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 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Automated Testing Scotland / Glasgow
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	40	26	37
Rank change year-on-year	-14	+11
Permanent jobs citing Test Automation	71	119	71
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow	5.86%	9.16%	5.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	6.36%	9.77%	6.23%
Number of salaries quoted	37	39	33
Median salary	£52,500	£39,000	£35,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+34.61%	+11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than	£37,000	£28,100	£32,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£63,250	£60,600
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	1116	1218	1140
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow	92.16%	93.76%	90.55%
Number of salaries quoted	2793	2480	3257
Median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£43,750
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than	£31,000	£27,500	£31,250
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£61,870	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£43,000
% change year-on-year	-	+4.65%

Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Test Automation as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

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 28 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Test Automation in Glasgow

Test Automation
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 28 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	103 (83.74%)	Agile Software Development
2	82 (66.67%)	Java
3	41 (33.33%)	SQL
4	38 (30.89%)	Scrum
5	37 (30.08%)	Unit Testing
5	37 (30.08%)	Relational Database
6	36 (29.27%)	Spring
7	32 (26.02%)	Selenium
8	31 (25.20%)	TDD
9	30 (24.39%)	C#
10	28 (22.76%)	JavaScript
10	28 (22.76%)	Finance
11	26 (21.14%)	Banking
12	24 (19.51%)	Python
13	23 (18.70%)	OO

14	22 (17.89%)	Oracle
14	22 (17.89%)	SQL Server
14	22 (17.89%)	Cucumber
14	22 (17.89%)	Jenkins
15	20 (16.26%)	Continuous Integration
15	20 (16.26%)	Performance Testing
15	20 (16.26%)	Hibernate
16	19 (15.45%)	Web Services
17	18 (14.63%)	BDD
18	17 (13.82%)	Git (software)
18	17 (13.82%)	Kanban
18	17 (13.82%)	QA
18	17 (13.82%)	Investment Banking
18	17 (13.82%)	Software Engineering
18	17 (13.82%)	JSON

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	6 (4.88%)	Tomcat
2	5 (4.07%)	Confluence
3	4 (3.25%)	WordPress
4	3 (2.44%)	Oracle Coherence
4	3 (2.44%)	SharePoint
5	1 (0.81%)	CMS
5	1 (0.81%)	Drupal
5	1 (0.81%)	JBoss
5	1 (0.81%)	Jetty
5	1 (0.81%)	Mule
5	1 (0.81%)	Mule ESB
5	1 (0.81%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	5 (4.07%)	Microsoft Excel

Business Applications
1	1 (0.81%)	Dynamics AX
1	1 (0.81%)	Dynamics CRM

Cloud Services
1	7 (5.69%)	Amazon AWS
2	6 (4.88%)	Microsoft Azure
3	1 (0.81%)	Cloud Computing
3	1 (0.81%)	GitHub

Communications & Networking
1	3 (2.44%)	Wireless
2	1 (0.81%)	DNS
2	1 (0.81%)	HTTP
2	1 (0.81%)	Internet
2	1 (0.81%)	IPsec
2	1 (0.81%)	SMS
2	1 (0.81%)	SMTP
2	1 (0.81%)	SSL
2	1 (0.81%)	TCP/IP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	37 (30.08%)	Relational Database
2	22 (17.89%)	SQL Server
3	17 (13.82%)	RDBMS
4	16 (13.01%)	NoSQL
5	10 (8.13%)	MongoDB
6	6 (4.88%)	DB2
7	5 (4.07%)	CouchDB
7	5 (4.07%)	Data Warehouse
7	5 (4.07%)	MySQL
8	4 (3.25%)	Big Data
8	4 (3.25%)	phpMyAdmin
9	2 (1.63%)	Hadoop
9	2 (1.63%)	SQL Server 2012
9	2 (1.63%)	SQL Server 2014
10	1 (0.81%)	Apache Cassandra
10	1 (0.81%)	Oracle Database
10	1 (0.81%)	Oracle Reports
10	1 (0.81%)	OrientDB

Development Applications
1	32 (26.02%)	Selenium
2	22 (17.89%)	Cucumber
2	22 (17.89%)	Jenkins
3	17 (13.82%)	Git (software)
4	15 (12.20%)	Maven
5	14 (11.38%)	JIRA
5	14 (11.38%)	TeamCity
6	13 (10.57%)	JUnit
7	11 (8.94%)	Ant
8	9 (7.32%)	Appium
8	9 (7.32%)	Hudson
8	9 (7.32%)	JBehave
9	8 (6.50%)	SoapUI
9	8 (6.50%)	SpecFlow
10	6 (4.88%)	Calabash
10	6 (4.88%)	Gradle
10	6 (4.88%)	HP UFT
10	6 (4.88%)	JMeter
10	6 (4.88%)	Subversion
11	5 (4.07%)	Sonatype Nexus

General
1	28 (22.76%)	Finance
2	26 (21.14%)	Banking
3	17 (13.82%)	Investment Banking
4	5 (4.07%)	Telecoms
5	2 (1.63%)	Law
6	1 (0.81%)	Front Office
6	1 (0.81%)	Games
6	1 (0.81%)	Manufacturing
6	1 (0.81%)	Marketing
6	1 (0.81%)	Retail

Job Titles
1	62 (50.41%)	Developer
2	34 (27.64%)	Senior Developer
3	32 (26.02%)	Java Developer
4	23 (18.70%)	Tester
5	18 (14.63%)	Senior Java Developer
6	12 (9.76%)	Test Engineer
7	11 (8.94%)	Python Developer
7	11 (8.94%)	Senior Python Developer
8	9 (7.32%)	Automation Tester
8	9 (7.32%)	Designer
9	8 (6.50%)	Test Automation Engineer
10	7 (5.69%)	Software Developer
10	7 (5.69%)	UI Designer
11	6 (4.88%)	Analyst
11	6 (4.88%)	Senior Analyst
11	6 (4.88%)	Senior Test Analyst
11	6 (4.88%)	Test Analyst
12	5 (4.07%)	Senior Software Developer
12	5 (4.07%)	Software Tester
12	5 (4.07%)	Web Developer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	36 (29.27%)	Spring
2	20 (16.26%)	Hibernate
3	19 (15.45%)	Web Services
4	17 (13.82%)	JSON
4	17 (13.82%)	SOAP
5	16 (13.01%)	HTML
5	16 (13.01%)	REST
5	16 (13.01%)	XML
6	15 (12.20%)	CSS
6	15 (12.20%)	jQuery
7	14 (11.38%)	RESTful
8	13 (10.57%)	J2EE
9	12 (9.76%)	AngularJS
9	12 (9.76%)	CSS3
9	12 (9.76%)	HTML5
10	10 (8.13%)	Gherkin
11	8 (6.50%)	.NET
12	6 (4.88%)	RabbitMQ
13	5 (4.07%)	FIX Protocol
13	5 (4.07%)	Spring Boot

Miscellaneous
1	14 (11.38%)	Computer Science
2	9 (7.32%)	Analytical Skills
3	8 (6.50%)	User Experience
4	4 (3.25%)	Greenfield Project
4	4 (3.25%)	Tandem
5	3 (2.44%)	Derivative
5	3 (2.44%)	Fixed Income
5	3 (2.44%)	OTC Derivatives
6	2 (1.63%)	Algorithms
6	2 (1.63%)	Clustering
6	2 (1.63%)	Data Structures
6	2 (1.63%)	Management Information System
7	1 (0.81%)	Client/Server
7	1 (0.81%)	Enterprise Software
7	1 (0.81%)	Internet of Things
7	1 (0.81%)	PMI
7	1 (0.81%)	Smart City

Operating Systems
1	10 (8.13%)	Windows
2	7 (5.69%)	Unix
3	6 (4.88%)	Android
3	6 (4.88%)	Apple iOS
4	3 (2.44%)	Linux
5	1 (0.81%)	Windows Phone

Processes & Methodologies
1	103 (83.74%)	Agile Software Development
2	38 (30.89%)	Scrum
3	37 (30.08%)	Unit Testing
4	31 (25.20%)	TDD
5	23 (18.70%)	OO
6	20 (16.26%)	Continuous Integration
6	20 (16.26%)	Performance Testing
7	18 (14.63%)	BDD
8	17 (13.82%)	DevOps
8	17 (13.82%)	Kanban
8	17 (13.82%)	Software Engineering
9	16 (13.01%)	Test Strategy
10	14 (11.38%)	SDLC
10	14 (11.38%)	Test Scripting
11	13 (10.57%)	Multithreading
11	13 (10.57%)	OOA/OOD
11	13 (10.57%)	Waterfall
12	12 (9.76%)	Microservices
12	12 (9.76%)	Web Development
13	11 (8.94%)	Manual Testing

Programming Languages
1	82 (66.67%)	Java
2	41 (33.33%)	SQL
3	30 (24.39%)	C#
4	28 (22.76%)	JavaScript
5	24 (19.51%)	Python
6	16 (13.01%)	Ruby
7	12 (9.76%)	C++
8	11 (8.94%)	PL/SQL
9	9 (7.32%)	PHP
10	6 (4.88%)	Scala
11	5 (4.07%)	Groovy
11	5 (4.07%)	Shell Script
12	3 (2.44%)	Bash Shell
12	3 (2.44%)	T-SQL
13	2 (1.63%)	Delphi
14	1 (0.81%)	Clojure
14	1 (0.81%)	Go
14	1 (0.81%)	Perl
14	1 (0.81%)	Smalltalk
14	1 (0.81%)	TypeScript

Qualifications
1	16 (13.01%)	Degree
2	10 (8.13%)	ISTQB
3	8 (6.50%)	Security Cleared
4	5 (4.07%)	MCP
4	5 (4.07%)	Microsoft Certification
4	5 (4.07%)	OCP
4	5 (4.07%)	Oracle Certification
4	5 (4.07%)	SAP Certification
5	4 (3.25%)	Computer Science Degree
5	4 (3.25%)	ISEB
6	2 (1.63%)	SC Cleared
7	1 (0.81%)	PMI Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	17 (13.82%)	QA
2	5 (4.07%)	MiFID
3	2 (1.63%)	Dodd-Frank
3	2 (1.63%)	EMIR

System Software
1	6 (4.88%)	Docker

Systems Management
1	4 (3.25%)	cPanel
2	1 (0.81%)	Ansible
2	1 (0.81%)	Business Desktop Deployment
2	1 (0.81%)	Grafana
2	1 (0.81%)	HP Quality Center
2	1 (0.81%)	Nagios
2	1 (0.81%)	Opscode Chef
2	1 (0.81%)	Puppet
2	1 (0.81%)	ZABBIX