Software Testing Contracts in Portsmouth

Software Testing
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 36 24
Rank change year-on-year 0 -12 -11
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 9 7 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 3.08% 2.97% 7.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.46% 3.23% 9.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - - £388
25th Percentile - £510 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £63 £520 £430
Median % change year-on-year -87.98% +21.02% +1.70%
75th Percentile - £553 £463
90th Percentile - £566 £463
Hampshire median daily rate £400 £491 £434
% change year-on-year -18.58% +13.10% -7.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 10
10th Percentile £59.00 £55.38 £24.90
25th Percentile £61.25 £55.94 -
Median hourly rate £62.00 £57.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% +130.00% -55.75%
75th Percentile £63.13 £60.46 £52.96
90th Percentile £65.61 £63.54 £65.50
Hampshire median hourly rate £62.00 £57.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +7.83% +130.00% -55.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 260 217 205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 89.04% 91.95% 75.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 132 87
10th Percentile £400 £202 £327
25th Percentile £454 £387 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +4.17% +0.31%
75th Percentile £675 £571 £588
90th Percentile £850 £669 £643
Hampshire median daily rate £588 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +5.00% +7.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 20 48
10th Percentile £51.06 £44.81 £16.25
25th Percentile £53.40 £52.38 £25.00
Median hourly rate £59.72 £58.20 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +25.84% +5.34%
75th Percentile £67.02 £66.07 £63.25
90th Percentile £79.69 £70.13 £67.80
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £23.75
% change year-on-year +9.24% +121.05% -28.03%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Portsmouth

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Portsmouth

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Portsmouth

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 2 (22.22%) Confluence
2 1 (11.11%) MTS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) SNMP
2 4 (44.44%) Software-Defined Radio
3 2 (22.22%) RS-232
4 1 (11.11%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Eclipse
1 4 (44.44%) Git
1 4 (44.44%) GoogleTest
1 4 (44.44%) Robot Framework
2 3 (33.33%) LabVIEW
3 2 (22.22%) Bitbucket
3 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Aerospace
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Electronics
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Software Test Engineer
1 6 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Software Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Systems Test Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) RF Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) RF Test Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Test Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Test Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Software Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Software Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) CSS
1 2 (22.22%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Software Engineering
2 6 (66.67%) Validation
3 4 (44.44%) Prototyping
3 4 (44.44%) Verification and Validation
4 3 (33.33%) Architectural Design
4 3 (33.33%) UML
5 2 (22.22%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) Change Management
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 2 (22.22%) Data Management
5 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Scrum
5 2 (22.22%) SysML
6 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (11.11%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (11.11%) SDLC
6 1 (11.11%) Software Delivery
6 1 (11.11%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) C
2 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Google
2 2 (22.22%) Atlassian
3 1 (11.11%) Sitecore