Test Scripting Contracts in Argyll and Bute

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Scotland > Argyll and Bute

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Argyll and Bute requiring Test Scripting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Scripting over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Argyll and Bute 12.50% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £381 £450
% change year-on-year +18.03% -15.28% +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Argyll and Bute

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Argyll and Bute 62.50% 66.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £173 £185 -
25th Percentile £184 £187 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £193 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.22% - -
75th Percentile £316 £197 -
90th Percentile £382 £199 -
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%

Test Scripting
Contract Job Locations in Argyll and Bute

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 Argyll and Bute region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Helensburgh - 1 £400 -
Test Scripting
Scotland

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Argyll and Bute 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared