Software Testing Jobs in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 58 100
Rank change year-on-year +1 +42 -44
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 56 105 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.65% 4.89% 2.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 5.08% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 47 31 36
10th Percentile £40,200 £37,500 £31,625
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,088
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +30.00% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £82,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £89,472 -
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £45,899 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,387 2,065 2,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 90.42% 96.18% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 973 1,192 1,335
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,813 £68,750
90th Percentile £96,539 £92,404 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,905 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.33% +10.30% +5.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Software Testing in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 12 (21.43%) Confluence
2 1 (1.79%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.07%) Azure
2 7 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (1.79%) OCI
3 1 (1.79%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (23.21%) JIRA
2 12 (21.43%) Bitbucket
3 7 (12.50%) Cypress.io
4 5 (8.93%) Jenkins
5 4 (7.14%) Appium
5 4 (7.14%) Selenium
5 4 (7.14%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.79%) Bugzilla
6 1 (1.79%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.79%) JMeter
6 1 (1.79%) JUnit
6 1 (1.79%) Mockito
6 1 (1.79%) Postman
General
1 21 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 15 (26.79%) Games
3 4 (7.14%) Tech for Good
4 2 (3.57%) Finance
4 2 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.79%) Health Technology
5 1 (1.79%) Law
5 1 (1.79%) Marketing
5 1 (1.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (23.21%) QA Engineer
1 13 (23.21%) Tester
2 9 (16.07%) Test Engineer
3 8 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
3 8 (14.29%) Hardware Test Engineer
4 7 (12.50%) Software Engineer
5 6 (10.71%) Lead
5 6 (10.71%) QA Leader
6 5 (8.93%) Senior
6 5 (8.93%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (8.93%) Software Tester
7 4 (7.14%) .NET Software Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) Hardware Tester
7 4 (7.14%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Analyst
8 2 (3.57%) Applications Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Applications Tester
8 2 (3.57%) Developer
8 2 (3.57%) Full Stack Developer
8 2 (3.57%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (21.43%) .NET
2 10 (17.86%) Playwright
3 6 (10.71%) ASP.NET
4 4 (7.14%) .NET Framework
4 4 (7.14%) FHIR
5 3 (5.36%) CSS
5 3 (5.36%) HTML
6 2 (3.57%) .NET Core
6 2 (3.57%) AngularJS
6 2 (3.57%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (3.57%) Entity Framework
6 2 (3.57%) React
6 2 (3.57%) WPF
7 1 (1.79%) Spring
7 1 (1.79%) Spring Boot
7 1 (1.79%) Web Services
7 1 (1.79%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Public Cloud
2 3 (5.36%) IoT
3 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.79%) Blog
4 1 (1.79%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.79%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (83.93%) Test Automation
2 30 (53.57%) Agile
3 19 (33.93%) Software Engineering
4 15 (26.79%) Code Quality
5 12 (21.43%) Test Management
6 10 (17.86%) Mentoring
7 9 (16.07%) Regression Testing
8 7 (12.50%) QA Automation
9 5 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
10 4 (7.14%) CI/CD
10 4 (7.14%) Computer Science
10 4 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (7.14%) Functional Programming
10 4 (7.14%) Informatics
10 4 (7.14%) OO
10 4 (7.14%) OOP
10 4 (7.14%) Refactoring
10 4 (7.14%) TDD
11 3 (5.36%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 24 (42.86%) Python
2 18 (32.14%) JavaScript
3 12 (21.43%) C#
4 6 (10.71%) TypeScript
5 5 (8.93%) Java
6 4 (7.14%) SQL
7 1 (1.79%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (7.14%) Degree
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (75.00%) QA
2 12 (21.43%) ISO 9001
3 4 (7.14%) DICOM
3 4 (7.14%) HL7
3 4 (7.14%) ISO 13485
4 1 (1.79%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.79%) TeamSite
1 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle
2 1 (1.79%) Salesforce