Exploratory Testing Jobs in Scotland

Exploratory Testing
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Exploratory Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Exploratory Testing over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 - 231
Rank change year-on-year - - -57
Permanent jobs citing Exploratory Testing 5 0 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.074% - 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% - 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 13
10th Percentile - - £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.23%
75th Percentile £37,500 - £42,500
90th Percentile £43,500 - £51,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £56,549 £51,500
% change year-on-year -20.42% +9.80% +3.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Exploratory 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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,252 4,463 5,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.83% 94.32% 90.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 2,248 2,805
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,496 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,654 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.94% +9.82% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,858 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Exploratory Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Exploratory Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Exploratory Testing in Scotland

Exploratory Testing
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Exploratory Testing in Scotland.

Salary trend for Exploratory Testing in Scotland

Exploratory Testing
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Exploratory Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Aberdeen - 4 £35,000 -
Edinburgh - 1 £45,000 -
Exploratory Testing
UK

Exploratory Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Git
1 4 (80.00%) Selenium
1 4 (80.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (80.00%) Visual Studio
1 4 (80.00%) WebDriver
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) CSS
1 4 (80.00%) DOM
1 4 (80.00%) HTML
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) API Testing
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Kanban
2 4 (80.00%) Manual Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Regression Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (80.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) ISEB
1 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA