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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 265 171
Rank change year-on-year +120 -94 +31
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 19 23 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.64% 0.34% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.37% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 24
10th Percentile £42,919 £31,758 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,099 £39,938 £39,471
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +4.05% -21.36%
75th Percentile £59,375 £64,063 £46,375
90th Percentile £65,375 £66,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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 2,758 6,226 4,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.64% 91.40% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 2,433 2,111
10th Percentile £30,650 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £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 £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 28 May 2025.

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 28 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 +28 14 £57,500 +4.55% 6
Aberdeen +29 2 £50,000 +11.11%
Stirling -2 2 £45,635 +27.56% 2
Glasgow +153 1 - - 6
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) AWS
2 2 (10.53%) OCI
2 2 (10.53%) SaaS
3 1 (5.26%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Cypress.io
2 2 (10.53%) Jenkins
2 2 (10.53%) Selenium
3 1 (5.26%) Appium
3 1 (5.26%) JIRA
3 1 (5.26%) Postman
3 1 (5.26%) SoapUI
General
1 13 (68.42%) Finance
2 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
3 9 (47.37%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (36.84%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.26%) Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Games
5 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.26%) Law
5 1 (5.26%) Private Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Senior
2 7 (36.84%) Credit Risk Manager
2 7 (36.84%) Risk Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Lead
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Business Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Software Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Software Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Test Leader
5 1 (5.26%) QA Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Test Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) Playwright
2 2 (10.53%) .NET
3 1 (5.26%) Kafka
3 1 (5.26%) React
3 1 (5.26%) React Native
3 1 (5.26%) RESTful
3 1 (5.26%) Spring
3 1 (5.26%) Spring Boot
3 1 (5.26%) WebGL
3 1 (5.26%) WebGPU
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Credit Risk
2 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.26%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (5.26%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Line Management
1 7 (36.84%) Risk Management
1 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (36.84%) Test Automation
2 5 (26.32%) Agile
2 5 (26.32%) Software Testing
3 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.53%) API Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Business Analysis
4 2 (10.53%) Business Strategy
4 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
4 2 (10.53%) Customer Service
4 2 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (10.53%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (10.53%) Manual Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Project Management
4 2 (10.53%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (10.53%) Roadmaps
4 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) Java
2 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
2 3 (15.79%) Python
3 2 (10.53%) C#
3 2 (10.53%) TypeScript
4 1 (5.26%) C
4 1 (5.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) ISEB
1 1 (5.26%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.26%) Opsgenie
1 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Avaloq
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle
3 1 (5.26%) Dynatrace
3 1 (5.26%) Splunk