Performance Testing Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Performance Testing
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Performance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.29% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
South East median daily rate £500 £438 £550
% change year-on-year +14.29% -20.45% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

Performance 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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 310 322 624
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 90.38% 83.20% 92.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 225 473
10th Percentile £231 £248 £276
25th Percentile £350 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £467 £520
Median % change year-on-year -6.22% -10.29% +4.00%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £613
90th Percentile £636 £645 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 9 14
10th Percentile £15.12 £14.58 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.13 £18.70 £14.24
Median hourly rate £18.00 £30.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +57.89% +38.18%
75th Percentile £25.15 £36.75 £23.56
90th Percentile £29.61 £41.15 £24.00
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £53.00
% change year-on-year -64.48% +10.00% +49.63%

Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Performance Testing job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Performance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Performance Testing

Performance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Performance Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Performance Testing

Performance Testing
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Testing within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes - 1 £350 - 2
Performance Testing
South East

Performance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Biometrics
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Traceability Matrix
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Compaq
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Terracotta
1 1 (100.00%) webMethods