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The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Test Automation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Automation over the 6 months to 8 December 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
| Automated Testing |
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6 months to
8 Dec 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
30 |
22 |
31 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-8 |
+9 |
+3 |
| Contract jobs citing Test Automation |
201 |
374 |
261 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland |
5.07% |
7.22% |
5.22% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
5.91% |
8.21% |
6.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
119 |
206 |
151 |
| Scotland median daily rate |
£423 |
£388 |
£375 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+9.03% |
+3.33% |
+7.14% |
| 10th Percentile |
£284 |
£286 |
£285 |
| 90th Percentile |
£538 |
£525 |
£525 |
| UK median daily rate |
£463 |
£463 |
£450 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+2.78% |
+5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Scotland median hourly rate |
£60.00 |
£42.50 |
£13.50 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
+41.18% |
+214.81% |
-6.90% |
| 10th Percentile |
£39.50 |
£36.25 |
£10.75 |
| 90th Percentile |
£62.50 |
£43.75 |
£27.65 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£42.50 |
£41.00 |
£43.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.66% |
-4.65% |
+7.50% |
Test Automation 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.
| All Process and Methodology Skills Scotland |
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills |
3,399 |
4,556 |
4,314 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland |
85.66% |
87.97% |
86.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
1,897 |
2,459 |
2,458 |
| Scotland median daily rate |
£425 |
£400 |
£388 |
| Median daily rate % change year-on-year |
+6.25% |
+3.23% |
+6.90% |
| 10th Percentile |
£213 |
£244 |
£250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£575 |
£550 |
£538 |
| UK median daily rate |
£475 |
£463 |
£450 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.70% |
+2.78% |
+5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
91 |
103 |
102 |
| Scotland median hourly rate |
£18.50 |
£23.00 |
£23.25 |
| Median hourly rate % change year-on-year |
-19.57% |
-1.08% |
+10.71% |
| 10th Percentile |
£11.17 |
£11.17 |
£11.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
£43.75 |
£44.27 |
£43.70 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£23.50 |
£22.00 |
£23.75 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.82% |
-7.37% |
+5.56% |
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Test Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing Test Automation as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Test Automation in Scotland.
Test Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland
The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Test Automation in Scotland over the 6 months to 8 December 2019.
Test Automation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Automation in Scotland.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland
The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Test Automation in Scotland over the 6 months to 8 December 2019.
Test Automation
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 Automation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 December 2019. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
For the 6 months to 8 December 2019, IT contractor jobs citing Test Automation also mentioned the following skills 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 with a requirement for Test Automation.
Test Automation
Co-occurring IT Skills in Scotland by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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