Automation Test Analyst Contracts in Scotland

Test Automation Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Test Automation Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 132 171
Rank change year-on-year +19 +39 +5
Contract jobs requiring an Automation Test Analyst 2 10 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.11% 0.43% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.45% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile £401 - £406
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £444
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -4.23% +29.56%
75th Percentile £428 £438 £469
90th Percentile £434 £444 £547
UK median daily rate £425 £517 £450
% change year-on-year -17.79% +14.89% +5.02%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 1,636 2,223 3,106
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.65% 94.64% 96.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 963 1,404 2,238
10th Percentile £190 £238 £250
25th Percentile £340 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £557 £564
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 59 67
10th Percentile £13.23 £12.13 £12.52
25th Percentile £14.73 £14.25 £14.36
Median hourly rate £18.38 £18.93 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -2.93% +6.83% -8.09%
75th Percentile £24.18 £57.72 £38.59
90th Percentile £43.42 £74.60 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Automation Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Automation Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Automation Test Analyst in Scotland

Automation Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Automation Test Analyst in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Automation Test Analyst in Scotland

Automation Test Analyst
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 Automation Test Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 October 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 +7 2 £413 -2.94%
Automation Test Analyst
UK

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Automation Test Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Automation Test Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
1 2 (100.00%) VBA
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Subversion
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) V-Model
1 2 (100.00%) TeamCity
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) WebDriver
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Feature Driven Development
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (100.00%) BDD

Automation Test Analyst Skill Set
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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Subversion
1 2 (100.00%) TeamCity
1 2 (100.00%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) ATDD
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Feature Driven Development
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) V-Model
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) VBA
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification