Software Testing Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Software Testing
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Software Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 37 42
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 -3
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 10 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 2.64% 0.27% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.02% 0.33% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £471 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 - -
75th Percentile £619 - -
90th Percentile £642 - -
East of England median daily rate £573 £350 £415
% change year-on-year +63.57% -15.66% -17.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £32.40 - -
25th Percentile £35.93 - £47.50
Median hourly rate £42.40 - £50.00
75th Percentile £49.43 - £53.75
90th Percentile £53.28 - -
East of England median hourly rate £66.75 £56.58 £65.00
% change year-on-year +17.98% -12.96% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 331 307 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 87.34% 83.65% 90.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 108 156
10th Percentile £300 £279 £207
25th Percentile £406 £340 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +0.80%
75th Percentile £625 £552 £564
90th Percentile £700 £616 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 84 193
10th Percentile £13.80 - £13.41
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +8.20% -3.23%
75th Percentile £23.58 £21.46 £20.00
90th Percentile £43.75 £45.23 £29.95
East of England median hourly rate £21.50 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -21.82% +30.95% -6.67%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in Cambridgeshire

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Testing in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Testing in Cambridgeshire

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Cambridge - 9 £570 - 9
Wisbech - 1 - -
Software Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
1 5 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JMeter
1 2 (20.00%) Postman
1 2 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (30.00%) Multimedia
2 2 (20.00%) Wearables
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) QA Leader
2 2 (20.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Test Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Python Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Python Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) .NET
2 3 (30.00%) FastAPI
2 3 (30.00%) React
2 3 (30.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (10.00%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (10.00%) NHS
2 1 (10.00%) Smartphone
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Validation
2 6 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (50.00%) Agile
3 5 (50.00%) AI
3 5 (50.00%) API Testing
3 5 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 5 (50.00%) Containerisation
3 5 (50.00%) DevOps
3 5 (50.00%) LLM
3 5 (50.00%) OWASP
3 5 (50.00%) Prompt Engineering
3 5 (50.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
3 5 (50.00%) Security Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 4 (40.00%) Data Science
4 4 (40.00%) Observability
4 4 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
4 4 (40.00%) Scrum
4 4 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Python
2 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (30.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (10.00%) Bourne shell
3 1 (10.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) EU AI Act
1 5 (50.00%) NIST
2 4 (40.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) HP