QA Job Trends in West Lothian

Quality Assurance (QA)
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 24 25
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -
Permanent jobs citing QA 2 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs in West Lothian 1.54% 1.61% 5.63%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.52% 14.29% 80.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,945 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,130 - £50,000
75th Percentile £34,315 - £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £31,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -37.00% +11.11% -18.18%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Lothian

QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in West Lothian.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 21 14 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian 16.15% 11.29% 7.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £25,000 - £35,900
25th Percentile £27,236 - £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,815 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £83,438 - £91,250
90th Percentile £87,500 - £114,500
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £62,500 £46,034
% change year-on-year -24.00% +35.77% -16.30%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

QA job vacancy trend in West Lothian

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Salary Trend in West Lothian

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing QA

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Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 12 September 2026. 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
Livingston -8 1 - - 1
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Scotland

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Broadband
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Games
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) B2B
1 1 (50.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Order Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (50.00%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GMP
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce