Test Strategy Job Trends in Glasgow

Test Strategy
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 67 126
Rank change year-on-year +17 +59 -34
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 1 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.15% 0.29% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.31% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £46,250 -
Scotland median annual salary £54,500 £53,750 £33,602
% change year-on-year +1.40% +59.96% -28.20%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Test Strategy 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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 504 641 1,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 74.67% 92.76% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 313 283 490
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,950 £28,770
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Test Strategy relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Test Strategy job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Test Strategy
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Test Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Test Strategy

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TestNG
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB