Tester Jobs in Scotland

Tester
UK > Scotland

The median Tester salary in Scotland is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 146 205
Rank change year-on-year -106 +59 -85
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 32 77 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.48% 1.63% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 1.80% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 31 19 23
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,300 £27,100
25th Percentile £38,250 £38,750 £30,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £39,971
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.33% -0.07%
75th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £50,000
90th Percentile - £63,500 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,502 4,276 5,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 90.27% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,614 2,326 2,955
10th Percentile £27,825 £31,785 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Scotland

Tester
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Tester in Scotland.

Salary trend for Tester in Scotland

Tester
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in Scotland

Tester
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +33 15 £47,500 -13.64% 4
Aberdeen +2 15 £38,500 +22.22%
Glasgow -144 1 £30,000 -29.41% 1
North Lanarkshire - 1 £26,500 -
Tester
UK

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 30 (93.75%) Software Testing
2 27 (84.38%) Test Automation
3 20 (62.50%) Python
4 16 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 16 (50.00%) QA
5 13 (40.63%) Manual Testing
6 12 (37.50%) C#
6 12 (37.50%) Regression Testing
7 11 (34.38%) Java
8 10 (31.25%) System Testing
8 10 (31.25%) SaaS
9 9 (28.13%) Business Case
9 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
9 9 (28.13%) Migration
10 7 (21.88%) Test Management
11 6 (18.75%) Agile
12 5 (15.63%) Code Quality
13 4 (12.50%) JIRA
13 4 (12.50%) Games
13 4 (12.50%) ISO 9001
13 4 (12.50%) Bitbucket
13 4 (12.50%) Confluence
13 4 (12.50%) Cypress.io
14 3 (9.38%) AngularJS
14 3 (9.38%) User Stories
14 3 (9.38%) User Experience
14 3 (9.38%) Acceptance Criteria
14 3 (9.38%) Software Engineering
14 3 (9.38%) .NET
15 2 (6.25%) Security Testing

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Bitbucket
1 4 (12.50%) Cypress.io
1 4 (12.50%) JIRA
2 2 (6.25%) Appium
2 2 (6.25%) Jenkins
2 2 (6.25%) Selenium
2 2 (6.25%) TeamCity
3 1 (3.13%) Git
General
1 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Games
3 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) .NET
1 3 (9.38%) AngularJS
2 2 (6.25%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) IoT
2 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (93.75%) Software Testing
2 27 (84.38%) Test Automation
3 13 (40.63%) Manual Testing
4 12 (37.50%) Regression Testing
5 10 (31.25%) System Testing
6 9 (28.13%) Business Case
6 9 (28.13%) Migration
7 7 (21.88%) Test Management
8 6 (18.75%) Agile
9 5 (15.63%) Code Quality
10 3 (9.38%) Acceptance Criteria
10 3 (9.38%) Software Engineering
10 3 (9.38%) User Experience
10 3 (9.38%) User Stories
11 2 (6.25%) Coaching
11 2 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
11 2 (6.25%) Information Security
11 2 (6.25%) Scrum
11 2 (6.25%) Security Testing
11 2 (6.25%) Video Processing
Programming Languages
1 20 (62.50%) Python
2 16 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 12 (37.50%) C#
4 11 (34.38%) Java
5 2 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (50.00%) QA
2 4 (12.50%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Docker