Software Testing Jobs in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 77 98
Rank change year-on-year +38 +21 -43
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 73 61 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.64% 3.37% 2.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.33% 3.53% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 55 22 40
10th Percentile £35,700 £37,500 £41,625
25th Percentile £43,125 £41,227 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,899 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.77% -7.46% +10.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £82,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £89,472 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Software 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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,369 1,727 2,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 87.03% 95.41% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 953 1,009 1,501
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,747 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,715 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,539 £89,472 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Software Testing in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 12 (16.44%) Confluence
2 1 (1.37%) CMS
2 1 (1.37%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 17 (23.29%) AWS
1 17 (23.29%) Azure
2 3 (4.11%) GCP
3 1 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.37%) OCI
3 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.59%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (2.74%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (17.81%) JIRA
2 12 (16.44%) Bitbucket
3 10 (13.70%) Selenium
4 7 (9.59%) Cypress.io
5 5 (6.85%) Jenkins
6 4 (5.48%) Appium
6 4 (5.48%) TeamCity
7 2 (2.74%) JMeter
8 1 (1.37%) Bugzilla
8 1 (1.37%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.37%) Gradle
8 1 (1.37%) JUnit
8 1 (1.37%) Maven
8 1 (1.37%) Mockito
8 1 (1.37%) Postman
General
1 37 (50.68%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.55%) Games
3 4 (5.48%) Finance
3 4 (5.48%) Tech for Good
4 3 (4.11%) Law
5 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.74%) Marketing
5 2 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.37%) Banking
6 1 (1.37%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.37%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.37%) Legal
6 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (20.55%) Tester
2 13 (17.81%) QA Engineer
3 12 (16.44%) Test Engineer
4 8 (10.96%) Hardware Engineer
4 8 (10.96%) Hardware Test Engineer
4 8 (10.96%) Software Engineer
5 7 (9.59%) Architect
5 7 (9.59%) Geospatial Architect
5 7 (9.59%) Senior
5 7 (9.59%) Software Architect
6 6 (8.22%) Lead
6 6 (8.22%) QA Leader
7 5 (6.85%) Applications Tester
7 5 (6.85%) Senior Software Engineer
8 4 (5.48%) .NET Software Engineer
8 4 (5.48%) Hardware Tester
8 4 (5.48%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
8 4 (5.48%) Software Tester
9 3 (4.11%) Python Engineer
9 3 (4.11%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (20.55%) Playwright
2 12 (16.44%) .NET
3 6 (8.22%) ASP.NET
4 4 (5.48%) .NET Framework
4 4 (5.48%) FHIR
5 3 (4.11%) CSS
5 3 (4.11%) HTML
6 2 (2.74%) .NET Core
6 2 (2.74%) AngularJS
6 2 (2.74%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (2.74%) Entity Framework
6 2 (2.74%) React
6 2 (2.74%) Web Services
6 2 (2.74%) WPF
7 1 (1.37%) JavaFX
7 1 (1.37%) Spring
7 1 (1.37%) Spring Boot
7 1 (1.37%) Swing
7 1 (1.37%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.59%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (8.22%) IoT
2 6 (8.22%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.11%) Blog
3 3 (4.11%) e-Learning
4 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.37%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (73.97%) Test Automation
2 38 (52.05%) Agile
3 23 (31.51%) Software Engineering
4 15 (20.55%) Code Quality
5 14 (19.18%) Regression Testing
6 12 (16.44%) Test Management
7 10 (13.70%) Mentoring
8 9 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (12.33%) DevOps
9 8 (10.96%) Scrum
10 7 (9.59%) Migration
10 7 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (9.59%) QA Automation
10 7 (9.59%) Software Architecture
11 6 (8.22%) Coaching
11 6 (8.22%) Computer Science
11 6 (8.22%) Video Processing
12 5 (6.85%) CI/CD
13 4 (5.48%) Refactoring
13 4 (5.48%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 28 (38.36%) Python
2 18 (24.66%) JavaScript
3 13 (17.81%) C#
4 11 (15.07%) Java
5 10 (13.70%) SQL
6 6 (8.22%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.37%) C
7 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (8.22%) Degree
2 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (63.01%) QA
2 12 (16.44%) ISO 9001
3 4 (5.48%) DICOM
3 4 (5.48%) HL7
3 4 (5.48%) ISO 13485
4 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (6.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.74%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.37%) TeamSite
2 1 (1.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.74%) Google
3 1 (1.37%) Oracle
3 1 (1.37%) Salesforce