%) Java
3 68 (37.36%) JavaScript
4 49 (26.92%) SQL
5 21 (11.54%) Python
6 14 (7.692%) C++
7 13 (7.143%) VB.NET
8 10 (5.495%) C
9 9 (4.945%) PHP
9 9 (4.945%) T-SQL
9 9 (4.945%) VBA
10 7 (3.846%) VC++
10 7 (3.846%) PL/SQL
11 6 (3.297%) Perl
11 6 (3.297%) Ruby
12 5 (2.747%) XPath
13 4 (2.198%) Scala
14 3 (1.648%) VBScript
14 3 (1.648%) Shell Script
14 3 (1.648%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 49 (26.92%) Degree
2 8 (4.396%) MCPD
3 6 (3.297%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (3.297%) Sun Certification
4 4 (2.198%) MCDBA
5 3 (1.648%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.099%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.099%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.143%) QA
2 1 (0.549%) WCAG
2 1 (0.549%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.648%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.099%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (1.099%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.549%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 62 (34.07%) Microsoft
2 21 (11.54%) Oracle
3 9 (4.945%) Sybase
4 8 (4.396%) Cognos
5 7 (3.846%) TIBCO
5 7 (3.846%) Pega
6 6 (3.297%) JBoss
7 4 (2.198%) Teradata
8 3 (1.648%) VMware
9 1 (0.549%) Adobe
9 1 (0.549%) HP
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