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 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 153 206
Rank change year-on-year -99 +53 -83
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 32 71 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.47% 1.51% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 1.68% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 31 15 25
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,400 £27,200
25th Percentile £38,250 £36,375 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,125 £50,000
90th Percentile - £58,500 £50,750
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 6,527 4,234 5,571
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.87% 90.05% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,624 2,303 3,003
10th Percentile £27,825 £31,569 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +36 15 £47,500 -4.04% 4
Aberdeen +1 15 £38,500 +22.22%
Glasgow -143 1 £30,000 -29.41% 2
North Lanarkshire - 1 £26,500 -
Tester
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 28 (87.50%) Test Automation
3 21 (65.63%) Python
4 16 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 16 (50.00%) QA
5 13 (40.63%) Regression Testing
6 12 (37.50%) C#
6 12 (37.50%) Java
6 12 (37.50%) Manual Testing
7 10 (31.25%) System Testing
7 10 (31.25%) SaaS
7 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
8 9 (28.13%) Business Case
8 9 (28.13%) Migration
9 7 (21.88%) Test Management
10 6 (18.75%) Agile
11 5 (15.63%) Code Quality
12 4 (12.50%) JIRA
12 4 (12.50%) Games
12 4 (12.50%) ISO 9001
12 4 (12.50%) Confluence
12 4 (12.50%) Bitbucket
12 4 (12.50%) Cypress.io
13 3 (9.38%) IoT
13 3 (9.38%) Coaching
13 3 (9.38%) User Experience
13 3 (9.38%) Playwright
13 3 (9.38%) Acceptance Criteria
13 3 (9.38%) AngularJS
13 3 (9.38%) User Stories

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 3 (9.38%) Selenium
3 2 (6.25%) Appium
3 2 (6.25%) Jenkins
3 2 (6.25%) TeamCity
4 1 (3.13%) Git
General
1 10 (31.25%) 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
1 3 (9.38%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) IoT
2 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (93.75%) Software Testing
2 28 (87.50%) Test Automation
3 13 (40.63%) Regression Testing
4 12 (37.50%) Manual 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%) Coaching
10 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (9.38%) Scrum
10 3 (9.38%) Software Engineering
10 3 (9.38%) User Experience
10 3 (9.38%) User Stories
10 3 (9.38%) Video Processing
11 2 (6.25%) CI/CD
11 2 (6.25%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (65.63%) Python
2 16 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 12 (37.50%) C#
3 12 (37.50%) Java
4 3 (9.38%) 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