Test Strategy Contract Job Trends in Scotland
Test Strategy
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Test Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 119 | 105 | 108 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -14 | +3 | -15 |
| Contract jobs citing Test Strategy | 21 | 10 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Scotland | 0.88% | 0.63% | 0.65% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.04% | 0.70% | 0.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17 | 5 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £411 | £470 | £405 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £490 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £550 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.36% | +10.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | - | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £595 | £653 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | - | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £55.00 | £55.00 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -8.33% | -2.64% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland
Test Strategy 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.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,027 | 1,420 | 1,593 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 84.49% | 89.93% | 86.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,071 | 780 | 930 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £250 | £210 |
| 25th Percentile | £377 | £381 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £465 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.08% | +3.33% | -6.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £556 | £538 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £613 | £670 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 129 | 101 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £15.34 | £12.57 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.00 | £17.87 | £15.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.86 | £19.97 | £20.94 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.57% | -4.62% | +9.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £38.75 | £25.15 | £24.18 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.30 | £40.00 | £43.89 |
| UK median hourly rate | £37.24 | £25.08 | £39.59 |
| % change year-on-year | +48.51% | -36.66% | -9.82% |
Test Strategy Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Test Strategy Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Test Strategy.
Test Strategy Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.
Test Strategy Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Test Strategy.
Test Strategy 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 Strategy within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | -6 | 12 | £479 | -20.21% | 36 |
| Edinburgh | -8 | 5 | £463 | -7.50% | 9 |
| Aberdeen | - | 3 | £525 | - | |
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Test Strategy Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CI/CD | 47.6% | 10 |
| 1 | Test Automation | 47.6% | 10 |
| 3 | Software Testing | 42.9% | 9 |
| 4 | DevOps | 38.1% | 8 |
| 5 | Stakeholder Management | 28.6% | 6 |
| 5 | Test Planning | 28.6% | 6 |
| 5 | Test Scripting | 28.6% | 6 |
| 5 | User Acceptance Testing | 28.6% | 6 |
| 5 | Validation | 28.6% | 6 |
| 10 | Agile | 23.8% | 5 |
| 10 | Defect Management | 23.8% | 5 |
| 10 | End-to-End Testing | 23.8% | 5 |
| 13 | Acceptance Criteria | 19.0% | 4 |
| 13 | Code Quality | 19.0% | 4 |
| 13 | Systems Engineering | 19.0% | 4 |
| 16 | Configuration Management | 14.3% | 3 |
| 16 | Continuous Delivery | 14.3% | 3 |
| 16 | Continuous Integration | 14.3% | 3 |
| 16 | High Availability | 14.3% | 3 |
| 16 | Infrastructure as Code | 14.3% | 3 |