Tester Contract Job Trends in East Kilbride

Tester
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The median Tester daily rate in East Kilbride is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East Kilbride 40.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Kilbride

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East Kilbride. 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 East Kilbride with a recognized job title 4 34 68
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 80.00% 100.00% 85.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 23 51
10th Percentile - £435 £250
25th Percentile - £450 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £670 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.91% +11.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £750 £700
90th Percentile - - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £550 £670 £588
% change year-on-year -17.91% +13.91% +47.05%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in East Kilbride

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in East Kilbride

Tester Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Kilbride

For the 6 months to 27 September 2025, Tester 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 East Kilbride region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Kilbride 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA