Software Testing Contracts in the Thames Valley

Software Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 123 132
Rank change year-on-year +39 +9 -43
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 52 27 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.98% 0.95% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 1.05% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 16 27
10th Percentile - £370 £358
25th Percentile £205 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £431 £458
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% -5.74% +14.38%
75th Percentile £688 £565 £544
90th Percentile - £588 £638
South East median daily rate £425 £400 £453
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.60% +11.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £16.83 -
25th Percentile £10.24 £22.56 -
Median hourly rate £10.30 £32.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -68.55% - -
75th Percentile £10.36 £43.56 -
90th Percentile - £49.68 -
South East median hourly rate £62.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +37.78% - -20.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,277 2,574 3,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 86.64% 90.76% 89.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,262 1,757 2,182
10th Percentile £213 £314 £235
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £605 £584
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 66 88
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.88 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.30 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -13.96% +200.23% -17.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £69.05 £25.38
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.40
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.95
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.79% -20.18%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the Thames Valley

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in the Thames Valley

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in the Thames Valley

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in the Thames Valley

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Berkshire +24 46 £425 -2.86% 19
Buckinghamshire +26 6 £444 +19.93% 19
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (1.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (1.92%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (26.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (23.08%) AWS
2 3 (5.77%) Azure
3 2 (3.85%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.92%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 1 (1.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.92%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 14 (26.92%) LAN
2 1 (1.92%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (23.08%) Oracle Database
1 12 (23.08%) Oracle Database 11g
1 12 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.92%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.92%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Git
2 2 (3.85%) JIRA
3 1 (1.92%) Ranorex
3 1 (1.92%) Selenium
General
1 23 (44.23%) Social Skills
2 15 (28.85%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (13.46%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Automotive
5 1 (1.92%) Games
5 1 (1.92%) Marketing
5 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (28.85%) Hardware Engineer
2 14 (26.92%) Developer
3 12 (23.08%) PostgreSQL Developer
4 6 (11.54%) Test Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Break Fix Engineer
6 4 (7.69%) Test Manager
6 4 (7.69%) Tester
7 3 (5.77%) Senior
7 3 (5.77%) Test Specialist
8 2 (3.85%) Analyst
8 2 (3.85%) Designer
8 2 (3.85%) Full Stack Developer
8 2 (3.85%) Lead
8 2 (3.85%) Lead Designer
8 2 (3.85%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 1 (1.92%) Defect Manager
9 1 (1.92%) Test Automation Manager
9 1 (1.92%) Test Automation Specialist
9 1 (1.92%) UAT Manager
9 1 (1.92%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.69%) HTML
2 3 (5.77%) AngularJS
2 3 (5.77%) CSS
2 3 (5.77%) Node.js
2 3 (5.77%) Web Services
3 1 (1.92%) jQuery
3 1 (1.92%) React
3 1 (1.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (26.92%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.77%) Life Science
3 2 (3.85%) NHS
4 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (28.85%) Windows
2 14 (26.92%) Windows 10
2 14 (26.92%) Windows 7
3 8 (15.38%) Unix
4 4 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (32.69%) DevOps
3 14 (26.92%) Customer Requirements
3 14 (26.92%) Customer Service
3 14 (26.92%) ITIL
3 14 (26.92%) Service Delivery
3 14 (26.92%) Software Deployment
3 14 (26.92%) Software Engineering
3 14 (26.92%) Unit Testing
4 13 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 13 (25.00%) Migration
5 12 (23.08%) Architectural Design
5 12 (23.08%) Clean Code
5 12 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
5 12 (23.08%) Secure Coding
6 11 (21.15%) Test Automation
7 9 (17.31%) Agile
8 6 (11.54%) Waterfall
9 5 (9.62%) Test Strategy
10 4 (7.69%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (38.46%) SQL
2 12 (23.08%) PL/SQL
3 3 (5.77%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.85%) Java
4 2 (3.85%) PHP
4 2 (3.85%) Python
5 1 (1.92%) Bash
5 1 (1.92%) C
5 1 (1.92%) C#
5 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 17 (32.69%) Degree
3 14 (26.92%) DV Cleared
3 14 (26.92%) SC Cleared
4 7 (13.46%) ISTQB
5 3 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) QA
2 3 (5.77%) HL7
3 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (26.92%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (26.92%) SCCM
2 2 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (32.69%) Oracle
2 15 (28.85%) Microsoft
3 14 (26.92%) HP
4 2 (3.85%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.92%) Adobe
5 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow