QA Leader Jobs in Scotland

Quality Assurance Lead
UK > Scotland

The median Quality Assurance Lead salary in Scotland is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 267 214 229
Rank change year-on-year -53 +15 -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Leader 10 1 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.15% 0.023% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.026% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £55,000
75th Percentile £63,438 - £57,500
90th Percentile £69,625 - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% -7.14% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 6,649 3,859 6,017
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.01% 89.70% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,920 2,101 3,088
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,033 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.39% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,056 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

QA Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Leader in Scotland

QA Leader
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for QA Leader in Scotland

QA Leader
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 Leader within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 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 +42 10 £60,000 -
QA Leader
UK

QA Leader Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, QA Leader 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 QA Leader in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) QA
1 10 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
1 10 (100.00%) AWS
1 10 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 10 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 9 (90.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (90.00%) Playwright
3 6 (60.00%) Public Cloud
3 6 (60.00%) QA Automation
3 6 (60.00%) Regression Testing
3 6 (60.00%) Agile
3 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 6 (60.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Manual Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (20.00%) C#
5 2 (20.00%) SaaS
6 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (10.00%) Selenium
6 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Performance Engineering

QA Leader 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) AWS
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 10 (100.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (90.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 9 (90.00%) Test Automation
3 6 (60.00%) Agile
3 6 (60.00%) QA Automation
3 6 (60.00%) Regression Testing
3 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 6 (60.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Manual Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (20.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) QA