Software QA Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh

Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Software Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 - 156
Rank change year-on-year - - -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Software QA Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.067% - 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% - 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £34,625
25th Percentile £42,500 - £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £41,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.94%
75th Percentile £47,500 - £45,938
90th Percentile - - £46,875
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 - £33,750
% change year-on-year - - -20.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,439 1,951 2,321
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.81% 95.03% 98.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 1,162 1,461
10th Percentile £32,675 £35,523 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £89,852 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,043 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +4.84% +10.53%

Software QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Software QA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Software QA Engineer in Edinburgh

Software QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software QA Engineer in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Software QA Engineer in Edinburgh

Software QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Software QA Engineer 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 Edinburgh region featuring Software QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing

Software QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA