Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 72 75
Rank change year-on-year +12 +3 +16
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 3 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.51% 0.16% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.17% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £513 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £350
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +50.00% -17.65%
75th Percentile - £538 £431
90th Percentile - - £465
Scotland median daily rate £500 £500 £378
% change year-on-year - +32.45% -11.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 538 583 836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 91.34% 91.24% 91.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 305 496
10th Percentile £221 £226 £202
25th Percentile £406 £387 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £635 £626
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +2.78% -8.16% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 25 9
10th Percentile £16.55 £16.86 £12.95
25th Percentile - £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +33.13% -16.65%
75th Percentile £40.00 £24.18 £35.00
90th Percentile £65.00 - £55.26
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Scripting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Test Scripting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Test Scripting

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Test Scripting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Test Scripting

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) HP UFT
1 1 (33.33%) JUnit
1 1 (33.33%) LoadRunner
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) REST
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Interpretation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Fault Management
2 1 (33.33%) Low Latency
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
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