Software Testing Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Software Testing
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire requiring Software Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 16.67% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Scotland median daily rate £473 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +11.18% -10.53% -2.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Lanarkshire

Software Testing 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 South Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5 32 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 83.33% 91.43% 93.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 21 57
10th Percentile - - £250
25th Percentile - £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £670 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.91% +11.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £750 £700
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £468 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.89% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.97 £19.59 £19.18
% change year-on-year +1.94% +2.14% -3.38%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in South Lanarkshire

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 27 September 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
East Kilbride - 1 £550 -
Software Testing
Scotland

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA