Software Testing Jobs in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 60 102
Rank change year-on-year +10 +42 -43
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 63 97 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.19% 4.72% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.67% 4.92% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 51 28 36
10th Percentile £36,750 £37,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £43,125 £42,182 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £82,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £89,472 -
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £46,799 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.84% -1.48% +12.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,348 1,970 2,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.75% 95.96% 93.87%
Number of salaries quoted 949 1,151 1,382
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,313
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £73,500 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +6.48% +10.20%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Edinburgh

Software Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (19.05%) Confluence
2 1 (1.59%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 11 (17.46%) AWS
1 11 (17.46%) Azure
2 2 (3.17%) GCP
3 1 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.59%) OCI
3 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (3.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (20.63%) JIRA
2 12 (19.05%) Bitbucket
3 8 (12.70%) Selenium
4 7 (11.11%) Cypress.io
5 5 (7.94%) Jenkins
6 4 (6.35%) Appium
6 4 (6.35%) TeamCity
7 1 (1.59%) Bugzilla
7 1 (1.59%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.59%) JMeter
7 1 (1.59%) JUnit
7 1 (1.59%) Mockito
7 1 (1.59%) Postman
General
1 29 (46.03%) Social Skills
2 15 (23.81%) Games
3 4 (6.35%) Tech for Good
4 3 (4.76%) Finance
5 2 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.17%) Law
5 2 (3.17%) Marketing
5 2 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.59%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (22.22%) Tester
2 13 (20.63%) QA Engineer
3 11 (17.46%) Test Engineer
4 8 (12.70%) Hardware Engineer
4 8 (12.70%) Hardware Test Engineer
5 7 (11.11%) Senior
5 7 (11.11%) Software Engineer
6 6 (9.52%) Lead
6 6 (9.52%) QA Leader
7 5 (7.94%) Senior Software Engineer
8 4 (6.35%) .NET Software Engineer
8 4 (6.35%) Applications Tester
8 4 (6.35%) Hardware Tester
8 4 (6.35%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
8 4 (6.35%) Software Tester
9 2 (3.17%) Applications Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Full Stack Developer
9 2 (3.17%) Geospatial Architect
9 2 (3.17%) Python Software Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (22.22%) Playwright
2 12 (19.05%) .NET
3 6 (9.52%) ASP.NET
4 4 (6.35%) .NET Framework
4 4 (6.35%) FHIR
5 3 (4.76%) CSS
5 3 (4.76%) HTML
6 2 (3.17%) .NET Core
6 2 (3.17%) AngularJS
6 2 (3.17%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (3.17%) Entity Framework
6 2 (3.17%) React
6 2 (3.17%) WPF
7 1 (1.59%) Spring
7 1 (1.59%) Spring Boot
7 1 (1.59%) Web Services
7 1 (1.59%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.52%) Public Cloud
2 5 (7.94%) IoT
3 2 (3.17%) Blog
3 2 (3.17%) e-Learning
3 2 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.17%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (80.95%) Test Automation
2 33 (52.38%) Agile
3 20 (31.75%) Software Engineering
4 15 (23.81%) Code Quality
5 13 (20.63%) Regression Testing
6 12 (19.05%) Test Management
7 10 (15.87%) Mentoring
8 8 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (11.11%) QA Automation
9 7 (11.11%) Scrum
10 6 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (7.94%) Coaching
11 5 (7.94%) Computer Science
11 5 (7.94%) Video Processing
12 4 (6.35%) Artificial Intelligence
12 4 (6.35%) Functional Programming
12 4 (6.35%) Informatics
12 4 (6.35%) OOP
12 4 (6.35%) Refactoring
12 4 (6.35%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 26 (41.27%) Python
2 18 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 12 (19.05%) C#
4 9 (14.29%) Java
5 8 (12.70%) SQL
6 6 (9.52%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.59%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (7.94%) Degree
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (71.43%) QA
2 12 (19.05%) ISO 9001
3 4 (6.35%) DICOM
3 4 (6.35%) HL7
3 4 (6.35%) ISO 13485
4 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (6.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.59%) TeamSite
1 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (3.17%) Google
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle
2 1 (1.59%) Salesforce