Software Tester Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Software Tester
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

As of 13 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Tester daily rate in Cheltenham.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 0.98% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cheltenham with a recognized job title 91 173 182
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.22% 100.00% 91.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 100 100
10th Percentile £381 £413 £359
25th Percentile £463 £513 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.92% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £675 £679 £675
90th Percentile £752 £970 £738
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 19 4
10th Percentile - - £23.18
25th Percentile £13.50 £63.75 £24.19
Median hourly rate £14.00 £67.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -79.26% +116.00% -54.04%
75th Percentile £25.25 £73.13 £42.63
90th Percentile £60.10 £73.75 £54.55
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £33.17 £67.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year -50.86% +38.55% -18.80%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Software Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Software Tester job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Software Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Tester job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Tester job vacancies in Cheltenham

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Software Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheltenham region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Software Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible