Functional Testing Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Functional Testing
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Functional Testing 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 107 108 130
Rank change year-on-year +1 +22 +9
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 1 5 9
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.065% 0.30% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.074% 0.33% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 7
10th Percentile - £329 £414
25th Percentile - £356 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile - £438 £540
90th Percentile - £505 £588
UK median daily rate £451 £455 £500
% change year-on-year -0.88% -9.00% +6.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Functional Testing 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,346 1,494 2,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.29% 89.30% 91.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 885 1,333
10th Percentile £238 £230 £250
25th Percentile £381 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -8.16% +3.16%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 44 53
10th Percentile £13.97 £15.07 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £19.59 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £49.66 £32.66 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.85
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.88% +25.29%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Functional Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Functional Testing job vacancy trend in Scotland

Functional Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Functional Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Functional Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Functional Testing

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Glasgow -8 1 £600 +58.73% 1
Functional Testing
UK

Functional Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Active Listening
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Bill of Materials
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft