Test Scripting Contracts in Scotland

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Test Scripting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Scripting over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 138 127
Rank change year-on-year +26 -11 +16
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 19 26 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.86% 0.91% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 0.98% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 25
10th Percentile - £374 £304
25th Percentile £363 £396 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £450 £423
Median % change year-on-year -15.28% +6.51% +12.67%
75th Percentile £568 £500 £475
90th Percentile £634 £538 £575
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Test Scripting 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 1,956 2,645 3,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.63% 92.68% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,903 2,321
10th Percentile £230 £261 £244
25th Percentile £400 £407 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 55 49
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.78 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -46.30% -21.43%
75th Percentile £40.94 £54.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Scotland

Test Scripting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Scotland

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in Scotland

Test Scripting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +43 14 £375 -11.76% 4
Lanarkshire +2 2 £388 -21.52%
Glasgow -2 2 £388 -13.89%
Renfrewshire -2 1 - -
Test Scripting
UK

Test Scripting
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:

Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Azure
1 7 (36.84%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.26%) GCP
2 1 (5.26%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.79%) Big Data
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Selenium
2 5 (26.32%) WebDriver
3 3 (15.79%) JIRA
3 3 (15.79%) JMeter
3 3 (15.79%) LoadRunner
4 2 (10.53%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (31.58%) Banking
2 5 (26.32%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.53%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Investment Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Retail
4 2 (10.53%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Automation Tester
2 5 (26.32%) Lead
2 5 (26.32%) Tester
3 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Change Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Test Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Test Leader
3 2 (10.53%) Test Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) ERP Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Fund Accounting Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) UAT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Public Cloud
2 2 (10.53%) Equities
2 2 (10.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (10.53%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) DevOps
2 7 (36.84%) Test Automation
2 7 (36.84%) Test Management
2 7 (36.84%) Test Strategy
2 7 (36.84%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (26.32%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (26.32%) Non-Functional Testing
5 4 (21.05%) End-to-End Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Integration Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.79%) Analytics
6 3 (15.79%) Defect Management
6 3 (15.79%) ERP
6 3 (15.79%) Performance Metrics
6 3 (15.79%) Performance Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Scalability Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Security Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Usability Testing
7 2 (10.53%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) C#
1 5 (26.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) Master's Degree
3 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.53%) ISEB
3 2 (10.53%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) PMO
1 2 (10.53%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) HP
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Blue Prism
2 1 (5.26%) Google
2 1 (5.26%) IFS
2 1 (5.26%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) Workday