Software Testing Jobs in Scotland

Software Testing
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 56 118
Rank change year-on-year -116 +62 -51
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 119 235 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.78% 4.94% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 5.25% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 92 61 79
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,688 £38,750 £33,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,799 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.84% +4.00% +6.51%
75th Percentile £53,750 £77,715 £65,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £82,500 £66,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,227 4,478 5,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.90% 94.17% 91.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 2,245 2,766
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,133 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,810 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +10.11% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Scotland

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Scotland

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Scotland over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Scotland

Software 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 Software Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 April 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 +1 56 £50,000 -16.67% 9
Glasgow -166 29 £32,500 -23.53% 10
Aberdeen +4 17 £38,500 +25.20% 1
Fife +2 13 £37,500 -16.67% 3
West Lothian 0 3 £50,000 +4.17% 1
North Lanarkshire - 1 £26,500 - 1
Software Testing
UK

Software Testing
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 18 (15.13%) Confluence
2 13 (10.92%) IIS
3 1 (0.84%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (18.49%) AWS
1 22 (18.49%) Azure
2 14 (11.76%) SaaS
3 13 (10.92%) Cloud Computing
4 9 (7.56%) BlazeMeter
5 6 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.84%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.92%) NoSQL
1 13 (10.92%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.68%) MySQL
3 1 (0.84%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 28 (23.53%) JIRA
2 26 (21.85%) Cypress.io
3 18 (15.13%) Bitbucket
4 14 (11.76%) Jenkins
5 10 (8.40%) Cucumber
5 10 (8.40%) JMeter
6 9 (7.56%) Gradle
6 9 (7.56%) Maven
7 7 (5.88%) Git
8 6 (5.04%) MSTest
8 6 (5.04%) Visual Studio
9 4 (3.36%) Appium
9 4 (3.36%) Selenium
9 4 (3.36%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.84%) Bugzilla
10 1 (0.84%) JUnit
10 1 (0.84%) Mockito
10 1 (0.84%) Postman
General
1 41 (34.45%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (14.29%) Finance
3 16 (13.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (12.61%) Games
5 10 (8.40%) Law
5 10 (8.40%) Marketing
6 4 (3.36%) Tech for Good
7 3 (2.52%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.84%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (25.21%) Tester
2 29 (24.37%) QA Engineer
3 22 (18.49%) Software Tester
4 17 (14.29%) Software Engineer
5 16 (13.45%) Test Engineer
6 13 (10.92%) Systems Engineer
7 9 (7.56%) Java Engineer
7 9 (7.56%) Java Software Engineer
7 9 (7.56%) QA Software Engineer
8 8 (6.72%) Hardware Engineer
8 8 (6.72%) Hardware Test Engineer
9 7 (5.88%) Software Test Engineer
10 6 (5.04%) Lead
10 6 (5.04%) QA Leader
11 5 (4.20%) Analyst
11 5 (4.20%) Senior
11 5 (4.20%) Senior Software Engineer
12 4 (3.36%) .NET Software Engineer
12 4 (3.36%) Developer
12 4 (3.36%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.76%) .NET
2 12 (10.08%) Spring
3 11 (9.24%) React
4 10 (8.40%) Playwright
4 10 (8.40%) Spring Boot
5 9 (7.56%) Ext JS
6 6 (5.04%) ASP.NET
7 5 (4.20%) .NET Framework
7 5 (4.20%) AngularJS
7 5 (4.20%) CSS
7 5 (4.20%) HTML
8 4 (3.36%) FHIR
8 4 (3.36%) WPF
9 3 (2.52%) Entity Framework
10 2 (1.68%) .NET Core
10 2 (1.68%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (1.68%) HTML5
11 1 (0.84%) Web Services
11 1 (0.84%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.97%) Public Cloud
2 13 (10.92%) Clustering
2 13 (10.92%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (7.56%) IoT
3 9 (7.56%) Market Risk
4 7 (5.88%) Video\Live Streaming
5 3 (2.52%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.68%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.84%) Blog
7 1 (0.84%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.68%) Linux
2 1 (0.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (72.27%) Test Automation
2 49 (41.18%) Agile
3 34 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 34 (28.57%) Regression Testing
4 29 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (24.37%) Software Engineering
5 28 (23.53%) Continuous Integration
6 26 (21.85%) TDD
7 25 (21.01%) Code Quality
8 22 (18.49%) Manual Testing
9 21 (17.65%) Test Management
10 19 (15.97%) Continuous Delivery
11 15 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (10.92%) API Design
12 13 (10.92%) API Development
12 13 (10.92%) Capacity Planning
12 13 (10.92%) High Availability
12 13 (10.92%) Mentoring
12 13 (10.92%) Performance Analysis
12 13 (10.92%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 41 (34.45%) JavaScript
2 38 (31.93%) Java
3 36 (30.25%) Python
4 33 (27.73%) SQL
5 24 (20.17%) C#
6 6 (5.04%) TypeScript
7 4 (3.36%) C
8 3 (2.52%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 13 (10.92%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.08%) Degree
3 2 (1.68%) ISTQB
3 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (56.30%) QA
2 12 (10.08%) ISO 9001
3 4 (3.36%) DICOM
3 4 (3.36%) HL7
3 4 (3.36%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.84%) Accessibility
System Software
1 13 (10.92%) VMware NSX
2 4 (3.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.84%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.84%) TeamSite
1 1 (0.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (18.49%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.92%) VMware
3 9 (7.56%) TOWER Software
4 1 (0.84%) Oracle
4 1 (0.84%) Salesforce