Test Automation Jobs in Glasgow

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for Test Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Automation over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Automated Testing Scotland / Glasgow
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	41	26	41
Rank change year-on-year	-15	+15
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation	67	119	72
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow	5.68%	9.22%	5.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	6.15%	9.81%	6.23%
Number of salaries quoted	33	40	29
Median salary	£52,500	£39,000	£35,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+34.61%	+9.85%
90% offered a salary of more than	£40,000	£31,950	£32,800
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£60,250	£61,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£40,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	-

Test Automation is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Process & Methodology Skills Glasgow
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	1090	1213	1155
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow	92.45%	94.03%	90.52%
Number of salaries quoted	696	625	732
Median salary	£47,000	£45,000	£42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+4.44%	+5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than	£32,500	£30,000	£34,100
10% offered a salary of more than	£67,500	£60,000	£60,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£44,000
% change year-on-year	-	+2.27%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Glasgow citing Test Automation as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Test Automation in Glasgow

Test Automation
Salary Trend in Glasgow

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Automation in Glasgow.

Salary trend for Test Automation in Glasgow

Test Automation
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Test Automation in Glasgow over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Glasgow

Test Automation
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing Test Automation also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Glasgow region with a requirement for Test Automation.

1	98 (83.76%)	Agile Software Development
2	79 (67.52%)	Java
3	38 (32.48%)	SQL
4	36 (30.77%)	Unit Testing
5	35 (29.91%)	Scrum
5	35 (29.91%)	Relational Database
6	34 (29.06%)	Spring
7	30 (25.64%)	TDD
7	30 (25.64%)	C#
8	28 (23.93%)	JavaScript
8	28 (23.93%)	Selenium
9	27 (23.08%)	Finance
10	25 (21.37%)	Banking
11	23 (19.66%)	Python
12	22 (18.80%)	OO

13	21 (17.95%)	SQL Server
13	21 (17.95%)	Cucumber
13	21 (17.95%)	Jenkins
14	20 (17.09%)	Oracle
15	19 (16.24%)	Hibernate
15	19 (16.24%)	Performance Testing
16	18 (15.38%)	Continuous Integration
16	18 (15.38%)	Web Services
17	17 (14.53%)	RDBMS
17	17 (14.53%)	Investment Banking
17	17 (14.53%)	BDD
17	17 (14.53%)	Test Strategy
18	16 (13.68%)	Git (software)
18	16 (13.68%)	Software Engineering
18	16 (13.68%)	Degree

Test Automation
Co-occurring IT Skills in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	5 (4.27%)	Confluence
1	5 (4.27%)	Tomcat
2	4 (3.42%)	WordPress
3	3 (2.56%)	Oracle Coherence
3	3 (2.56%)	SharePoint
4	1 (0.85%)	CMS
4	1 (0.85%)	Drupal
4	1 (0.85%)	JBoss
4	1 (0.85%)	Jetty
4	1 (0.85%)	Mule
4	1 (0.85%)	Mule ESB
4	1 (0.85%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	5 (4.27%)	Microsoft Excel

Business Applications
1	1 (0.85%)	Dynamics AX
1	1 (0.85%)	Dynamics CRM

Cloud Services
1	7 (5.98%)	Amazon AWS
2	6 (5.13%)	Microsoft Azure
3	1 (0.85%)	GitHub
3	1 (0.85%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	3 (2.56%)	Wireless
2	1 (0.85%)	Internet
2	1 (0.85%)	SMS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	35 (29.91%)	Relational Database
2	21 (17.95%)	SQL Server
3	17 (14.53%)	RDBMS
4	15 (12.82%)	NoSQL
5	10 (8.55%)	MongoDB
6	5 (4.27%)	DB2
7	4 (3.42%)	Big Data
7	4 (3.42%)	CouchDB
7	4 (3.42%)	Data Warehouse
7	4 (3.42%)	MySQL
7	4 (3.42%)	phpMyAdmin
8	2 (1.71%)	Hadoop
8	2 (1.71%)	SQL Server 2012
8	2 (1.71%)	SQL Server 2014
9	1 (0.85%)	Apache Cassandra
9	1 (0.85%)	Oracle Database
9	1 (0.85%)	Oracle Reports
9	1 (0.85%)	OrientDB

Development Applications
1	28 (23.93%)	Selenium
2	21 (17.95%)	Cucumber
2	21 (17.95%)	Jenkins
3	16 (13.68%)	Git (software)
4	14 (11.97%)	Maven
4	14 (11.97%)	TeamCity
5	13 (11.11%)	JIRA
5	13 (11.11%)	JUnit
6	10 (8.55%)	Ant
7	9 (7.69%)	SoapUI
8	8 (6.84%)	Hudson
8	8 (6.84%)	JBehave
8	8 (6.84%)	SpecFlow
9	7 (5.98%)	Appium
10	6 (5.13%)	HP UFT
10	6 (5.13%)	Subversion
11	5 (4.27%)	FitNesse
11	5 (4.27%)	JMeter
11	5 (4.27%)	LoadRunner
11	5 (4.27%)	Sonatype Nexus

General
1	27 (23.08%)	Finance
2	25 (21.37%)	Banking
3	17 (14.53%)	Investment Banking
4	4 (3.42%)	Telecoms
5	2 (1.71%)	Law
6	1 (0.85%)	Front Office
6	1 (0.85%)	Games
6	1 (0.85%)	Manufacturing
6	1 (0.85%)	Marketing
6	1 (0.85%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	61 (52.14%)	Developer
2	33 (28.21%)	Senior Developer
3	31 (26.50%)	Java Developer
4	20 (17.09%)	Tester
5	17 (14.53%)	Senior Java Developer
6	13 (11.11%)	Test Engineer
7	11 (9.40%)	Python Developer
7	11 (9.40%)	Senior Python Developer
8	9 (7.69%)	Designer
8	9 (7.69%)	Test Automation Engineer
9	7 (5.98%)	Automation Tester
9	7 (5.98%)	UI Designer
10	6 (5.13%)	Analyst
10	6 (5.13%)	Senior Analyst
10	6 (5.13%)	Senior Test Analyst
10	6 (5.13%)	Software Developer
10	6 (5.13%)	Test Analyst
11	5 (4.27%)	Test Automation Developer
11	5 (4.27%)	Web Developer
12	4 (3.42%)	ETL Tester

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	34 (29.06%)	Spring
2	19 (16.24%)	Hibernate
3	18 (15.38%)	Web Services
4	16 (13.68%)	HTML
4	16 (13.68%)	XML
5	15 (12.82%)	CSS
5	15 (12.82%)	jQuery
5	15 (12.82%)	JSON
5	15 (12.82%)	REST
5	15 (12.82%)	SOAP
6	13 (11.11%)	J2EE
6	13 (11.11%)	RESTful
7	12 (10.26%)	AngularJS
7	12 (10.26%)	CSS3
7	12 (10.26%)	HTML5
8	10 (8.55%)	Gherkin
9	9 (7.69%)	.NET
10	5 (4.27%)	FIX Protocol
10	5 (4.27%)	RabbitMQ
10	5 (4.27%)	Spring Boot

Miscellaneous
1	13 (11.11%)	Computer Science
2	9 (7.69%)	Analytical Skills
3	8 (6.84%)	User Experience
4	4 (3.42%)	Greenfield Project
5	3 (2.56%)	Derivative
5	3 (2.56%)	Fixed Income
5	3 (2.56%)	OTC Derivatives
5	3 (2.56%)	Tandem
6	2 (1.71%)	Algorithms
6	2 (1.71%)	Clustering
6	2 (1.71%)	Data Structures
7	1 (0.85%)	Enterprise Software
7	1 (0.85%)	Internet of Things
7	1 (0.85%)	Management Information System
7	1 (0.85%)	PMI
7	1 (0.85%)	Smart City

Operating Systems
1	7 (5.98%)	Windows
2	4 (3.42%)	Android
2	4 (3.42%)	Apple iOS
2	4 (3.42%)	Unix
3	1 (0.85%)	Linux
3	1 (0.85%)	Windows Phone

Processes & Methodologies
1	98 (83.76%)	Agile Software Development
2	36 (30.77%)	Unit Testing
3	35 (29.91%)	Scrum
4	30 (25.64%)	TDD
5	22 (18.80%)	OO
6	19 (16.24%)	Performance Testing
7	18 (15.38%)	Continuous Integration
8	17 (14.53%)	BDD
8	17 (14.53%)	Test Strategy
9	16 (13.68%)	Kanban
9	16 (13.68%)	Software Engineering
10	14 (11.97%)	DevOps
10	14 (11.97%)	SDLC
10	14 (11.97%)	Test Scripting
11	13 (11.11%)	Multithreading
11	13 (11.11%)	Waterfall
12	12 (10.26%)	OOA/OOD
13	11 (9.40%)	Exploratory Testing
13	11 (9.40%)	Microservices
13	11 (9.40%)	Web Development

Programming Languages
1	79 (67.52%)	Java
2	38 (32.48%)	SQL
3	30 (25.64%)	C#
4	28 (23.93%)	JavaScript
5	23 (19.66%)	Python
6	15 (12.82%)	Ruby
7	12 (10.26%)	C++
8	10 (8.55%)	PL/SQL
9	8 (6.84%)	PHP
10	6 (5.13%)	Scala
11	5 (4.27%)	Groovy
12	4 (3.42%)	Shell Script
13	3 (2.56%)	T-SQL
14	2 (1.71%)	Bash Shell
14	2 (1.71%)	Delphi
15	1 (0.85%)	Clojure
15	1 (0.85%)	Go
15	1 (0.85%)	Smalltalk
15	1 (0.85%)	TypeScript

Qualifications
1	16 (13.68%)	Degree
2	9 (7.69%)	ISTQB
3	8 (6.84%)	Security Cleared
4	5 (4.27%)	MCP
4	5 (4.27%)	Microsoft Certification
4	5 (4.27%)	OCP
4	5 (4.27%)	Oracle Certification
4	5 (4.27%)	SAP Certification
5	4 (3.42%)	Computer Science Degree
5	4 (3.42%)	ISEB
6	2 (1.71%)	SC Cleared
7	1 (0.85%)	PMI Certification