Software QA Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Software Quality Assurance Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Software Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Scotland is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 268 206 257
Rank change year-on-year -62 +51 -61
Permanent jobs requiring a Software QA Engineer 5 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.073% 0.19% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.21% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £43,500 - £35,500
25th Percentile - - £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile - - £47,500
90th Percentile £46,500 - -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +20.00% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,678 3,854 5,999
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.02% 89.69% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,915 2,094 3,084
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,056 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Software QA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Software QA Engineer in Scotland

Software QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software QA Engineer in Scotland.

Salary trend for Software QA Engineer in Scotland

Software QA Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software QA Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
Aberdeen - 3 £45,000 -
Edinburgh - 1 £45,000 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 £45,000 -
Software QA Engineer
UK

Software QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, Software QA Engineer 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 Scotland region featuring Software QA Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) QA
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Test Management
2 4 (80.00%) Manual Testing
2 4 (80.00%) System Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) SDLC
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (80.00%) Aviation
3 1 (20.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) AWS

Software QA Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (20.00%) AWS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Aviation
1 4 (80.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Manual Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) SDLC
2 4 (80.00%) System Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Management
2 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA