Software Test Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Software Test Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Software Test Engineer salary in Scotland is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 204 226
Rank change year-on-year -72 +22 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Test Engineer 7 19 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.11% 0.40% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.44% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 12
10th Percentile - - £37,600
25th Percentile £33,750 - £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £41,250 - £45,625
90th Percentile - - £47,500
UK median annual salary £44,033 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.15% - +2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,411 4,330 5,456
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 90.40% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,601 2,357 2,938
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,569 £28,209
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,853 £65,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Software Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Software Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Software Test Engineer in Scotland

Software Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Software Test Engineer in Scotland

Software Test Engineer
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 Test Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 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
Fife - 6 - -
Glasgow -114 1 £37,500 - 1
Software Test Engineer
UK

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Software Test Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Software Test Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Test Management
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Integration
2 6 (85.71%) Git
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Deployment
2 6 (85.71%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (85.71%) Scenario Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (85.71%) CI/CD
2 6 (85.71%) Cypress.io
2 6 (85.71%) Open Source
2 6 (85.71%) Confluence
2 6 (85.71%) MSTest
2 6 (85.71%) Functional Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Bitbucket
2 6 (85.71%) DevOps
2 6 (85.71%) IoT
2 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Delivery
2 6 (85.71%) Energy Management
2 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 6 (85.71%) JIRA
2 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) Visual Studio
2 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft

Software Test Engineer Skill Set
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 6 (85.71%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Bitbucket
1 6 (85.71%) Cypress.io
1 6 (85.71%) Git
1 6 (85.71%) JIRA
1 6 (85.71%) MSTest
1 6 (85.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
1 6 (85.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) CI/CD
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Delivery
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Deployment
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Integration
2 6 (85.71%) DevOps
2 6 (85.71%) Energy Management
2 6 (85.71%) Functional Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Open Source
2 6 (85.71%) Regression Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Scenario Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Test Management
2 6 (85.71%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft