Software Testing Contracts in Surrey

Software Testing
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 43 64
Rank change year-on-year -1 +21 +2
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 12 26 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 2.04% 3.83% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 4.48% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 10
10th Percentile £395 £193 £469
25th Percentile £400 £216 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £250 £513
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -51.22% -
75th Percentile £475 £394 £613
90th Percentile £477 £405 £625
South East median daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year - -5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £20.50 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.44% - -
75th Percentile £27.75 £47.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £31.35 - -
South East median hourly rate £60.50 £45.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +34.44% +23.29% -30.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 484 581 801
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 82.45% 85.69% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 436 566
10th Percentile £213 £198 £208
25th Percentile £363 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +2.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 33 21
10th Percentile £11.71 £32.10 £17.54
25th Percentile £13.25 £42.50 £19.50
Median hourly rate £20.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.44% +87.50% -44.19%
75th Percentile £53.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £63.51 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -18.18%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Surrey

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Surrey

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Surrey

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 30 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
Redhill -14 4 £450 - 1
Staines - 2 - - 2
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 4 (33.33%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Git
2 4 (33.33%) Artifactory
2 4 (33.33%) Bitbucket
2 4 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 4 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (16.67%) German Language
2 2 (16.67%) Spanish Language
3 1 (8.33%) Electronics
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Development Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Software Development Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Test Development Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Test Manager
4 1 (8.33%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Software Tester
4 1 (8.33%) Test Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) RESTful
1 4 (33.33%) SOAP
1 4 (33.33%) XML
2 2 (16.67%) Web Services
3 1 (8.33%) CSS
3 1 (8.33%) Flash
3 1 (8.33%) HTML
3 1 (8.33%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Digital Media
1 1 (8.33%) Digital TV
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Linux
2 4 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (33.33%) Windows
3 3 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
3 6 (50.00%) Software Engineering
4 5 (41.67%) Computer Science
5 4 (33.33%) API Testing
5 4 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
5 4 (33.33%) Manual Testing
5 4 (33.33%) Open Source
5 4 (33.33%) Performance Management
5 4 (33.33%) Scrum
5 4 (33.33%) SDET
6 3 (25.00%) Defect Management
6 3 (25.00%) Functional Testing
6 3 (25.00%) User Experience
7 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (16.67%) Business Development
7 2 (16.67%) Defect Tracking
7 2 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) Python
3 4 (33.33%) C++
4 2 (16.67%) C
4 2 (16.67%) ProC
5 1 (8.33%) C#
5 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) ISTQB
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (33.33%) VirtualBox
2 1 (8.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Oracle