Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 106 109
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 +15
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 4 7 30
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.26% 0.42% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.47% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 22
10th Percentile - £366 £254
25th Percentile - £409 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £378
Median % change year-on-year - +32.45% -11.18%
75th Percentile - £519 £450
90th Percentile - £538 £524
UK median daily rate £472 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.78% -5.26% +3.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Test Scripting 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 1,346 1,494 2,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.29% 89.30% 91.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 885 1,333
10th Percentile £238 £230 £250
25th Percentile £381 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -8.16% +3.16%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 44 53
10th Percentile £13.97 £15.07 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £19.59 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £49.66 £32.66 £71.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.85
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.88% +25.29%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Scotland

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Test Scripting
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 Scripting within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 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 +12 3 £500 -4.76% 6
Perth and Kinross - 1 - -
Test Scripting
UK

Test Scripting
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle E-Business Tax
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) HP UFT
1 1 (25.00%) JUnit
1 1 (25.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) SOAP
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
1 1 (25.00%) XML
1 1 (25.00%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) SCADA
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Interpretation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Fault Management
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Test Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle