Test Assurance Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Test Assurance
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Test Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Assurance 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.044% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £613 £464 £438
% change year-on-year +32.15% +5.94% -7.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Test Assurance 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 1,900 1,460 1,622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 83.63% 90.85% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,029 813 994
10th Percentile £263 £263 £206
25th Percentile £375 £369 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £550
90th Percentile £658 £589 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 90 51
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.62 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.87 £13.57
Median hourly rate £17.68 £19.99 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.53% +5.18% -0.94%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £29.13
90th Percentile £71.15 £27.95 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% -3.67%

Test Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Test Assurance job vacancy trend in Scotland

Test Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Test Assurance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Test Assurance

Test Assurance
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 Test Assurance within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
Aberdeen - 1 £525 - 1
Test Assurance
UK

Test Assurance
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA