Exploratory Testing
UK > Scotland
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Exploratory Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Exploratory Testing over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 26 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 158 | 168 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +10 | -20 |
| Contract jobs citing Exploratory Testing | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | - | 0.17% | 0.20% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.19% | 0.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £404 | £331 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £406 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £506 | £383 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +32.35% | +2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £600 | £455 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £481 |
| UK median daily rate | £445 | £469 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.01% | +10.29% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £17.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £19.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £21.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £62.50 | - | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -10.65% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland
Exploratory Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,976 | 2,647 | 3,269 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 88.57% | 92.62% | 92.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,202 | 1,908 | 2,318 |
| 10th Percentile | £233 | £260 | £243 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £406 | £394 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £465 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.15% | +9.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £554 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £650 | £623 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | +8.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 95 | 56 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.38 | £10.63 | £14.94 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £12.04 | £17.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.50 | £17.72 | £33.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.05% | -46.30% | -21.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £44.47 | £53.94 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £60.75 | £67.03 | £55.75 |
| UK median hourly rate | £35.00 | £37.00 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.41% | +48.00% | - |
Exploratory Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing Exploratory Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Exploratory Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Exploratory Testing in Scotland.