Senior QA Tester Job Trends in Scotland

Senior Quality Assurance Tester
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Quality Assurance Tester salary in Scotland is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior QA Tester 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.033% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £61,250 £41,774 £50,000
% change year-on-year +46.62% -16.45% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,874 1,897 4,821
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 90.38% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,518 961 2,412
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +6.80% -10.43%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Senior QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior QA Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Senior QA Tester job vacancy trend in Scotland

Senior QA Tester
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for Senior QA Tester job vacancies in Scotland.

Salary distribution trend for Senior QA Tester job vacancies in Scotland

Senior QA Tester
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior QA Tester within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Edinburgh - 1 £62,500 -
Senior QA Tester
UK

Senior QA Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 14 March 2026, Senior QA Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Senior QA Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Android Development
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) fastlane
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI

Senior QA Tester Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) fastlane
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
1 1 (100.00%) Xcode
1 1 (100.00%) XCTest
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Android Development
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG