Test Specialist Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Test Specialist
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Test Specialist daily rate in Birmingham is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 71 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Specialist 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.14% 0.14% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% - -
West Midlands median daily rate £480 £550 -
% change year-on-year -12.73% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 634 701 705
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.30% 94.99% 93.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 463 490
10th Percentile £219 £197 £252
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.11% -2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £588
90th Percentile £638 £725 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 15 21
10th Percentile - £17.33 £14.54
25th Percentile £12.62 £23.78 £15.50
Median hourly rate £17.85 £30.45 £31.04
Median % change year-on-year -41.40% -1.90% +63.37%
75th Percentile £26.13 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.03 £56.45 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £23.71 £22.40
% change year-on-year +6.07% +5.87% +26.38%

Test Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Test Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Test Specialist job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Test Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Specialist job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Specialist job vacancies in Birmingham

Test Specialist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, Test Specialist 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 Birmingham region featuring Test Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Test Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes