Manual Testing Job Trends in Scotland

Manual Testing
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Manual Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 128 167
Rank change year-on-year -13 +39 +30
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 1 14 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.037% 0.53% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.57% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 0 7 20
10th Percentile - £33,750 £33,625
25th Percentile - £34,375 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £40,000 £43,266
Median % change year-on-year - -7.55% -42.31%
75th Percentile - £42,500 £45,048
90th Percentile - £47,000 £54,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -1.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Manual 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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,191 2,453 2,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 80.52% 92.53% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,069 1,034 1,784
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,325 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £82,292 £88,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Manual Testing job vacancy trend in Scotland

Manual Testing
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Manual Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Manual Testing

Manual 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 Manual Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. 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
Glasgow +15 1 - - 2
Manual Testing
UK

Manual Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB