Tester Contracts in Oxfordshire

Tester
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Tester daily rate in Oxfordshire is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 31 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 0.87% 0.41% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 0.44% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £469 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £506 £475 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £425 £420 £433
% change year-on-year +1.19% -2.89% +14.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 195 229 262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.15% 93.09% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 154 216
10th Percentile £131 £240 £160
25th Percentile £180 £350 £226
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £500 £550 £575
90th Percentile £550 £638 £653
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £494
% change year-on-year - +1.27% +9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 17 18
10th Percentile £13.00 - £15.00
25th Percentile £14.47 £18.08 £17.69
Median hourly rate £19.50 £25.95 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +29.75% -8.62%
75th Percentile £28.25 £32.30 £20.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £51.20 £29.33
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Oxfordshire

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Tester in Oxfordshire

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Tester in Oxfordshire

Tester
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Oxford +11 2 £488 +8.33%
Tester
South East

Tester Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 3 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft