Test Strategy Contracts in Scotland

Test Strategy
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Test Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Strategy over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 134 140
Rank change year-on-year +24 +6 -13
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 21 31 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.95% 1.08% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.17% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 29 18
10th Percentile - £380 £363
25th Percentile £463 £414 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year +15.39% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £609 £550 £518
90th Percentile £654 £638 £565
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £518
% change year-on-year - +1.35% +11.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £40.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £58.94 £26.00
% change year-on-year +18.77% +126.68% -42.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Test Strategy 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 2,648 3,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.63% 92.62% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,905 2,309
10th Percentile £230 £263 £244
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £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 54 48
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -51.45% -10.99%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.75 £48.95
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy 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 Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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 +49 18 £539 +7.70% 7
Glasgow -12 2 £490 +12.00% 2
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (9.52%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) OCI
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (9.52%) IaaS
2 2 (9.52%) PaaS
2 2 (9.52%) SaaS
3 1 (4.76%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Big Data
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (47.62%) JIRA
2 5 (23.81%) Selenium
3 3 (14.29%) JMeter
3 3 (14.29%) LoadRunner
4 2 (9.52%) Cucumber
4 2 (9.52%) Cypress.io
4 2 (9.52%) Git
4 2 (9.52%) Jenkins
4 2 (9.52%) Subversion
4 2 (9.52%) TeamCity
4 2 (9.52%) WebDriver
General
1 13 (61.90%) Finance
2 10 (47.62%) Public Sector
3 7 (33.33%) Banking
3 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Lead
3 5 (23.81%) UAT Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Test Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Test Leader
4 4 (19.05%) Test Manager
5 3 (14.29%) Senior
6 2 (9.52%) Functional Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Functional Test Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Oracle Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Test Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Automation Test Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Business Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) ERP Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Payments Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Payments Business Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Senior Automation Test Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) UAT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (9.52%) .NET
3 1 (4.76%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Public Cloud
2 2 (9.52%) Client/Server
2 2 (9.52%) Equities
2 2 (9.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (9.52%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (38.10%) Scenario Testing
2 8 (38.10%) Test Automation
3 7 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 7 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 6 (28.57%) Defect Management
4 6 (28.57%) Integration Testing
4 6 (28.57%) Test Management
5 5 (23.81%) Defect Tracking
6 4 (19.05%) Agile
6 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
6 4 (19.05%) DevOps
6 4 (19.05%) Migration
6 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (19.05%) Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (19.05%) Software Testing
6 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (14.29%) Performance Testing
7 3 (14.29%) Security Testing
7 3 (14.29%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
2 2 (9.52%) C#
2 2 (9.52%) C++
2 2 (9.52%) Java
2 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
2 2 (9.52%) Shell Script
2 2 (9.52%) VBA
2 2 (9.52%) VBScript
3 1 (4.76%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) ISEB
2 4 (19.05%) ISTQB
3 3 (14.29%) Master's Degree
4 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (9.52%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (9.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (9.52%) PMO
3 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.76%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Oracle
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) Blue Prism
3 1 (4.76%) Google
3 1 (4.76%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) Workday