System Testing Job Trends in Scotland

System Testing
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring System Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 163 157
Rank change year-on-year +15 -6 +83
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 7 8 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.27% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.26% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £33,425 £43,125
25th Percentile £25,500 £34,813 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £39,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.76% -17.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £26,500 £43,313 £53,750
90th Percentile - £44,475 £54,375
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £55,100
% change year-on-year -20.00% +13.43% -3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

System 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 2,314 3,085 2,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 90.85% 84.27% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 990 1,476 1,998
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £36,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,261 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,274 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.62% -2.88% -

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing System Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

System Testing job vacancy trend in Scotland

System Testing
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing System Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing System Testing

System 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 System Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 October 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 +8 3 - -
Highlands - 3 - -
Stirling - 1 £26,000 -
System Testing
UK

System Testing
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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) NetSuite
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Control Systems Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
1 3 (42.86%) NetSuite Developer
1 3 (42.86%) Operations Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Operational Technology
1 3 (42.86%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Asset Management
1 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
1 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
1 3 (42.86%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (14.29%) Accounts Payable
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft