Software Testing Contracts in Bristol

Software Testing
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 78 65
Rank change year-on-year +2 -13 -8
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 6 8 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.54% 0.70% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.80% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 17
10th Percentile £321 - £465
25th Percentile £333 £413 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -27.96% -4.09% +18.28%
75th Percentile £466 £630 £625
90th Percentile £539 - £638
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 13
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £70.17 £60.00
% change year-on-year +6.88% +16.95% +29.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 893 1,002 1,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 80.96% 88.28% 87.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 680 854
10th Percentile £258 £300 £323
25th Percentile £375 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £592 £638 £588
90th Percentile £675 £719 £661
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 197 120
10th Percentile £40.00 - £15.90
25th Percentile £48.00 £9.80 £16.35
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £45.10
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +21.95% +0.22%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £80.00 £65.75
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year -4.35% +17.95% +8.33%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Bristol

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Bristol

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Bristol over the 6 months to 17 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in Bristol

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Bristol

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) 5G
1 1 (16.67%) Broadband
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) HbbTV
1 1 (16.67%) LTE
1 1 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
1 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) InfluxDB
1 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
1 1 (16.67%) TestRail
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Automotive
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Software Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Junior
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Node.js Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Software Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
1 1 (16.67%) Django
1 1 (16.67%) Flask
1 1 (16.67%) Node.js
1 1 (16.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Private Cloud
1 1 (16.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Scrum
1 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Full Stack Development
3 1 (16.67%) OO
3 1 (16.67%) OOP
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
3 1 (16.67%) System Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 1 (16.67%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Google