QC Engineer Job Trends in Edinburgh

Quality Control Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Quality Control Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 March 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QC Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.085% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £42,500 - -

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 1,112 916 1,224
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 93.28% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 606 427 960
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,888
25th Percentile £30,856 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -0.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,535 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +7.84% -11.30%

QC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

QC Engineer job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

QC Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 12 March 2026, QC Engineer 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 QC Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

QC Engineer 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%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python