Software Testing Contracts in Stevenage

Software Testing
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 27 24
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 -14
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 35 26 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 7.35% 8.70% 9.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.08% 9.49% 10.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £420 £350 £445
% change year-on-year +20.00% -21.35% +61.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 12 7
10th Percentile - £56.63 £46.25
25th Percentile £61.25 £63.75 £48.55
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% +38.36%
75th Percentile - £68.75 -
90th Percentile - £69.88 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year - +32.65% +8.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 433 274 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 90.97% 91.64% 92.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 62 51
10th Percentile £80 £273 £300
25th Percentile £258 £316 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £388 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -22.50% +1.01%
75th Percentile £563 £519 £588
90th Percentile £650 £623 £651
Hertfordshire median daily rate £425 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 303 131 52
10th Percentile £38.12 £50.00 £39.51
25th Percentile £43.00 £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +16.07% +24.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £77.00 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £50.43
% change year-on-year -23.08% +28.90% +12.06%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Stevenage

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Stevenage

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Stevenage

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Communications & Networking
1 35 (100.00%) Modbus
1 35 (100.00%) RS-422
1 35 (100.00%) RS-485
General
1 35 (100.00%) Electronics
2 28 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 26 (74.29%) C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) C Software Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (80.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Agile
1 35 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 35 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 35 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 35 (100.00%) DevOps
1 35 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 35 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 35 (100.00%) TDD
1 35 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 7 (20.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 35 (100.00%) C
1 35 (100.00%) C#
1 35 (100.00%) C++