Software Testing Jobs in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 75 102
Rank change year-on-year +35 +27 -51
Permanent jobs citing Software Testing 72 66 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.72% 3.56% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.37% 3.74% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 54 25 38
10th Percentile £35,525 £37,500 £39,875
25th Percentile £42,813 £41,227 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £82,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £89,472 £67,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +21.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,341 1,766 2,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 87.88% 95.36% 93.72%
Number of salaries quoted 936 1,042 1,477
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,733 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £89,852 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +14.58%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Software Testing in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Testing in Edinburgh

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 12 (16.67%) Confluence
2 1 (1.39%) CMS
2 1 (1.39%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 16 (22.22%) AWS
1 16 (22.22%) Azure
2 2 (2.78%) GCP
3 1 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.39%) OCI
3 1 (1.39%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.72%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (2.78%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (18.06%) JIRA
2 12 (16.67%) Bitbucket
3 10 (13.89%) Selenium
4 7 (9.72%) Cypress.io
5 5 (6.94%) Jenkins
6 4 (5.56%) Appium
6 4 (5.56%) TeamCity
7 2 (2.78%) JMeter
8 1 (1.39%) Bugzilla
8 1 (1.39%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.39%) Gradle
8 1 (1.39%) JUnit
8 1 (1.39%) Maven
8 1 (1.39%) Mockito
8 1 (1.39%) Postman
General
1 36 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.83%) Games
3 4 (5.56%) Finance
3 4 (5.56%) Tech for Good
4 3 (4.17%) Law
5 2 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.78%) Marketing
5 2 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.39%) Banking
6 1 (1.39%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.39%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.39%) Legal
6 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.39%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (20.83%) Tester
2 13 (18.06%) QA Engineer
3 12 (16.67%) Test Engineer
4 8 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
4 8 (11.11%) Hardware Test Engineer
4 8 (11.11%) Software Engineer
5 7 (9.72%) Architect
5 7 (9.72%) Geospatial Architect
5 7 (9.72%) Senior
5 7 (9.72%) Software Architect
6 6 (8.33%) Lead
6 6 (8.33%) QA Leader
7 5 (6.94%) Applications Tester
7 5 (6.94%) Senior Software Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) .NET Software Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Hardware Tester
8 4 (5.56%) Senior .NET Software Engineer
8 4 (5.56%) Software Tester
9 3 (4.17%) Trainer
10 2 (2.78%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (20.83%) Playwright
2 12 (16.67%) .NET
3 6 (8.33%) ASP.NET
4 4 (5.56%) .NET Framework
4 4 (5.56%) FHIR
5 3 (4.17%) CSS
5 3 (4.17%) HTML
6 2 (2.78%) .NET Core
6 2 (2.78%) AngularJS
6 2 (2.78%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (2.78%) Entity Framework
6 2 (2.78%) React
6 2 (2.78%) Web Services
6 2 (2.78%) WPF
7 1 (1.39%) JavaFX
7 1 (1.39%) Spring
7 1 (1.39%) Spring Boot
7 1 (1.39%) Swing
7 1 (1.39%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.72%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (8.33%) IoT
2 6 (8.33%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.17%) Blog
3 3 (4.17%) e-Learning
4 2 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.39%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 38 (52.78%) Agile
3 22 (30.56%) Software Engineering
4 15 (20.83%) Code Quality
5 14 (19.44%) Regression Testing
6 12 (16.67%) Test Management
7 10 (13.89%) Mentoring
8 9 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (11.11%) DevOps
9 8 (11.11%) Scrum
10 7 (9.72%) Migration
10 7 (9.72%) QA Automation
10 7 (9.72%) Software Architecture
11 6 (8.33%) Coaching
11 6 (8.33%) Computer Science
11 6 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (8.33%) Video Processing
12 5 (6.94%) CI/CD
13 4 (5.56%) Refactoring
13 4 (5.56%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 27 (37.50%) Python
2 18 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 13 (18.06%) C#
4 11 (15.28%) Java
5 10 (13.89%) SQL
6 6 (8.33%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.39%) C
7 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (8.33%) Degree
2 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (63.89%) QA
2 12 (16.67%) ISO 9001
3 4 (5.56%) DICOM
3 4 (5.56%) HL7
3 4 (5.56%) ISO 13485
4 1 (1.39%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.39%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.39%) TeamSite
1 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.78%) Google
3 1 (1.39%) Oracle
3 1 (1.39%) Salesforce