Software Testing Jobs in Scotland

Software Testing
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 166 60 120
Rank change year-on-year -106 +60 -54
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 129 207 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.92% 4.52% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 4.79% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 93 48 71
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,575 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,399 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -2.27% +14.12%
75th Percentile £53,750 £77,715 £65,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £89,427 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,195 4,321 5,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.21% 94.32% 90.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,404 2,159 2,811
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,211 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,275
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Scotland

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Scotland

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Scotland

Software Testing
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 Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Edinburgh +15 66 £50,000 -9.09% 16
Glasgow -169 29 £32,500 -31.58% 6
Aberdeen +3 17 £38,500 +25.20% 3
Fife +4 13 £37,500 -31.82% 3
West Lothian -3 3 £50,000 +4.17% 1
North Lanarkshire - 1 £26,500 -
Software Testing
UK

Software Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (13.95%) Confluence
2 10 (7.75%) IIS
3 1 (0.78%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (22.48%) AWS
2 27 (20.93%) Azure
3 13 (10.08%) SaaS
4 11 (8.53%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (6.98%) BlazeMeter
6 6 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.55%) GCP
8 1 (0.78%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.75%) NoSQL
1 10 (7.75%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.20%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (1.55%) MySQL
4 1 (0.78%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 29 (22.48%) JIRA
2 25 (19.38%) Cypress.io
3 18 (13.95%) Bitbucket
4 14 (10.85%) Jenkins
5 10 (7.75%) Cucumber
5 10 (7.75%) JMeter
6 9 (6.98%) Gradle
6 9 (6.98%) Maven
7 8 (6.20%) Selenium
8 6 (4.65%) Git
8 6 (4.65%) MSTest
8 6 (4.65%) Visual Studio
9 4 (3.10%) Appium
9 4 (3.10%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.78%) Bugzilla
10 1 (0.78%) JUnit
10 1 (0.78%) Mockito
10 1 (0.78%) Postman
General
1 55 (42.64%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (13.95%) Finance
3 16 (12.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (11.63%) Games
5 12 (9.30%) Law
6 11 (8.53%) Marketing
7 4 (3.10%) Tech for Good
8 3 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.78%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.78%) Legal
9 1 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 29 (22.48%) QA Engineer
1 29 (22.48%) Tester
2 19 (14.73%) Software Tester
2 19 (14.73%) Test Engineer
3 17 (13.18%) Software Engineer
4 11 (8.53%) Architect
4 11 (8.53%) Software Architect
5 10 (7.75%) Systems Engineer
6 9 (6.98%) Java Engineer
6 9 (6.98%) Java Software Engineer
6 9 (6.98%) QA Software Engineer
7 8 (6.20%) Geospatial Architect
7 8 (6.20%) Hardware Engineer
7 8 (6.20%) Hardware Test Engineer
7 8 (6.20%) Software Test Engineer
8 7 (5.43%) Senior
9 6 (4.65%) Lead
9 6 (4.65%) QA Leader
10 5 (3.88%) Analyst
10 5 (3.88%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.85%) .NET
1 14 (10.85%) Playwright
2 12 (9.30%) Spring
3 11 (8.53%) React
4 10 (7.75%) Spring Boot
5 9 (6.98%) Ext JS
6 6 (4.65%) ASP.NET
7 5 (3.88%) .NET Framework
7 5 (3.88%) AngularJS
7 5 (3.88%) CSS
7 5 (3.88%) HTML
8 4 (3.10%) FHIR
8 4 (3.10%) WPF
9 3 (2.33%) Entity Framework
10 2 (1.55%) .NET Core
10 2 (1.55%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (1.55%) HTML5
11 1 (0.78%) Web Services
11 1 (0.78%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.40%) Public Cloud
2 11 (8.53%) IoT
3 10 (7.75%) Clustering
3 10 (7.75%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (6.98%) Market Risk
5 8 (6.20%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (5.43%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (2.33%) Blog
7 3 (2.33%) e-Learning
7 3 (2.33%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.55%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.55%) Linux
2 1 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (69.77%) Test Automation
2 58 (44.96%) Agile
3 38 (29.46%) Regression Testing
4 31 (24.03%) CI/CD
5 30 (23.26%) Software Engineering
6 26 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (19.38%) Continuous Integration
8 24 (18.60%) Code Quality
9 23 (17.83%) TDD
10 21 (16.28%) Test Management
11 20 (15.50%) Manual Testing
12 19 (14.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (13.18%) Migration
14 16 (12.40%) Continuous Delivery
15 15 (11.63%) DevOps
16 13 (10.08%) Mentoring
16 13 (10.08%) Test Planning
17 12 (9.30%) Microservices
17 12 (9.30%) SDLC
18 11 (8.53%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 41 (31.78%) JavaScript
2 39 (30.23%) Java
3 38 (29.46%) Python
4 34 (26.36%) SQL
5 24 (18.60%) C#
6 6 (4.65%) TypeScript
7 4 (3.10%) C
8 3 (2.33%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 13 (10.08%) Degree
2 10 (7.75%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.33%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (53.49%) QA
2 12 (9.30%) ISO 9001
3 4 (3.10%) DICOM
3 4 (3.10%) HL7
3 4 (3.10%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (7.75%) VMware NSX
2 4 (3.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.78%) TeamSite
1 1 (0.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (14.73%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.75%) VMware
3 9 (6.98%) TOWER Software
4 2 (1.55%) Google
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle
5 1 (0.78%) Salesforce