Performance Testing Contracts in Scotland

Performance Testing
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Performance Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Testing over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 153 162
Rank change year-on-year +30 +9 -23
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 5 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.22% 0.52% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.56% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 14 6
10th Percentile - £363 £201
25th Percentile £363 £381 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £424 £345
Median % change year-on-year +29.79% +22.83% -34.29%
75th Percentile £638 £488 £464
90th Percentile £649 - £538
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +9.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Performance 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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,980 2,655 3,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.55% 92.57% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,208 1,918 2,353
10th Percentile £250 £263 £239
25th Percentile £400 £408 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £549
90th Percentile £675 £650 £622
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 53 52
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.50 £17.72 £28.43
Median % change year-on-year +10.05% -37.66% -32.32%
75th Percentile £46.24 £54.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £61.28 £67.31 £55.61
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -

Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Performance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Testing in Scotland

Performance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Performance Testing in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Performance Testing in Scotland

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Testing in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Testing in Scotland

Performance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Performance Testing in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Performance Testing in Scotland

Performance 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 Performance Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
Edinburgh +26 3 £625 +56.25% 1
Glasgow +6 2 £375 -21.05% 6
Performance Testing
UK

Performance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JMeter
1 3 (60.00%) LoadRunner
1 3 (60.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) Postman
2 1 (20.00%) TestComplete
2 1 (20.00%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) JSON
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Analytics
1 3 (60.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Metrics
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Scalability Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Security Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (60.00%) Test Management
1 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (60.00%) Usability Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) API Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (20.00%) ISEB
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google