Usability Testing Contracts in Edinburgh

Usability Testing
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Usability Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Usability Testing over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 106 117
Rank change year-on-year +42 +11 -11
Contract jobs citing Usability Testing 9 5 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.09% 0.40% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 0.42% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 11
10th Percentile £485 £397 -
25th Percentile £513 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +29.41% -5.56%
75th Percentile £619 £588 £497
90th Percentile £645 - £500
Scotland median daily rate £550 £500 £438
% change year-on-year +10.00% +14.29% +35.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Usability Testing 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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 719 1,194 1,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 87.05% 94.91% 93.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 841 1,238
10th Percentile £219 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £405 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £546 £570
90th Percentile £662 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 9 16
10th Percentile £13.48 £12.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.59 £21.26 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.23% -41.75% -32.99%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile - £57.10 £54.03
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £16.50 £39.99
% change year-on-year +18.18% -58.74% -0.03%

Usability Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Usability Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Usability Testing in Edinburgh

Usability Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Usability Testing in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Usability Testing in Edinburgh

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Usability Testing in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Usability Testing in Edinburgh

Usability Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (11.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JMeter
1 3 (33.33%) LoadRunner
1 3 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Law
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Designer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Service Designer
2 1 (11.11%) Test Leader
2 1 (11.11%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) User Research
1 5 (55.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (44.44%) Contextual Inquiry
3 3 (33.33%) Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Coaching
3 3 (33.33%) Inclusive Design
3 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 3 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 3 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Scalability Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Test Management
3 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) Ethnography
5 1 (11.11%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Accessibility
1 4 (44.44%) WCAG
2 3 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Google