Test Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Test Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Test Analyst salary in Scotland is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 - 212
Rank change year-on-year - - -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Analyst 5 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.17% - 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 11
10th Percentile - - £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £53,750 - £44,715
90th Percentile £56,000 - £46,929
UK median annual salary £44,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.25% -15.79% +17.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,673 6,494 4,158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 96.88% 89.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,377 2,626 2,264
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £31,288
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,462
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -5.34% +5.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,958 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Analyst in Scotland

Test Analyst
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Test Analyst in Scotland

Test Analyst
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Analyst in Scotland

Test Analyst
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 10 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 - 3 £52,500 - 2
Glasgow - 2 £42,500 -
Test Analyst
UK

Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, Test Analyst 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 Test Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 3 (60.00%) Cypress.io
3 3 (60.00%) Selenium
3 3 (60.00%) Fintech
3 3 (60.00%) Test Planning
4 2 (40.00%) Playwright
4 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (40.00%) Azure
4 2 (40.00%) AWS
4 2 (40.00%) SaaS
4 2 (40.00%) Java
5 1 (20.00%) ISEB
5 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
5 1 (20.00%) Test Management
5 1 (20.00%) Fund Management
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Review
5 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (20.00%) API Testing

Test Analyst 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Cypress.io
1 3 (60.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Fintech
3 3 (60.00%) Test Planning
4 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (40.00%) Test Scripting
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) API Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Fund Management
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
5 1 (20.00%) Sprint Review
5 1 (20.00%) Test Management
5 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB