Software Tester Contracts in England

Software Tester
UK > England

The median Software Tester daily rate in England is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 625 741
Rank change year-on-year +93 +116 -158
Contract jobs requiring a Software Tester 11 33 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.064% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.068% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 24 33
10th Percentile £362 £207 -
25th Percentile £413 £273 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £295 £395
Median % change year-on-year +52.54% -25.32% +31.67%
75th Percentile £600 £394 £450
90th Percentile £750 £569 £495
UK median daily rate £450 £295 £388
% change year-on-year +52.54% -23.87% +29.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £20.34
25th Percentile - - £23.86
Median hourly rate - - £30.98
75th Percentile - - £39.36
90th Percentile - - £43.63
UK median hourly rate - - £19.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,494 48,433 68,665
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.54% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,968 34,321 48,831
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,386 1,460 1,923
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.63 £48.20
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.07
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in England

Software Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Software Tester in England

Software Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Tester in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Tester in England

Software Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Tester in England

Software Tester
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
London +107 7 £475 +4.63% 3
North of England +31 2 £450 +55.17% 6
Yorkshire +21 2 £450 - 2
South East +5 1 - - 1
Software Tester
UK

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Software 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 England region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
2 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
2 4 (36.36%) Java
3 3 (27.27%) QA
3 3 (27.27%) Selenium
3 3 (27.27%) User Stories
3 3 (27.27%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
4 2 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Functional Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) SDET
4 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Cypress.io
4 2 (18.18%) Azure
4 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
4 2 (18.18%) C#
4 2 (18.18%) TestComplete
4 2 (18.18%) OpenLink
4 2 (18.18%) Endur
4 2 (18.18%) Back Office
4 2 (18.18%) JMeter
4 2 (18.18%) Electronics
4 2 (18.18%) SQL
4 2 (18.18%) .NET
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle
4 2 (18.18%) Agile

Software Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (18.18%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Selenium
2 2 (18.18%) Cypress.io
2 2 (18.18%) JIRA
2 2 (18.18%) JMeter
2 2 (18.18%) TestComplete
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Back Office
2 2 (18.18%) Electronics
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) German Language
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Spanish Language
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
2 1 (9.09%) ADO
2 1 (9.09%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Digital Media
1 1 (9.09%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
2 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
3 3 (27.27%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (27.27%) User Stories
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Functional Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (18.18%) SDET
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
5 1 (9.09%) Regression Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Scrum
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Java
2 2 (18.18%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
2 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
2 2 (18.18%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) OpenLink
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) HP
2 1 (9.09%) SAP