Test Leader Contracts in Scotland

Test Lead
UK > Scotland

The median Test Lead daily rate in Scotland is £638 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 151 169
Rank change year-on-year +20 +18 -25
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 4 9 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% 0.31% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.33% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 6
10th Percentile £539 £413 -
25th Percentile £569 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% +23.53% +6.25%
75th Percentile £672 £638 £438
90th Percentile £681 £660 £509
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,117 2,724 3,382
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 95.18% 96.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 1,950 2,398
10th Percentile £202 £243 £211
25th Percentile £375 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year - +3.83% +7.65%
75th Percentile £588 £551 £549
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 46 55
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.94 £12.35
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.34 £17.50
Median hourly rate £33.25 £23.18 £25.82
Median % change year-on-year +43.44% -10.21% -35.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.17 £47.98
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £54.09
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Leader in Scotland

Test Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Test Leader in Scotland

Test Leader
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Leader in Scotland over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Leader in Scotland

Test Leader
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 Leader within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 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 +34 4 £638 +24.39% 1
Test Leader
UK

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Test Leader contract 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 contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Defect Management
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Test Management
3 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Robotic Process Automation
3 2 (50.00%) SDLC
3 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Burndown Charts
4 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (25.00%) PMO
4 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Component Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree

Test 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 1 (25.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (25.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) JMeter
1 1 (25.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Equities
1 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Defect Management
2 3 (75.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Robotic Process Automation
3 2 (50.00%) SDLC
3 2 (50.00%) Test Management
3 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Component Testing
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) ISEB
2 1 (25.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Google