Tester Contracts in Cheltenham

Tester
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Tester daily rate in Cheltenham is £463 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 1.57% - 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% - 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £379 - £505
25th Percentile £403 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - £525
75th Percentile £528 - £538
90th Percentile £556 - £545
Gloucestershire median daily rate £463 £750 £475
% change year-on-year -38.33% +57.89% -13.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 174 155 113
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.10% 96.88% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 110 95
10th Percentile £352 £319 £170
25th Percentile £470 £502 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £588
90th Percentile £748 £750 £683
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile £53.65 £69.75 £12.08
25th Percentile £70.38 £73.13 £12.19
Median hourly rate £71.00 £85.50 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year -16.96% +570.59% -74.50%
75th Percentile £72.06 £93.38 £13.69
90th Percentile £74.13 £94.05 £14.03
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £40.00 £73.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -45.21% +143.33% -40.00%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Cheltenham

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Tester in Cheltenham.

Daily rate trend for Tester in Cheltenham

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheltenham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in Cheltenham

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Tester in Cheltenham.

Hourly rate trend for Tester in Cheltenham

Tester Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Tester 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 Cheltenham region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Open Source
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Black-Box Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) White-Box Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Situational Awareness
2 2 (66.67%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (66.67%) Software Quality Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Black-Box Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Open Source
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Situational Awareness
2 2 (66.67%) White-Box Testing
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
1 2 (66.67%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle