Tester Contracts in Basingstoke

Tester
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Tester daily rate in Basingstoke is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 46 36
Rank change year-on-year +22 -10 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 3 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Basingstoke 2.22% 1.64% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.31% 1.66% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +24.34%
Hampshire median daily rate £401 £210 £420
% change year-on-year +90.95% -50.00% -6.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Basingstoke

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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 Basingstoke with a recognized job title 130 422 207
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.30% 98.60% 94.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 238 133
10th Percentile £456 £421 £228
25th Percentile £519 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £650 £738 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 5
10th Percentile £22.00 £13.64 £15.86
25th Percentile £22.92 £27.50 £16.84
Median hourly rate £24.70 £47.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.01% +150.00% -15.56%
75th Percentile £26.72 £48.75 £21.50
90th Percentile £27.79 - £34.85
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Basingstoke

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Tester in Basingstoke.

Daily rate trend for Tester in Basingstoke

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Tester in Basingstoke.

Hourly rate trend for Tester in Basingstoke

Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Tester 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 Basingstoke region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) V-Model
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 3 (100.00%) SoapUI
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) SOAP
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) SoapUI
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) SOAP
1 3 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) V-Model
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared