System Testing Contract Job Trends in Bristol

System Testing
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring System Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 75 74
Rank change year-on-year +13 -1 +22
Contract jobs citing System Testing 5 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.68% 0.43% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.53% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile £421 £366 £566
25th Percentile £525 £372 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £413 £588
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -29.79% +17.50%
75th Percentile £575 £481 £597
90th Percentile - £560 £599
South West median daily rate £625 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +19.05% -8.70% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 674 761 914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 92.33% 82.72% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 408 623
10th Percentile £256 £284 £308
25th Percentile £375 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £590 £599 £650
90th Percentile £738 £701 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 141 111
10th Percentile £12.82 £50.00 £20.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £65.00 £46.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £75.63
90th Percentile £71.13 £77.50 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £64.57
% change year-on-year -62.74% +4.53% +11.05%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for System Testing in Bristol

System Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing System Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing System Testing

System Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing System Testing in Bristol over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for System Testing in Bristol

System Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing System Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing System Testing

System 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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (80.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) NEC Housing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) DHCP
1 4 (80.00%) DNS
1 4 (80.00%) Skype
1 4 (80.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Local Government
3 1 (20.00%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) PKI
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Critical Thinking
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Housing Management
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCNA
1 4 (80.00%) CCNP
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL Certification
1 4 (80.00%) Master's Degree
1 4 (80.00%) MCSE
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 4 (80.00%) Virtual Servers
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
1 4 (80.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) SolarWinds
1 4 (80.00%) Splunk
1 4 (80.00%) Veeam
1 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) NEC