Usability Testing Contracts in Scotland

Usability Testing
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Usability Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Usability Testing over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 159 148
Rank change year-on-year +36 -11 -5
Contract jobs citing Usability Testing 9 8 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.40% 0.28% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.30% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 18
10th Percentile £485 £405 £311
25th Percentile £513 £413 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +14.29% +48.31%
75th Percentile £619 £578 £500
90th Percentile £645 £588 £523
UK median daily rate £475 £513 £503
% change year-on-year -7.32% +1.99% +3.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Usability Testing 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,973 2,636 3,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.67% 92.62% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,204 1,899 2,324
10th Percentile £245 £263 £241
25th Percentile £400 £409 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 54 50
10th Percentile £12.38 £10.63 £14.99
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £17.58
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.11 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.68% -42.51% -27.59%
75th Percentile £44.47 £54.31 £48.75
90th Percentile £61.20 £67.22 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Usability Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Usability Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Usability Testing in Scotland

Usability Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Usability Testing in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Usability Testing in Scotland

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Usability Testing in Scotland over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Usability Testing in Scotland

Usability Testing
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 Usability Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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 +32 9 £550 +12.82%
Usability Testing
UK

Usability Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JMeter
1 3 (33.33%) LoadRunner
1 3 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Law
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Designer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Service Designer
2 1 (11.11%) Test Leader
2 1 (11.11%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) User Research
1 5 (55.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (44.44%) Contextual Inquiry
3 3 (33.33%) Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Coaching
3 3 (33.33%) Inclusive Design
3 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 3 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 3 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Scalability Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Test Management
3 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) Ethnography
5 1 (11.11%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Accessibility
1 4 (44.44%) WCAG
2 3 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Google