End-to-End Testing Contracts

End-to-End Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for End-to-End Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited End-to-End Testing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 315 370 332
Rank change year-on-year +55 -38 +14
Contract jobs citing End-to-End Testing 309 393 727
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 0.66% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.73% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 267 525
10th Percentile £350 £357 £363
25th Percentile £411 £444 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £630 £673 £588
90th Percentile £733 £775 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile - £53.00 £25.20
25th Percentile - £54.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £26.03 £57.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.33% +62.86% -
75th Percentile £29.38 £59.50 £49.50
90th Percentile £35.38 £61.00 £52.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.03 - £49.50
% change year-on-year - - +41.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

End-to-End 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

End-to-End Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing End-to-End Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for End-to-End Testing in the UK

End-to-End Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing End-to-End Testing.

Daily rate trend for End-to-End Testing in the UK

End-to-End Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing End-to-End Testing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for End-to-End Testing in the UK

End-to-End Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing End-to-End Testing.

Hourly rate trend for End-to-End Testing in the UK

End-to-End Testing
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing End-to-End Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +29 238 £500 -9.09% 72
London +43 143 £500 -15.79% 30
Work from Home +113 126 £500 - 44
UK excluding London +30 120 £500 -9.09% 44
South East +25 35 £500 - 8
North of England +5 32 £500 -11.50% 7
Scotland +50 26 £400 -3.61% 6
North West +32 24 £500 - 6
Midlands +16 17 £422 -23.36% 8
East Midlands +21 13 £400 -44.56% 3
Yorkshire +5 7 £436 -30.24% 1
South West -2 5 £463 -15.91% 6
West Midlands +16 4 £750 +35.14% 5
Northern Ireland +10 3 £520 - 1
East of England +8 2 £425 -42.80% 9
North East -9 1 £395 -30.09%

End-to-End Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 26 (8.41%) Confluence
2 6 (1.94%) Tornado
3 5 (1.62%) Apache
3 5 (1.62%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.62%) CMS
4 4 (1.29%) IIS
4 4 (1.29%) JBoss
5 3 (0.97%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.65%) CICS
6 2 (0.65%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 4 (1.29%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (5.18%) Oracle AGIS
1 16 (5.18%) Oracle Assets
2 15 (4.85%) Oracle General Ledger
2 15 (4.85%) Oracle Payables
3 14 (4.53%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (3.56%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (2.91%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (1.94%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (1.29%) SAP WM
8 2 (0.65%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 2 (0.65%) SAP SD
9 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.32%) MIS ActiveH
9 1 (0.32%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 60 (19.42%) AWS
2 54 (17.48%) Azure
3 18 (5.83%) Dynamics 365
4 15 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.88%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (3.56%) Amazon S3
6 11 (3.56%) Amazon SQS
7 10 (3.24%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (2.59%) Amazon ECR
8 8 (2.59%) GCP
8 8 (2.59%) Route 53
8 8 (2.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 7 (2.27%) Serverless
10 6 (1.94%) Azure Key Vault
11 5 (1.62%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.62%) GitHub
12 4 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.29%) IBM Blueworks
12 4 (1.29%) Lucidchart
12 4 (1.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.94%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.62%) SSL
3 3 (0.97%) 5G
4 2 (0.65%) DNS
4 2 (0.65%) Internet
5 1 (0.32%) HTTP
5 1 (0.32%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.32%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.12%) NoSQL
2 21 (6.80%) Relational Database
3 16 (5.18%) SQL Server
4 12 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.59%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.94%) DB2
7 5 (1.62%) MySQL
8 4 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.29%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.29%) Power BI
9 3 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.97%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.65%) Apache Hive
10 2 (0.65%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.65%) IDMS
11 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.32%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 62 (20.06%) JIRA
2 35 (11.33%) Git
3 32 (10.36%) Jenkins
4 27 (8.74%) Cucumber
5 21 (6.80%) JUnit
5 21 (6.80%) Selenium
6 14 (4.53%) Postman
7 11 (3.56%) Cypress.io
7 11 (3.56%) GitLab
7 11 (3.56%) webpack
8 10 (3.24%) Bitbucket
9 9 (2.91%) JMeter
10 7 (2.27%) Maven
10 7 (2.27%) TestRail
11 6 (1.94%) IntelliJ
11 6 (1.94%) LoadRunner
11 6 (1.94%) SpecFlow
11 6 (1.94%) TestNG
12 4 (1.29%) Artifactory
12 4 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 92 (29.77%) Social Skills
2 70 (22.65%) Finance
3 41 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (7.77%) Public Sector
5 23 (7.44%) Banking
6 17 (5.50%) Marketing
7 15 (4.85%) General Ledger
8 14 (4.53%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (3.88%) Front Office
10 11 (3.56%) Telecoms
11 9 (2.91%) Automotive
12 8 (2.59%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.94%) Electronics
13 6 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.62%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.29%) German Language
15 4 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (1.29%) Retail
16 3 (0.97%) Back Office
16 3 (0.97%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 79 (25.57%) Developer
2 43 (13.92%) Analyst
3 29 (9.39%) Lead
4 27 (8.74%) Test Analyst
4 27 (8.74%) Test Manager
5 26 (8.41%) Java Developer
5 26 (8.41%) Tester
6 25 (8.09%) Senior
7 21 (6.80%) Architect
8 16 (5.18%) Test Engineer
9 15 (4.85%) Consultant
10 14 (4.53%) Python Developer
10 14 (4.53%) Software Developer
10 14 (4.53%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (3.88%) Oracle Architect
11 12 (3.88%) Oracle Solutions Architect
11 12 (3.88%) Test Leader
12 11 (3.56%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 10 (3.24%) Manual Tester
13 10 (3.24%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.97%) React
2 35 (11.33%) RESTful
3 27 (8.74%) Kafka
3 27 (8.74%) REST
4 23 (7.44%) Spring
5 22 (7.12%) Node.js
6 21 (6.80%) FastAPI
6 21 (6.80%) WebSockets
7 20 (6.47%) Spring Boot
8 18 (5.83%) ADO
9 17 (5.50%) Redux
10 14 (4.53%) CSS
11 12 (3.88%) .NET
12 11 (3.56%) J2EE
12 11 (3.56%) OAuth
13 10 (3.24%) Apache Camel
14 9 (2.91%) HTML
15 8 (2.59%) Express.js
15 8 (2.59%) Pandas
16 7 (2.27%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (3.24%) Data Structures
2 10 (3.24%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.91%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.27%) Public Cloud
5 6 (1.94%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.94%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.62%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.29%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.29%) Market Risk
7 4 (1.29%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.97%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.97%) FMCG
8 3 (0.97%) Mainframe
8 3 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.97%) Solar Panel
9 2 (0.65%) PKI
9 2 (0.65%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.74%) Linux
2 13 (4.21%) Windows
3 11 (3.56%) Unix
4 4 (1.29%) AIX
4 4 (1.29%) Android
4 4 (1.29%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.29%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (1.29%) Solaris
5 2 (0.65%) VMS
5 2 (0.65%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (40.78%) Agile
2 91 (29.45%) Test Automation
3 68 (22.01%) User Acceptance Testing
4 61 (19.74%) CI/CD
5 56 (18.12%) DevOps
6 50 (16.18%) Scenario Testing
7 49 (15.86%) Integration Testing
8 48 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
9 46 (14.89%) Software Testing
9 46 (14.89%) Test Scripting
10 38 (12.30%) Test Strategy
11 36 (11.65%) Continuous Integration
11 36 (11.65%) Test Management
12 33 (10.68%) Analytics
13 32 (10.36%) Project Management
14 31 (10.03%) Scrum
14 31 (10.03%) System Testing
15 30 (9.71%) Software Engineering
16 29 (9.39%) Unit Testing
17 28 (9.06%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 72 (23.30%) SQL
2 60 (19.42%) Python
3 53 (17.15%) Java
4 39 (12.62%) TypeScript
5 36 (11.65%) JavaScript
6 18 (5.83%) C#
7 8 (2.59%) Kotlin
7 8 (2.59%) Scala
8 7 (2.27%) C++
8 7 (2.27%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.94%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.97%) Bash
10 3 (0.97%) C
10 3 (0.97%) Perl
10 3 (0.97%) Ruby
11 2 (0.65%) Assembly Language
11 2 (0.65%) COBOL
11 2 (0.65%) Groovy
11 2 (0.65%) JCL
11 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 56 (18.12%) Security Cleared
2 51 (16.50%) SC Cleared
3 30 (9.71%) Degree
4 25 (8.09%) ISTQB
5 11 (3.56%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.94%) ISEB
6 6 (1.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 3 (0.97%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.65%) HNC
9 2 (0.65%) ISEB Practitioner
9 2 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.65%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.65%) PMP
10 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (17.80%) QA
2 15 (4.85%) GAAP
3 8 (2.59%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.27%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.94%) SLA
6 5 (1.62%) PMO
7 2 (0.65%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.65%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 24 (7.77%) Docker
2 4 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.29%) VirtualBox
3 3 (0.97%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.32%) XenApp
5 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (11.00%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.27%) Terraform
3 6 (1.94%) Ansible
3 6 (1.94%) Grafana
4 5 (1.62%) HP Quality Center
4 5 (1.62%) Kibana
4 5 (1.62%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.62%) Zipkin
5 4 (1.29%) HP ALM
5 4 (1.29%) Tivoli
6 3 (0.97%) Nagios
6 3 (0.97%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.97%) Puppet
7 2 (0.65%) Istio
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.32%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 48 (15.53%) Oracle
2 33 (10.68%) SAP
3 24 (7.77%) Microsoft
4 16 (5.18%) ServiceNow
5 12 (3.88%) OpenAI
6 10 (3.24%) IBM
6 10 (3.24%) Workday
7 8 (2.59%) Google
8 7 (2.27%) Confluent
8 7 (2.27%) Databricks
8 7 (2.27%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.94%) HP
10 5 (1.62%) Splunk
11 4 (1.29%) AppDynamics
11 4 (1.29%) F5
11 4 (1.29%) VMware
12 3 (0.97%) Adobe
12 3 (0.97%) New Relic
13 2 (0.65%) Dell
13 2 (0.65%) Murex