Software Testing Contracts in the Midlands

Software Testing
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 101 131
Rank change year-on-year +7 +30 -37
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 43 64 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.57% 1.86% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.10% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 51 52
10th Percentile £250 £325 £285
25th Percentile £400 £399 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £501 £416
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% +20.24% +4.06%
75th Percentile £536 £540 £501
90th Percentile £540 - £548
England median daily rate £450 £510 £488
% change year-on-year -11.76% +4.62% +4.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year +19.05% +7.14% +8.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,255 3,048 4,476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.18% 88.35% 88.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,504 2,125 3,305
10th Percentile £241 £250 £246
25th Percentile £356 £370 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £675 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 118 156
10th Percentile £11.07 £11.94 £10.25
25th Percentile £13.81 £15.02 £13.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.04 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +5.31% +3.22% +9.25%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.97 £22.03
90th Percentile £55.00 £55.75 £33.00
England median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in the Midlands

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
West Midlands +3 27 £475 -11.71% 40
East Midlands +29 16 £460 +22.53% 22
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (2.33%) Appian
1 1 (2.33%) Confluence
1 1 (2.33%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Simulink
2 5 (11.63%) Stateflow
2 5 (11.63%) TargetLink
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.58%) Azure
2 10 (23.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Relational Database
1 3 (6.98%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.65%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Bitbucket
2 7 (16.28%) Git
3 5 (11.63%) Subversion
4 4 (9.30%) Ant
4 4 (9.30%) Selenium
5 3 (6.98%) JMeter
5 3 (6.98%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (6.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (6.98%) Visual Studio
6 2 (4.65%) Cucumber
6 2 (4.65%) Jenkins
6 2 (4.65%) Maven
6 2 (4.65%) REST Assured
6 2 (4.65%) TestNG
6 2 (4.65%) TestRail
7 1 (2.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 13 (30.23%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.95%) Finance
3 5 (11.63%) Automotive
4 4 (9.30%) Aerospace
4 4 (9.30%) Electronics
5 3 (6.98%) Games
5 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Aeronautics
7 1 (2.33%) Banking
7 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Analyst
2 8 (18.60%) Developer
2 8 (18.60%) SQL Developer
3 7 (16.28%) Test Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Control Systems Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Principal Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) Validation Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) Verification Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Performance Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Performance Test Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) QA Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) Test Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Test Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Software Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Software Test Analyst
8 1 (2.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 1 (2.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
8 1 (2.33%) Contracts Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) React
2 2 (4.65%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Algorithms
2 5 (11.63%) Management Information System
2 5 (11.63%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.65%) NHS
4 1 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.33%) FPGA
4 1 (2.33%) PDA
4 1 (2.33%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.60%) Unix
2 1 (2.33%) Android
2 1 (2.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (53.49%) Agile
2 14 (32.56%) DevOps
3 12 (27.91%) Scrum
3 12 (27.91%) Test Automation
4 10 (23.26%) Software Engineering
4 10 (23.26%) Validation
5 9 (20.93%) System Testing
5 9 (20.93%) Verification and Validation
6 8 (18.60%) Integration Testing
6 8 (18.60%) Test Strategy
7 7 (16.28%) Functional Testing
7 7 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (16.28%) Test Scripting
8 5 (11.63%) Computer Science
8 5 (11.63%) Manual Testing
8 5 (11.63%) Project Management
8 5 (11.63%) QMS
8 5 (11.63%) Quality Management
8 5 (11.63%) UML
8 5 (11.63%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.23%) SQL
2 7 (16.28%) Bash
2 7 (16.28%) Bourne shell
2 7 (16.28%) Korn
2 7 (16.28%) PL/SQL
3 6 (13.95%) MATLAB
4 5 (11.63%) C
5 3 (6.98%) C#
5 3 (6.98%) Java
5 3 (6.98%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (25.58%) ISTQB
1 11 (25.58%) Security Cleared
2 10 (23.26%) Degree
3 8 (18.60%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (16.28%) ISEB
5 5 (11.63%) DV Cleared
5 5 (11.63%) Master's Degree
6 4 (9.30%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
8 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) QA
2 5 (11.63%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (11.63%) ISO 26262
2 5 (11.63%) MISRA
2 5 (11.63%) MISRA C
3 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.98%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 10 (23.26%) Oracle
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.65%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.33%) SAP
4 1 (2.33%) Xilinx