Software Testing Contracts in Gloucestershire

Software Testing
South West > Gloucestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 51 55
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 -14
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 5 11 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 1.19% 2.30% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 2.48% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 8
10th Percentile - £225 £147
25th Percentile £525 £319 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £338 £488
Median % change year-on-year +62.96% -30.77% -15.22%
75th Percentile £575 £356 £513
90th Percentile - £568 £556
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £488
% change year-on-year +4.76% +7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Median hourly rate £75.00 £78.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +30.00% -
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £73.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -4.11% +21.67% +31.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 360 443 472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 85.51% 92.68% 87.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 310 371
10th Percentile £363 £299 £205
25th Percentile £463 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £677 £650 £601
90th Percentile £738 £700 £680
South West median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 39 16
10th Percentile £14.00 £35.00 £11.88
25th Percentile £18.85 £50.50 £13.59
Median hourly rate £35.00 £70.00 £32.40
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +116.05% -35.20%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.66 £46.40
90th Percentile £71.73 £83.40 £57.50
South West median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Gloucestershire

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Gloucestershire

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Gloucestershire

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Cheltenham +1 3 £550 +62.96% 7
Software Testing
South West

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) IPv4
1 2 (40.00%) OSPF
1 2 (40.00%) VLAN
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (20.00%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Lead DevOps Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) JSON
1 1 (20.00%) pytest
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Unix
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Records Management
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Bash
2 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) GIAC
3 1 (20.00%) RHCE
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
1 2 (40.00%) Puppet
2 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (20.00%) VMware
1 1 (20.00%) Wind River