Mainframe Tester Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Mainframe Tester
Essex > Basildon

The median Mainframe Tester daily rate in Basildon is £349, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Mainframe Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 1.96% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.04% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £349 - -
Essex median daily rate £349 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Basildon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basildon. 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 Basildon with a recognized job title 49 23 64
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.08% 100.00% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 12 18
10th Percentile £315 £315 £265
25th Percentile £471 £321 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £406 £550
Median % change year-on-year +24.31% -26.14% +8.91%
75th Percentile £588 £486 £599
90th Percentile £600 £488 £623
Essex median daily rate £450 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 37
10th Percentile £14.12 £31.30 £29.17
25th Percentile £28.25 £33.25 £52.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £38.00 £70.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -46.10% +20.00%
75th Percentile £56.63 £44.75 £80.00
90th Percentile £64.50 £47.90 -
Essex median hourly rate £20.60 £30.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -31.33% -45.45% +24.77%

Mainframe Tester Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Mainframe Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Basildon region featuring Mainframe Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) QA

Mainframe Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM