Tester Jobs in Edinburgh

Tester
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Tester salary in Edinburgh is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 123 141
Rank change year-on-year +35 +18 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a Tester 19 15 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.25% 0.81% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 0.85% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 19 3 8
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,400 £25,275
25th Percentile £38,750 £34,750 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £44,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -9.74% +37.32%
75th Percentile £48,750 £56,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £63,200 -
Scotland median annual salary £40,500 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +15.71% -22.22% +14.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,467 1,756 2,496
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.20% 94.56% 98.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 1,054 1,552
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,488
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,750 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £89,459 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Edinburgh

Tester
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Tester in Edinburgh

Tester
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tester in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Tester in Edinburgh

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Tester 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 Edinburgh region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 15 (78.95%) Software Testing
1 15 (78.95%) Test Automation
2 13 (68.42%) QA
3 11 (57.89%) Python
4 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
5 7 (36.84%) Agile
6 5 (26.32%) Software Engineering
6 5 (26.32%) Selenium
6 5 (26.32%) Java
6 5 (26.32%) SQL
6 5 (26.32%) Regression Testing
6 5 (26.32%) Scrum
6 5 (26.32%) Playwright
6 5 (26.32%) Video Processing
6 5 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (26.32%) IoT
6 5 (26.32%) Coaching
7 4 (21.05%) Bitbucket
7 4 (21.05%) Confluence
7 4 (21.05%) Code Quality
7 4 (21.05%) Games
7 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
7 4 (21.05%) ISO 9001
7 4 (21.05%) JIRA
7 4 (21.05%) Test Management
8 2 (10.53%) Information Security
8 2 (10.53%) TeamCity
8 2 (10.53%) .NET
8 2 (10.53%) C#
8 2 (10.53%) Security Testing

Tester Skill Set
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 4 (21.05%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) AWS
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Selenium
2 4 (21.05%) Bitbucket
2 4 (21.05%) JIRA
3 2 (10.53%) Appium
3 2 (10.53%) Jenkins
3 2 (10.53%) TeamCity
4 1 (5.26%) Gatling
4 1 (5.26%) JMeter
4 1 (5.26%) LoadRunner
General
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Games
3 1 (5.26%) Local Government
3 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) Playwright
2 2 (10.53%) .NET
3 1 (5.26%) REST
3 1 (5.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Software Testing
1 15 (78.95%) Test Automation
2 7 (36.84%) Agile
3 5 (26.32%) Coaching
3 5 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (26.32%) Regression Testing
3 5 (26.32%) Scrum
3 5 (26.32%) Software Engineering
3 5 (26.32%) Video Processing
4 4 (21.05%) Code Quality
4 4 (21.05%) Test Management
5 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
5 2 (10.53%) Information Security
5 2 (10.53%) Security Testing
6 1 (5.26%) Fintech
6 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.26%) Open Source
6 1 (5.26%) Performance Testing
6 1 (5.26%) Scenario Testing
6 1 (5.26%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) Python
2 5 (26.32%) Java
2 5 (26.32%) SQL
3 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
4 2 (10.53%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (68.42%) QA
2 4 (21.05%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle