QA Jobs in Scotland

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 30 57
Rank change year-on-year -68 +27 -11
Permanent jobs citing QA 253 342 324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.70% 7.86% 5.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 32.35% 53.35% 32.11%
Number of salaries quoted 151 43 149
10th Percentile £18,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,625 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +31.25%
75th Percentile £53,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £70,850
UK median annual salary £52,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +4.35% +7.98%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance 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 quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 782 641 1,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.44% 14.73% 16.59%
Number of salaries quoted 334 203 426
10th Percentile £22,250 £31,250 £25,625
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,563 £37,519
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £45,607
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +20.60% +7.12%
75th Percentile £60,938 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,703 £88,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Scotland

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Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for QA in Scotland

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Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in Scotland

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Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Glasgow -129 91 £41,250 -25.00% 17
Edinburgh +6 76 £52,500 -16.00% 25
Aberdeen +8 20 £40,000 - 11
Fife - 18 £37,500 -
Lanarkshire - 10 £42,500 - 8
Dundee -7 7 £45,000 -7.46% 3
West Lothian - 6 £15,000 - 2
North Lanarkshire - 4 £13,000 - 2
Ayrshire - 4 - - 1
East Lothian - 2 - -
Renfrewshire - 2 - -
West Dunbartonshire - 2 £17,000 - 1
Highlands -8 1 £40,000 - 2
Stirling -10 1 £35,776 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 £45,000 - 5
East Ayrshire - 1 £25,000 -
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UK

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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 15 (5.93%) Confluence
2 5 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.58%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.40%) IIS
4 1 (0.40%) WildFly
Applications
1 10 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.40%) Blender
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (3.16%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.79%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 45 (17.79%) AWS
2 39 (15.42%) Azure
3 20 (7.91%) SaaS
4 14 (5.53%) GCP
5 11 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (3.56%) BlazeMeter
7 7 (2.77%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.19%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.79%) Figma
11 1 (0.40%) ClickUp
11 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.19%) Intranet
2 2 (0.79%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.74%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.77%) BigQuery
2 7 (2.77%) Looker
2 7 (2.77%) Power BI
3 5 (1.98%) MySQL
3 5 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.58%) Big Data
5 3 (1.19%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.19%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.79%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.79%) Tableau
7 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (10.28%) Cypress.io
2 24 (9.49%) JIRA
3 15 (5.93%) Selenium
4 12 (4.74%) Bitbucket
5 11 (4.35%) Cucumber
5 11 (4.35%) Maven
6 10 (3.95%) Jenkins
6 10 (3.95%) JMeter
7 9 (3.56%) Gradle
8 6 (2.37%) Git
9 4 (1.58%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (1.58%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.58%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.40%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.40%) JUnit
10 1 (0.40%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.40%) Mocha
10 1 (0.40%) Mockito
10 1 (0.40%) MSTest
10 1 (0.40%) TestComplete
General
1 83 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 54 (21.34%) Finance
3 31 (12.25%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (11.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (8.30%) Marketing
6 20 (7.91%) Games
7 13 (5.14%) Manufacturing
7 13 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (4.74%) Law
9 11 (4.35%) Legal
10 10 (3.95%) Telecoms
11 9 (3.56%) Public Sector
12 8 (3.16%) Local Government
12 8 (3.16%) Police
13 7 (2.77%) Billing
13 7 (2.77%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.58%) Aviation
14 4 (1.58%) Electronics
14 4 (1.58%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.58%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (18.18%) QA Engineer
2 32 (12.65%) Developer
3 28 (11.07%) Senior
4 20 (7.91%) Lead
5 19 (7.51%) Test Engineer
6 17 (6.72%) Services Director
6 17 (6.72%) Tester
7 12 (4.74%) Software Engineer
8 11 (4.35%) IT Support
9 10 (3.95%) Java Engineer
9 10 (3.95%) QA Leader
10 9 (3.56%) Analyst
10 9 (3.56%) Data Manager
10 9 (3.56%) Engineering Manager
10 9 (3.56%) Java Software Engineer
10 9 (3.56%) QA Software Engineer
10 9 (3.56%) Senior Developer
11 8 (3.16%) Bid Writer
11 8 (3.16%) QA Specialist
11 8 (3.16%) Senior Bid Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.70%) React
2 19 (7.51%) Playwright
3 13 (5.14%) Spring
4 12 (4.74%) CSS
4 12 (4.74%) HTML
5 11 (4.35%) Spring Boot
6 10 (3.95%) AngularJS
7 9 (3.56%) .NET
7 9 (3.56%) Ext JS
8 6 (2.37%) RESTful
8 6 (2.37%) Vue
9 5 (1.98%) ASP.NET
9 5 (1.98%) JSON
9 5 (1.98%) XML
10 4 (1.58%) DOM
11 3 (1.19%) .NET Framework
12 2 (0.79%) ASP.NET MVC
12 2 (0.79%) Entity Framework
12 2 (0.79%) Node.js
12 2 (0.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.11%) Management Information System
2 14 (5.53%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.95%) Public Cloud
4 9 (3.56%) Market Risk
5 7 (2.77%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.77%) Video\Live Streaming
6 6 (2.37%) IoT
6 6 (2.37%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.58%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.58%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.58%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.19%) Life Science
8 3 (1.19%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.79%) PMI
9 2 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.40%) 3D Printing
10 1 (0.40%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.40%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.40%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.35%) Windows
2 7 (2.77%) Android
3 6 (2.37%) Linux
4 4 (1.58%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.58%) Mesosphere
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 8
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (37.15%) Test Automation
2 74 (29.25%) Agile
3 70 (27.67%) Software Testing
4 63 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (17.39%) Mentoring
6 38 (15.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (13.44%) Code Quality
8 30 (11.86%) Project Management
9 29 (11.46%) Regression Testing
9 29 (11.46%) Software Engineering
10 27 (10.67%) Strategic Thinking
11 25 (9.88%) DevOps
12 23 (9.09%) CI/CD
13 21 (8.30%) Manual Testing
13 21 (8.30%) Scrum
14 20 (7.91%) Collaborative Working
15 19 (7.51%) Budgeting
15 19 (7.51%) Test Management
16 17 (6.72%) Coaching
16 17 (6.72%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 47 (18.58%) JavaScript
2 29 (11.46%) Python
2 29 (11.46%) SQL
3 27 (10.67%) Java
4 14 (5.53%) C#
5 12 (4.74%) TypeScript
6 8 (3.16%) C++
7 7 (2.77%) PHP
8 5 (1.98%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.58%) Swift
10 3 (1.19%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.79%) DataWeave
12 1 (0.40%) Bash
12 1 (0.40%) C
12 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.40%) VB
12 1 (0.40%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.40%) VB6
Qualifications
1 34 (13.44%) Degree
2 8 (3.16%) DBS Check
3 7 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (1.98%) ISTQB
5 4 (1.58%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (1.58%) ISEB
5 4 (1.58%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.19%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.19%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.79%) ACCA
7 2 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.79%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.40%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.32%) ISO 9001
2 9 (3.56%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.37%) GMP
4 5 (1.98%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.58%) Software Quality Assurance
6 3 (1.19%) GLP
6 3 (1.19%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (3.16%) Docker
2 4 (1.58%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.40%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 9 (3.56%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.58%) Ansible
2 4 (1.58%) Docker Swarm
2 4 (1.58%) Progress Chef
2 4 (1.58%) Puppet
3 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (10.28%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.95%) Google
3 9 (3.56%) TOWER Software
4 8 (3.16%) NEC
5 4 (1.58%) Apple
5 4 (1.58%) VMware
6 3 (1.19%) Databricks
7 2 (0.79%) Charles River
7 2 (0.79%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.79%) Sage
8 1 (0.40%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.40%) TP-LINK
8 1 (0.40%) Xero