Scenario Testing Contracts in Scotland

Scenario Testing
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Scenario Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Scenario Testing over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 133 150
Rank change year-on-year +25 +17 -4
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 7 31 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.33% 1.16% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.26% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 25 13
10th Percentile £261 £344 £321
25th Percentile £381 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £428 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.98% -4.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £500 £456 £470
90th Percentile £541 £483 £495
UK median daily rate £469 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.25
Median hourly rate - - £19.50
75th Percentile - - £21.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £25.00
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Scenario 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 1,857 2,457 3,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 86.65% 91.95% 93.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,150 1,716 2,260
10th Percentile £221 £258 £250
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 57 54
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.07 £11.25 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £43.75 £50.27
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.63 £57.05
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Scenario Testing in Scotland

Scenario Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Scenario Testing in Scotland

Scenario Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scenario Testing in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scenario Testing in Scotland

Scenario Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scenario Testing in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Scenario Testing in Scotland

Scenario 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 Scenario Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 +18 4 £519 +29.69% 2
Glasgow +7 1 £388 -9.46%
West Lothian - 1 £188 -
Scenario Testing
UK

Scenario 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) UAT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (14.29%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Application Packaging
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) Test Management
4 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 1 (14.29%) Time Management
4 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Avaya
2 1 (14.29%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 1 (14.29%) IFS