Design for Test Job Trends in Edinburgh

Design for Testability (DFT)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Design for Test skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Design for Test 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.29% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £40,250 - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Design for Test falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 713 820 1,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 67.84% 94.80% 85.17%
Number of salaries quoted 487 378 887
10th Percentile £29,900 £26,929 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,951 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +0.80%
75th Percentile £70,625 £76,840 £73,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,750 £93,500
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £48,343 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.74% -7.92% -4.55%

Design for Test
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Design for Test relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Design for Test job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Design for Test
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Design for Test.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Design for Test

Design for Test
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) IoT
2 1 (33.33%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Schematic Capture
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) JTAG
1 2 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) EMC