Smoke Testing Contracts in Scotland

Smoke Testing (including Confidence Testing, Sanity Testing)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Smoke Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smoke Testing over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 139 175
Rank change year-on-year - +36 +7
Contract jobs citing Smoke Testing 0 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland - 0.13% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.14% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £468 £373
25th Percentile - £475 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -8.11%
75th Percentile - £525 £463
90th Percentile - £533 £478
UK median daily rate £400 £475 £438
% change year-on-year -15.79% +8.57% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Smoke 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,536 2,152 3,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 86.05% 91.61% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 890 1,366 2,155
10th Percentile £212 £237 £300
25th Percentile £356 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £537 £572 £570
90th Percentile £650 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 51 65
10th Percentile £13.33 £12.13 £12.52
25th Percentile £17.46 £13.22 £14.22
Median hourly rate £22.88 £19.50 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +17.31% +4.00% -6.09%
75th Percentile £24.18 £57.72 £39.75
90th Percentile £40.90 £78.00 £57.65
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £43.86 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.92% +25.31% +66.67%

Smoke Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Smoke Testing in Scotland

Smoke Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Smoke Testing in Scotland