Test Management Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Test Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Test Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 106 128
Rank change year-on-year +1 +22 +7
Contract jobs citing Test Management 5 7 10
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.34% 0.42% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.47% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 7
10th Percentile £439 - £370
25th Percentile £478 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £444 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.24% -11.20% +10.50%
75th Percentile £556 £488 £544
90th Percentile £568 - £550
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -14.29% +2.44% +2.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Test Management 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 1,309 1,483 2,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.73% 89.88% 90.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 749 877 1,330
10th Percentile £240 £242 £250
25th Percentile £388 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 44 52
10th Percentile £13.71 £16.75 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.13 £16.19
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +26.90% -0.19%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.35
90th Percentile £56.25 £43.58 £72.63
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Test Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Test Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Test Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Test Management

Test Management
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 Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 December 2025. 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 +8 2 £488 - 2
Glasgow 0 1 £550 +19.70% 5
South Lanarkshire - 1 £550 -
Test Management
UK

Test Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Campaign
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Appium
2 1 (20.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Lead
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Tester
1 1 (20.00%) SCADA Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
1 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Fault Management
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Secure Coding
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe
1 1 (20.00%) Dundas
1 1 (20.00%) Kronos
1 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens
1 1 (20.00%) Workday