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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 143 186
Rank change year-on-year - +43 -56
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 0 4 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland - 0.16% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.18% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £43,000 £34,250
25th Percentile - £43,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +18.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile - £51,250 £42,500
90th Percentile - £52,000 £53,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,250 £51,250
% change year-on-year -4.31% +1.95% +2.50%

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 2,686 2,254 3,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 68.47% 89.87% 85.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,588 987 1,604
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,217 £41,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £38,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.16% -30.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £78,750 £81,850
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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