Stress Testing Jobs in Scotland

Stress Testing
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Stress Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Stress Testing over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 272 207
Rank change year-on-year +122 -65 +47
Permanent jobs citing Stress Testing 7 7 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.23% 0.10% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.11% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £40,800 £35,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,200 £36,699
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +17.72% -46.73%
75th Percentile - £49,242 £80,201
90th Percentile - £51,427 £103,911
UK median annual salary £60,000 £51,528 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.44% -10.39% -4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Stress 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 2,797 6,183 4,341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.65% 92.19% 94.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,381 2,393 2,164
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,491
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,342 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Stress Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Stress Testing in Scotland

Stress Testing
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Stress Testing in Scotland

Stress 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 Stress Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Edinburgh +31 6 £45,000 -12.67% 1
Aberdeen - 1 - -
Stress Testing
UK

Stress 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Banking
4 3 (42.86%) Legal
5 2 (28.57%) Financial Institution
5 2 (28.57%) Law
5 2 (28.57%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Testing Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Credit Risk
2 3 (42.86%) Market Risk
2 3 (42.86%) Taxonomies
3 2 (28.57%) Blockchain
3 2 (28.57%) Derivative
3 2 (28.57%) Hedge funds
4 1 (14.29%) Hackathon
4 1 (14.29%) Learning Management System
4 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) Resource Allocation
1 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Privacy
2 2 (28.57%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (28.57%) Rehypothecation
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) API Development
3 1 (14.29%) API Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Econometrics
3 1 (14.29%) Fintech
3 1 (14.29%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) Kotlin
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 2 (28.57%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) IBM
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft