Software Testing Contract Job Trends in Braintree

Software Testing
Essex > Braintree

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Braintree requiring Software Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Braintree 33.33% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Essex median daily rate £600 £405 -
% change year-on-year +48.15% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.25 - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £15.50 - £40.31

All Process & Methodology Skills
Braintree

Software 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 Braintree.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Braintree 100.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £338 - -
25th Percentile £394 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £180 -
Median % change year-on-year +136.11% - -
75th Percentile - £187 -
90th Percentile - £191 -
Essex median daily rate £425 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.25 - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £17.50 £30.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.67% -45.45% +27.91%

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Braintree 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Entry Assistant
1 2 (100.00%) Support Assistant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Entry
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA