Software Testing Job Trends in Lanarkshire

Software Testing
Scotland > Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lanarkshire requiring Software Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lanarkshire 2.22% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 - -
75th Percentile £36,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +50.00% -17.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lanarkshire

Software Testing 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 Lanarkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30 57 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lanarkshire 66.67% 95.00% 91.30%
Number of salaries quoted 9 24 25
10th Percentile £31,850 £38,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,750 £42,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +36.11% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - £85,000 -
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -10.26%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Lanarkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lanarkshire.

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Lanarkshire

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Lanarkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lanarkshire citing Software Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lanarkshire citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lanarkshire 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%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HND