Software Testing Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Software Testing
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Software Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 49 54
Rank change year-on-year +16 +5 +33
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 10 4 10
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.75% 1.01% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.11% 1.21% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 4
10th Percentile - - £398
25th Percentile £325 £413 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% -15.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £541 £453 £544
90th Percentile £575 £463 £555
South East median daily rate £430 £459 £400
% change year-on-year -6.27% +14.69% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 322 330 600
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 88.71% 83.12% 92.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 233 452
10th Percentile £225 £239 £275
25th Percentile £339 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -7.77% +3.00%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £609
90th Percentile £636 £648 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -2.01% -1.88% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 9 18
10th Percentile £15.12 £14.58 £13.17
25th Percentile £15.13 £18.70 £16.06
Median hourly rate £18.00 £30.00 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +48.15% +47.27%
75th Percentile £25.15 £36.75 £23.94
90th Percentile £29.61 £41.15 £25.80
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.30
% change year-on-year -64.48% +11.47% +39.47%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in Buckinghamshire

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Software 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 Software Testing within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 3 November 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 +10 9 £350 -17.65% 3
Gerrards Cross - 1 £475 - 1
Software Testing
South East

Software 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 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (30.00%) AWS
3 3 (30.00%) GCP
3 3 (30.00%) GitHub
3 3 (30.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (30.00%) MySQL
2 3 (30.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (10.00%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) JIRA
2 3 (30.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (30.00%) JUnit
2 3 (30.00%) Storybook
3 1 (10.00%) SoapUI
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Electronics
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (30.00%) Marketing
2 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Test Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Integration Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Integration Test Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Senior
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Lead
5 1 (10.00%) QA Leader
5 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) WebdriverIO
2 3 (30.00%) CSS
2 3 (30.00%) HTML
2 3 (30.00%) React
2 3 (30.00%) RESTful
2 3 (30.00%) Spring
2 3 (30.00%) Spring Boot
2 3 (30.00%) Vitest
3 1 (10.00%) Middleware
3 1 (10.00%) SOAP
3 1 (10.00%) Web Services
3 1 (10.00%) XML
3 1 (10.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 7 (70.00%) DevOps
3 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (60.00%) Test Automation
4 5 (50.00%) Agile
4 5 (50.00%) Data Migration
4 5 (50.00%) Defect Management
4 5 (50.00%) Integration Testing
4 5 (50.00%) Logistics
4 5 (50.00%) Migration
4 5 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
4 5 (50.00%) SDLC
4 5 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
4 5 (50.00%) Test Planning
4 5 (50.00%) Waterfall
5 4 (40.00%) Microservices
5 4 (40.00%) Performance Testing
5 4 (40.00%) Test Management
6 3 (30.00%) AI
6 3 (30.00%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) C#
2 4 (40.00%) VB
3 3 (30.00%) Java
3 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (30.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) ISEB
2 1 (10.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) Compaq
3 1 (10.00%) Conga
3 1 (10.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (10.00%) Terracotta
3 1 (10.00%) webMethods