QA Tester Job Trends in Edinburgh

Quality Assurance Tester
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Quality Assurance Tester salary in Edinburgh is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Tester 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.084% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £62,500 - £47,500
% change year-on-year - - +18.75%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,123 916 1,237
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 93.28% 96.64%
Number of salaries quoted 618 426 973
10th Percentile £28,025 £29,750 £30,910
25th Percentile £30,202 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,125 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +6.80% -10.43%

QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'QA Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

QA Tester job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

QA Tester
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for QA Tester job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Salary distribution trend for QA Tester job vacancies in Edinburgh

QA Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 14 March 2026, QA Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring QA Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Android Development
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) fastlane
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI

QA Tester Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) fastlane
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
1 1 (100.00%) Xcode
1 1 (100.00%) XCTest
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Android Development
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG