Automated Testing
Scotland > Highlands
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Test Automation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 5 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Test Automation | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Highlands | 5.00% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 6.25% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £291 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £308 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £324 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £500 | £480 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.17% | +1.05% | -1.25% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Highlands
Test Automation 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 the Highlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands | 80.00% | 25.00% | 50.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £306 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £327 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | - | £150 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -47.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £413 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £428 | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £465 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -5.26% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | - | - |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £20.00 | £20.94 | £19.18 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.48% | +9.16% | -12.82% |
Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands
Job postings citing Test Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.
Test Automation
Daily Rate Trend in the Highlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Test Automation.
Test Automation
Contract Job Locations in the Highlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 15 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness | - | 1 | £308 | - | 1 |
| Test Automation Scotland |
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Test Automation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Highlands 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:
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