Software Testing Contracts in Essex

Software Testing
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 34 55
Rank change year-on-year +2 +21 -14
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 2 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 0.89% 0.83% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 1.01% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £171
25th Percentile - - £192
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £238
Median % change year-on-year - - -43.45%
75th Percentile - - £287
90th Percentile - - £310
East of England median daily rate £420 £450 £390
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £40.31 - £55.00
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £52.93
% change year-on-year +1.96% +20.45% +17.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Essex with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 183 199 351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 81.33% 82.92% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 126 222
10th Percentile £250 £193 £206
25th Percentile £350 £265 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £495
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -6.57% +16.47%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £575
90th Percentile £600 £621 £631
East of England median daily rate £470 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -1.05% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 15 33
10th Percentile £10.42 £21.78 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.96 £24.62 £18.55
Median hourly rate £55.00 £43.00 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% +59.38% +22.94%
75th Percentile £80.00 £60.63 £44.53
90th Percentile - £67.55 £68.99
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £24.62 £15.50
% change year-on-year +62.47% +58.84% -13.58%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Essex

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Essex.

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Essex

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Essex.

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Essex

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Integration Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Validation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test and Validation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft