eggPlant Contract Job Trends in Central London

TestPlant eggPlant
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring eggPlant skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 126 -
Rank change year-on-year -26 - -
Contract jobs citing eggPlant 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.12% 0.051% -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.05% 0.35% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £578 - -
25th Percentile £581 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £619 - -
90th Percentile £623 - -
London median daily rate £500 £360 £300
% change year-on-year +38.89% +20.00% -45.45%

All Development Application Skills
Central London

eggPlant falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 285 284 310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 11.53% 14.59% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 197 205
10th Percentile £383 £355 £400
25th Percentile £463 £418 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% -5.83%
75th Percentile £644 £638 £688
90th Percentile £730 £700 £786
London median daily rate £528 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +0.57% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £17.79 £63.75 -
25th Percentile £18.75 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -74.00% - -
75th Percentile £52.88 £82.50 -
90th Percentile £76.25 £86.25 -
London median hourly rate £53.00 £45.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year +17.78% -2.70% -32.28%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing eggPlant relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

eggPlant job vacancy trend in Central London

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Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing eggPlant.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing eggPlant

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing eggPlant within the Central London region over the 6 months to 16 September 2026. 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
City of London -17 3 £600 - 1
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London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JMeter
1 2 (66.67%) LoadRunner
1 2 (66.67%) Postman
1 2 (66.67%) SoapUI
1 2 (66.67%) SonarQube
2 1 (33.33%) HP UFT
2 1 (33.33%) Rational Functional Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) SilkTest
2 1 (33.33%) SOAtest
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Automation Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) SOAP
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) Kafka
2 2 (66.67%) XBRL
3 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) SOA
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) VB.NET
3 1 (33.33%) Korn
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) HP Fortify
2 1 (33.33%) Control-M
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft