Software Testing Contracts in Sheffield

Software Testing
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 52 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 4 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 1.06% 0.88% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 0.92% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £424 £341 -
25th Percentile £441 £383 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £456 £477 -
90th Percentile £465 £581 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £412 £413 £300
% change year-on-year -0.18% +37.50% -45.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 350 434 361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 92.35% 95.59% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 302 290
10th Percentile £375 £364 £350
25th Percentile £420 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £551 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +10.25% +25.00%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £563
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £474 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -13.91% +10.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 11
10th Percentile £10.90 £11.05 £9.49
25th Percentile £11.33 £11.13 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £11.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.30% -28.13% +18.06%
75th Percentile £23.75 £25.88 £18.57
90th Percentile - £34.35 £24.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.62 £10.63 £16.75
% change year-on-year +65.71% -36.54% +38.83%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Sheffield

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Sheffield

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Sheffield

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 1 (25.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JMeter
1 3 (75.00%) Selenium
2 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Tester
1 2 (50.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer in Test
2 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Java Developer in Test
2 1 (25.00%) Java Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Storage Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 3 (75.00%) SDET
1 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (75.00%) User Stories
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) JCL
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) REXX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (75.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) NFS
1 1 (25.00%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Broadcom
1 1 (25.00%) Brocade
1 1 (25.00%) CA
1 1 (25.00%) Dell
1 1 (25.00%) IBM