QA Test Manager Contracts in Scotland

Quality Assurance Test Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Quality Assurance Test Manager daily rate in Scotland is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Test Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.061% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
UK median daily rate £600 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +41.18% -19.05% +9.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 1,551 1,976 2,562
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 94.64% 94.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 867 1,210 1,767
10th Percentile £233 £200 £250
25th Percentile £358 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +1.06%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 129 53
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.30 £12.83
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.71 £19.50 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +1.08% +3.01% -49.43%
75th Percentile £25.15 £57.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £66.00 £64.60
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £37.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.07% -14.77% +76.00%

QA Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured QA Test Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for QA Test Manager in Scotland

QA Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Test Manager in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for QA Test Manager in Scotland

QA Test Manager Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 22 June 2025, QA Test Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring QA Test Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) ETRM
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) MSTest
1 1 (100.00%) Ranorex
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

QA Test Manager Skill Set
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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) MSTest
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Ranorex
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ETRM
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA