Smoke Testing Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Smoke Testing (including Confidence Testing, Sanity Testing)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Smoke Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 - 120
Rank change year-on-year - - +42
Contract jobs citing Smoke Testing 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.050% - 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% - 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £513
25th Percentile - - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.10%
75th Percentile - - £738
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £436 £451 £506
% change year-on-year -3.41% -10.91% -4.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Smoke 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 1,661 1,478 1,846
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 82.84% 92.90% 87.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 858 853 1,140
10th Percentile £286 £257 £220
25th Percentile £381 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £463 £463
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% - -2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £568
90th Percentile £675 £600 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 53 91
10th Percentile £12.62 £16.13 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.45 £17.30 £15.05
Median hourly rate £19.33 £19.97 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% +2.41% +21.95%
75th Percentile £50.00 £25.15 £44.47
90th Percentile £77.50 £57.16 £60.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%

Smoke Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Smoke Testing job vacancy trend in Scotland

Smoke Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Smoke Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Smoke 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 Smoke Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 June 2026. 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 - 1 £650 -
Smoke Testing
UK

Smoke 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
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Migration Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Disclosure Scotland