The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring System Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited System Testing over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
52
58
68
Rank change year-on-year
+6
+10
+15
Contract jobs citing System Testing
1
1
11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
System 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 Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
454
613
770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
87.14%
79.82%
86.42%
Number of daily rates quoted
303
410
521
10th Percentile
£163
£231
£263
25th Percentile
£375
£375
£400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£475
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-
-5.00%
+2.56%
75th Percentile
£575
£592
£638
90th Percentile
£689
£689
£725
West Midlands median daily rate
£475
£500
£508
% change year-on-year
-5.00%
-1.48%
+2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted
36
40
30
10th Percentile
-
£13.93
£12.45
25th Percentile
£12.62
£18.50
£12.80
Median hourly rate
£17.44
£27.25
£22.49
Median % change year-on-year
-36.02%
+21.19%
+34.24%
75th Percentile
£26.51
£48.75
£29.69
90th Percentile
£28.40
£57.91
£58.13
West Midlands median hourly rate
£24.34
£22.50
£25.00
% change year-on-year
+8.18%
-10.00%
+47.06%
System Testing Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing System Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
System Testing Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing System Testing in Birmingham.
System Testing Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing System Testing in Birmingham.
System Testing Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, contractor job vacancies citing System Testing also mentioned 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 Birmingham region with a requirement for System Testing.
System Testing Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
