Test Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Test Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Test Engineer salary in Scotland is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 183 157
Rank change year-on-year -74 -26 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 32 36 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.48% 0.79% 1.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.87% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 23 21 52
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,833 £53,375
90th Percentile - £67,500 £62,375
UK median annual salary £45,000 £54,164 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.92% +8.33% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,512 4,118 5,676
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.93% 89.89% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,629 2,228 3,006
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,338 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,740
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,043 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +4.84% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Scotland

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in Scotland

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in Scotland

Test 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 Test Engineer 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 +32 11 £50,000 -16.00% 5
Fife -1 6 - - 1
Glasgow -122 5 £40,000 -5.88% 3
Aberdeen - 5 £35,000 - 1
West Lothian -2 4 £45,000 -6.25%
Argyll and Bute - 1 £44,000 -
Test Engineer
UK

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Test 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 Test Engineer in the job title.

1 27 (84.38%) Test Automation
2 20 (62.50%) Agile
3 19 (59.38%) Software Testing
4 18 (56.25%) JIRA
4 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
5 17 (53.13%) QA
6 14 (43.75%) Regression Testing
6 14 (43.75%) Confluence
6 14 (43.75%) Test Management
6 14 (43.75%) Bitbucket
7 13 (40.63%) Git
7 13 (40.63%) SQL
8 10 (31.25%) Visual Studio
8 10 (31.25%) Selenium
8 10 (31.25%) DevOps
9 8 (25.00%) Open Source
9 8 (25.00%) ISO 9001
10 7 (21.88%) Java
10 7 (21.88%) Scrum
10 7 (21.88%) IoT
10 7 (21.88%) Functional Testing
10 7 (21.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (18.75%) CI/CD
11 6 (18.75%) Continuous Delivery
11 6 (18.75%) Continuous Deployment
11 6 (18.75%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (18.75%) Scenario Testing
11 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (18.75%) Energy Management
11 6 (18.75%) MSTest

Test 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (43.75%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) AWS
3 2 (6.25%) GCP
4 1 (3.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Development Applications
1 18 (56.25%) JIRA
2 14 (43.75%) Bitbucket
3 13 (40.63%) Git
4 10 (31.25%) Selenium
4 10 (31.25%) Visual Studio
5 6 (18.75%) Cypress.io
5 6 (18.75%) MSTest
6 4 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (12.50%) WebDriver
7 2 (6.25%) Appium
General
1 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (18.75%) Finance
4 4 (12.50%) Electronics
4 4 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) CSS
1 4 (12.50%) DOM
1 4 (12.50%) HTML
2 3 (9.38%) Playwright
3 1 (3.13%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) IoT
2 3 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (84.38%) Test Automation
2 20 (62.50%) Agile
3 19 (59.38%) Software Testing
4 14 (43.75%) Regression Testing
4 14 (43.75%) Test Management
5 10 (31.25%) DevOps
6 8 (25.00%) Open Source
7 7 (21.88%) Functional Testing
7 7 (21.88%) Scrum
8 6 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (18.75%) CI/CD
8 6 (18.75%) Continuous Delivery
8 6 (18.75%) Continuous Deployment
8 6 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
8 6 (18.75%) Energy Management
8 6 (18.75%) Scenario Testing
8 6 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (15.63%) API Testing
9 5 (15.63%) Manual Testing
10 4 (12.50%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 13 (40.63%) SQL
2 7 (21.88%) Java
3 4 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.13%) C#
4 1 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Degree
2 5 (15.63%) ISTQB
3 4 (12.50%) ISEB
4 2 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.13%) HNC
5 1 (3.13%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (53.13%) QA
2 8 (25.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) Google
3 1 (3.13%) Salesforce