Test Strategy Jobs in Scotland

Test Strategy
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Test Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 258 170 191
Rank change year-on-year -88 +21 -20
Permanent jobs citing Test Strategy 24 45 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.35% 1.05% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 1.11% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 14 18 37
10th Percentile £31,758 £37,769 £36,750
25th Percentile £39,938 £40,313 £38,632
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -20.00% +29.41%
75th Percentile £64,063 £47,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £70,750 £66,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Test Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,115 4,054 5,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.41% 94.68% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,571 2,031 2,895
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
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%

Test Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Scotland

Test Strategy
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Test Strategy in Scotland

Test Strategy
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Strategy in Scotland

Test Strategy
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 Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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 -106 13 £62,500 +56.25% 3
Edinburgh +10 5 £55,000 +23.60% 8
Aberdeen -11 4 £45,000 +12.50%
Stirling - 1 £35,776 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 £45,000 -
Test Strategy
UK

Test Strategy
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 1 (4.17%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Selenium
2 3 (12.50%) Appium
2 3 (12.50%) Git
2 3 (12.50%) JIRA
3 2 (8.33%) JMeter
4 1 (4.17%) Cypress.io
4 1 (4.17%) Gatling
4 1 (4.17%) LoadRunner
General
1 14 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
3 12 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (45.83%) Finance
5 8 (33.33%) Banking
5 8 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (29.17%) Investment Banking
6 7 (29.17%) Law
6 7 (29.17%) Legal
6 7 (29.17%) Marketing
7 4 (16.67%) Aviation
8 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
8 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Analyst
1 7 (29.17%) Business Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Onboarding Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) QA Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Software QA Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Technical Business Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Test Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Development Specialist
4 2 (8.33%) Lead
4 2 (8.33%) Tester
5 1 (4.17%) Performance Tester
5 1 (4.17%) QA Leader
5 1 (4.17%) Software Tester
5 1 (4.17%) Test Automation Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) REST
1 1 (4.17%) SOAP
1 1 (4.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Credit Derivative
1 7 (29.17%) Derivative
1 7 (29.17%) Fixed Income
1 7 (29.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 7 (29.17%) Hedge funds
1 7 (29.17%) Interest Rate Derivative
1 7 (29.17%) Onboarding
1 7 (29.17%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 11 (45.83%) Agile
3 11 (45.83%) Manual Testing
4 7 (29.17%) BDD
4 7 (29.17%) Change Management
4 7 (29.17%) Risk Management
4 7 (29.17%) Scrum
4 7 (29.17%) Strategic Thinking
4 7 (29.17%) TDD
4 7 (29.17%) Test Management
4 7 (29.17%) User Stories
5 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
5 5 (20.83%) SDLC
6 4 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 4 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
6 4 (16.67%) Open Source
6 4 (16.67%) System Testing
7 3 (12.50%) Continuous Delivery
7 3 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) Java
2 2 (8.33%) Python
2 2 (8.33%) VBA
3 1 (4.17%) C#
3 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Oracle
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft