Exploratory Testing Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Exploratory Testing
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Exploratory Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Exploratory Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.39% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £325 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Exploratory 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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 199 145 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 77.13% 92.36% 75.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 118 130
10th Percentile £250 £196 £188
25th Percentile £308 £294 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £403 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.59% -19.50% +8.70%
75th Percentile £550 £519 £553
90th Percentile £775 £625 £638
South Wales median daily rate £425 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +3.03% -17.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 3
10th Percentile - - £13.00
25th Percentile - £12.21 £14.88
Median hourly rate £12.21 £22.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.73% +25.00% +9.46%
75th Percentile £12.71 £23.75 £35.88
90th Percentile £21.00 £41.75 £46.60
South Wales median hourly rate £21.50 £20.62 £22.68
% change year-on-year +4.28% -9.09% +25.03%

Exploratory Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Exploratory Testing job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Exploratory Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Exploratory Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Exploratory Testing

Exploratory Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility