Test Specialist Contracts in the Thames Valley

Test Specialist
South East > Thames Valley

The median Test Specialist daily rate in the Thames Valley is £613 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 150 160
Rank change year-on-year +19 +10 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Test Specialist 5 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.069% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.073% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £462
25th Percentile £606 - £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - £480
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.87%
75th Percentile £619 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £613 - £480
% change year-on-year - - +7.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,473 2,738 3,376
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.04% 94.48% 95.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,427 1,897 2,306
10th Percentile £206 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £409 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £491
% change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 77 101
10th Percentile £15.67 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.00 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.45 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £47.79 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.61% +138.95% -20.00%

Test Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Test Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Test Specialist in the Thames Valley

Test Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Specialist in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Test Specialist in the Thames Valley

Test Specialist
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 Test Specialist within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 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 -3 4 £613 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Test Specialist
South East

Test Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Test Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Test Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) Unix
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) GitHub
4 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
4 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (20.00%) Micro Focus
4 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) OpenText
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (20.00%) Refactoring

Test Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (20.00%) Refactoring
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Micro Focus
2 1 (20.00%) OpenText