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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 135 139
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 +86
Permanent jobs citing Manual Testing 2 13 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.073% 0.40% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.082% 0.47% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 21
10th Percentile - £33,750 £38,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £34,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £44,033
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.16% -2.15%
75th Percentile £52,500 £48,125 £53,750
90th Percentile - £56,250 £72,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.64% +10.00% -

All Process and 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 2,450 2,751 2,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 90.01% 84.36% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 1,317 1,857
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £81,750
UK median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -

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

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 29 October 2025. 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 -4 1 - - 1
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 2 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (50.00%) JUnit
2 1 (50.00%) TestNG
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Automation Tester
2 1 (50.00%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Innovation
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) QA