QA Jobs in Scotland

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 73 46
Rank change year-on-year -15 -27 -5
Permanent jobs citing QA 212 156 379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.72% 4.11% 6.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 36.05% 35.86% 37.52%
Number of salaries quoted 119 42 133
10th Percentile £33,500 £40,000 £27,350
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +29.41%
75th Percentile £53,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £74,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 588 435 1,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.32% 11.47% 16.58%
Number of salaries quoted 264 199 422
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,044 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £53,000 £48,763
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +8.69% +14.74%
75th Percentile £60,313 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,250 £87,419 £75,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Scotland

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Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for QA in Scotland

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Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in Scotland

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Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Edinburgh +37 72 £50,000 -14.89% 9
Glasgow -78 70 £42,500 -19.05% 6
Aberdeen -1 14 £40,000 -11.11% 3
Lanarkshire - 12 £42,500 - 4
Fife - 11 £37,500 - 3
West Lothian - 9 £32,500 - 3
Dundee -1 4 £45,000 -7.46% 1
Ayrshire - 4 - - 1
East Lothian - 2 - - 1
Renfrewshire - 2 - -
Stirling -6 1 £35,776 -
Aberdeenshire -7 1 £45,000 +2.86% 2
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £17,000 - 1
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UK

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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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (7.08%) Confluence
2 4 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.89%) WildFly
3 2 (0.94%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.47%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.77%) NEC Housing
2 3 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.47%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 29 (13.68%) AWS
2 25 (11.79%) Azure
3 14 (6.60%) GCP
4 13 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (4.72%) Power Platform
5 10 (4.72%) SaaS
6 9 (4.25%) BlazeMeter
7 4 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.42%) Figma
9 2 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.94%) Contentful
9 2 (0.94%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.47%) ClickUp
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.94%) Intranet
2 1 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.13%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (3.30%) BigQuery
2 7 (3.30%) Looker
3 6 (2.83%) Power BI
4 4 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.42%) MySQL
6 2 (0.94%) Big Data
6 2 (0.94%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.94%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.94%) Tableau
7 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.47%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 24 (11.32%) JIRA
2 18 (8.49%) Selenium
3 17 (8.02%) Cypress.io
4 13 (6.13%) Cucumber
5 12 (5.66%) Bitbucket
5 12 (5.66%) Maven
6 11 (5.19%) Jenkins
7 9 (4.25%) Git
7 9 (4.25%) Gradle
7 9 (4.25%) JMeter
8 2 (0.94%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.47%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.47%) Karma Test Runner
9 1 (0.47%) Mocha
9 1 (0.47%) Postman
9 1 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.47%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.47%) WebDriver
General
1 75 (35.38%) Social Skills
2 54 (25.47%) Finance
3 32 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (12.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (9.91%) Marketing
6 16 (7.55%) Games
7 13 (6.13%) Legal
8 12 (5.66%) Manufacturing
9 11 (5.19%) Law
9 11 (5.19%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (4.25%) Public Sector
11 8 (3.77%) Local Government
11 8 (3.77%) Police
12 7 (3.30%) Billing
12 7 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (2.83%) Aerospace
13 6 (2.83%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.89%) Electronics
15 3 (1.42%) Aviation
16 2 (0.94%) Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (18.87%) QA Engineer
2 33 (15.57%) Senior
3 21 (9.91%) Developer
4 20 (9.43%) Test Engineer
5 19 (8.96%) Tester
6 17 (8.02%) Services Director
7 12 (5.66%) Java Engineer
7 12 (5.66%) QA Specialist
7 12 (5.66%) Software Engineer
8 11 (5.19%) Analyst
9 10 (4.72%) Lead
10 9 (4.25%) Java Software Engineer
10 9 (4.25%) QA Software Engineer
10 9 (4.25%) Software Tester
11 8 (3.77%) Bid Writer
11 8 (3.77%) Data Manager
11 8 (3.77%) Hardware Engineer
11 8 (3.77%) Hardware Test Engineer
11 8 (3.77%) QA Automation Engineer
11 8 (3.77%) Senior Bid Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.49%) React
2 15 (7.08%) Spring
3 13 (6.13%) Spring Boot
4 12 (5.66%) Playwright
5 11 (5.19%) AngularJS
6 9 (4.25%) Ext JS
7 8 (3.77%) CSS
7 8 (3.77%) HTML
8 7 (3.30%) .NET
8 7 (3.30%) REST
9 6 (2.83%) Vue
10 5 (2.36%) SOAP
11 4 (1.89%) ADO
11 4 (1.89%) Java EE
11 4 (1.89%) OpenJDK
11 4 (1.89%) RESTful
12 3 (1.42%) JSON
12 3 (1.42%) XML
13 2 (0.94%) ASP.NET
13 2 (0.94%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.60%) Management Information System
2 11 (5.19%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.25%) Market Risk
4 8 (3.77%) IoT
5 6 (2.83%) Video\Live Streaming
6 5 (2.36%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.36%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.89%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.42%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.94%) Life Science
9 2 (0.94%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.94%) PMI
9 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.47%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.47%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.47%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.47%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.89%) Linux
2 3 (1.42%) Windows
3 2 (0.94%) Android
3 2 (0.94%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.94%) Mesosphere
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (38.21%) Test Automation
2 66 (31.13%) Agile
3 61 (28.77%) Software Testing
4 50 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (20.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (16.51%) Mentoring
7 29 (13.68%) Strategic Thinking
8 27 (12.74%) Code Quality
9 26 (12.26%) Project Management
10 25 (11.79%) CI/CD
11 24 (11.32%) Scrum
12 23 (10.85%) Software Engineering
13 22 (10.38%) Regression Testing
14 21 (9.91%) DevOps
15 19 (8.96%) Budgeting
15 19 (8.96%) Test Management
16 17 (8.02%) Creative Thinking
16 17 (8.02%) Internal Audit
17 16 (7.55%) Coaching
18 15 (7.08%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 42 (19.81%) JavaScript
2 31 (14.62%) SQL
3 30 (14.15%) Java
4 29 (13.68%) Python
5 10 (4.72%) C#
6 7 (3.30%) PHP
7 4 (1.89%) C++
7 4 (1.89%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.42%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.42%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.42%) VBA
9 2 (0.94%) DataWeave
9 2 (0.94%) Swift
10 1 (0.47%) VB
10 1 (0.47%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.47%) VB6
Qualifications
1 29 (13.68%) Degree
2 8 (3.77%) DBS Check
3 6 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.42%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.42%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.42%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.94%) ACCA
5 2 (0.94%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (0.94%) CBAP
5 2 (0.94%) ISTQB
5 2 (0.94%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.47%) ISEB
6 1 (0.47%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.55%) ISO 9001
2 9 (4.25%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.83%) GMP
4 4 (1.89%) Software Quality Assurance
5 3 (1.42%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.94%) GLP
System Software
1 7 (3.30%) Docker
2 2 (0.94%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (2.83%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.94%) Ansible
2 2 (0.94%) Docker Swarm
2 2 (0.94%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.94%) Puppet
Vendors
1 28 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.66%) Google
3 9 (4.25%) TOWER Software
4 8 (3.77%) NEC
5 4 (1.89%) Databricks
6 2 (0.94%) Charles River
6 2 (0.94%) MuleSoft
6 2 (0.94%) Netlify
6 2 (0.94%) VMware
7 1 (0.47%) CyberTech
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle
7 1 (0.47%) Sage
7 1 (0.47%) Xero