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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 81 120
Rank change year-on-year -70 +39 -60
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 136 152 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.99% 3.50% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 3.70% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 93 45 73
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,900 £32,600
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,227 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +18.34%
75th Percentile £53,750 £77,715 £65,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £89,427 £70,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -10.71% +6.16% +5.50%

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 6,209 4,103 5,548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 90.71% 94.39% 91.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,483 2,060 2,859
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 2 June 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 2 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
Edinburgh +34 72 £50,000 -9.09% 19
Glasgow -150 31 £32,500 -35.00% 10
Aberdeen +4 17 £38,500 +25.20% 2
Fife +1 13 £37,500 -31.82% 1
West Lothian -2 2 £60,000 +25.00% 2
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 (13.24%) Confluence
2 10 (7.35%) IIS
3 1 (0.74%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 34 (25.00%) AWS
2 32 (23.53%) Azure
3 13 (9.56%) SaaS
4 10 (7.35%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (6.62%) BlazeMeter
6 6 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.47%) GCP
8 1 (0.74%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.62%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.29%) Geospatial Data
2 9 (6.62%) NoSQL
2 9 (6.62%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.47%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 29 (21.32%) JIRA
2 25 (18.38%) Cypress.io
3 18 (13.24%) Bitbucket
4 14 (10.29%) Jenkins
5 11 (8.09%) JMeter
6 10 (7.35%) Cucumber
6 10 (7.35%) Gradle
6 10 (7.35%) Maven
6 10 (7.35%) Selenium
7 6 (4.41%) Git
7 6 (4.41%) MSTest
7 6 (4.41%) Visual Studio
8 4 (2.94%) Appium
8 4 (2.94%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.74%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.74%) JUnit
9 1 (0.74%) Mockito
9 1 (0.74%) Postman
General
1 62 (45.59%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.97%) Finance
3 18 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (11.03%) Games
6 12 (8.82%) Law
7 11 (8.09%) Marketing
8 4 (2.94%) Tech for Good
9 3 (2.21%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.74%) Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.74%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.74%) Legal
10 1 (0.74%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (22.06%) Tester
2 29 (21.32%) QA Engineer
3 20 (14.71%) Test Engineer
4 19 (13.97%) Software Tester
5 17 (12.50%) Architect
5 17 (12.50%) Software Architect
5 17 (12.50%) Software Engineer
6 14 (10.29%) Geospatial Architect
7 10 (7.35%) Java Engineer
7 10 (7.35%) Java Software Engineer
8 9 (6.62%) QA Software Engineer
8 9 (6.62%) Systems Engineer
9 8 (5.88%) Hardware Engineer
9 8 (5.88%) Hardware Test Engineer
9 8 (5.88%) Software Test Engineer
10 7 (5.15%) Senior
11 6 (4.41%) Lead
11 6 (4.41%) QA Leader
12 5 (3.68%) Applications Tester
12 5 (3.68%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (11.03%) Playwright
2 14 (10.29%) .NET
3 12 (8.82%) Spring
4 11 (8.09%) React
5 10 (7.35%) Spring Boot
6 9 (6.62%) Ext JS
7 6 (4.41%) ASP.NET
8 5 (3.68%) .NET Framework
8 5 (3.68%) AngularJS
8 5 (3.68%) CSS
8 5 (3.68%) HTML
9 4 (2.94%) FHIR
10 3 (2.21%) WPF
11 2 (1.47%) .NET Core
11 2 (1.47%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (1.47%) Entity Framework
11 2 (1.47%) HTML5
11 2 (1.47%) Web Services
12 1 (0.74%) Swing
12 1 (0.74%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.03%) Public Cloud
2 14 (10.29%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (8.82%) IoT
4 9 (6.62%) Clustering
4 9 (6.62%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (6.62%) Market Risk
5 7 (5.15%) Video\Live Streaming
6 3 (2.21%) Blog
6 3 (2.21%) e-Learning
6 3 (2.21%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.47%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (68.38%) Test Automation
2 63 (46.32%) Agile
3 39 (28.68%) Regression Testing
4 31 (22.79%) CI/CD
4 31 (22.79%) Software Engineering
5 25 (18.38%) Continuous Integration
5 25 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (17.65%) Code Quality
7 23 (16.91%) Migration
8 22 (16.18%) TDD
9 21 (15.44%) DevOps
9 21 (15.44%) Test Management
10 20 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (14.71%) Manual Testing
11 17 (12.50%) Software Architecture
12 15 (11.03%) Continuous Delivery
13 13 (9.56%) Mentoring
13 13 (9.56%) SDLC
13 13 (9.56%) Test Planning
14 12 (8.82%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 41 (30.15%) JavaScript
2 40 (29.41%) Java
3 39 (28.68%) Python
4 34 (25.00%) SQL
5 24 (17.65%) C#
6 6 (4.41%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.94%) C
8 3 (2.21%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (9.56%) Degree
2 9 (6.62%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.21%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (51.47%) QA
2 12 (8.82%) ISO 9001
3 4 (2.94%) DICOM
3 4 (2.94%) HL7
3 4 (2.94%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (6.62%) VMware NSX
2 4 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.74%) TeamSite
1 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (13.24%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.62%) TOWER Software
2 9 (6.62%) VMware
3 2 (1.47%) Google
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle
4 1 (0.74%) Salesforce