Test Strategy Jobs in Scotland

Test Strategy
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Test Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 232 165 179
Rank change year-on-year -67 +14 0
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 20 45 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.35% 1.19% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 1.24% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13 21 35
10th Percentile £39,600 £40,000 £37,050
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,632
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,033 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.91% -19.94% +18.92%
75th Percentile £66,250 £47,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £61,250 £66,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Test Strategy 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 5,004 3,640 5,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 87.82% 95.94% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,133 1,969 3,041
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,555 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Scotland

Test Strategy
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Test Strategy in Scotland

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Strategy in Scotland

Test Strategy
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 Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +18 8 £55,000 +24.91%
Glasgow -87 7 £62,500 +38.89% 2
Aberdeen -8 3 £45,000 +12.50%
Stirling - 1 £35,776 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 £45,000 -
Test Strategy
UK

Test Strategy
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 3 (15.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Selenium
2 4 (20.00%) JIRA
2 4 (20.00%) JMeter
3 3 (15.00%) HP UFT
4 1 (5.00%) Appium
4 1 (5.00%) Cypress.io
4 1 (5.00%) Gatling
4 1 (5.00%) Git
4 1 (5.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 9 (45.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (35.00%) Finance
4 5 (25.00%) Banking
5 4 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (15.00%) Aviation
6 3 (15.00%) Financial Institution
6 3 (15.00%) Investment Banking
6 3 (15.00%) Law
6 3 (15.00%) Legal
6 3 (15.00%) Marketing
6 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Automation Specialist
2 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) QA Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Senior
2 3 (15.00%) Software QA Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Lead
3 2 (10.00%) Tester
4 1 (5.00%) Performance Tester
4 1 (5.00%) QA Leader
4 1 (5.00%) Software Tester
4 1 (5.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Web Services
2 1 (5.00%) REST
2 1 (5.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Credit Derivative
1 3 (15.00%) Derivative
1 3 (15.00%) Fixed Income
1 3 (15.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 3 (15.00%) Hedge funds
1 3 (15.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
1 3 (15.00%) Onboarding
1 3 (15.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (45.00%) CI/CD
2 9 (45.00%) Manual Testing
2 9 (45.00%) Test Management
3 8 (40.00%) Agile
4 6 (30.00%) Continuous Integration
4 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (30.00%) SDLC
4 6 (30.00%) Test Scripting
5 5 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 5 (25.00%) Performance Testing
6 4 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Software Testing
7 3 (15.00%) Change Management
7 3 (15.00%) Continuous Delivery
7 3 (15.00%) Innovative Thinking
7 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (15.00%) Scrum
7 3 (15.00%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (15.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) C#
1 3 (15.00%) Java
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
1 3 (15.00%) VB
1 3 (15.00%) VBScript
2 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle