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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 68 75
Rank change year-on-year +6 +7 +28
Contract jobs citing System Testing 8 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.02% 0.50% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.61% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £388 £328 -
25th Percentile £469 £350 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £388 £575
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% -32.61% -4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £428 £594
90th Percentile - £434 £598
South West median daily rate £625 £513 £575
% change year-on-year +21.95% -10.87% +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £15.74 £45.00 £23.86
% change year-on-year -65.02% +88.64% -

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 714 654 908
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 90.61% 82.26% 87.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 360 582
10th Percentile £238 £227 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £645
90th Percentile £741 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.57% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 89 124
10th Percentile £13.26 £35.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £52.19
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing System Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

System Testing job vacancy trend 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 4 November 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 & Capabilities in Bristol 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 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (62.50%) SharePoint
1 5 (62.50%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) NEC Housing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) DHCP
1 5 (62.50%) DNS
1 5 (62.50%) Skype
1 5 (62.50%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Local Government
3 1 (12.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Wintel Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) CUDA
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
1 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
1 5 (62.50%) Critical Thinking
1 5 (62.50%) ITIL
1 5 (62.50%) Service Management
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) BDD
3 1 (12.50%) BPMN
3 1 (12.50%) Business Case
3 1 (12.50%) Change Control
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Housing Management
3 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Multithreading
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) UML
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) PowerShell
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) C++
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++
2 1 (12.50%) MATLAB
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CCNA
1 5 (62.50%) CCNP
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
1 5 (62.50%) ITIL Certification
1 5 (62.50%) Master's Degree
1 5 (62.50%) MCSE
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 5 (62.50%) Virtual Servers
1 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) SCCM
1 5 (62.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) SolarWinds
1 5 (62.50%) Splunk
1 5 (62.50%) Veeam
1 5 (62.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) NEC
2 1 (12.50%) NVIDIA