End-to-End Testing Contract Job Trends in Belfast

End-to-End Testing
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring End-to-End Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 25 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +7
Contract jobs citing End-to-End Testing 4 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 1.90% 2.50% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 3.05% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £454 £166 -
25th Percentile £459 £328 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £456 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -8.75% -
75th Percentile £502 £488 -
90th Percentile £504 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £481 £456 £500
% change year-on-year +5.48% -8.75% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

End-to-End Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 187 131 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 89.05% 81.88% 87.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 58 68
10th Percentile £274 £144 £200
25th Percentile £325 £164 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +15.63% -19.92%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £533
90th Percentile £638 £633 £629
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £463 £400
% change year-on-year +2.70% +15.63% -19.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 - £11.96
Median hourly rate £15.67 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -35.22% +79.68% +31.68%
75th Percentile £17.30 - £14.27
90th Percentile £24.50 £37.88 £16.60
County Antrim median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
% change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +27.01%

End-to-End Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing End-to-End Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

End-to-End Testing job vacancy trend in Belfast

End-to-End Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing End-to-End Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing End-to-End Testing

End-to-End Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) TestRail
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Test and Validation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) HP