Software Testing Contracts in Cheltenham

Software Testing
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 27 22
Rank change year-on-year -7 -5 +1
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 5 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 2.23% 1.95% 4.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 2.31% 4.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile - £475 £140
25th Percentile £525 £522 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £315
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +106.35% -6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £788 £508
90th Percentile - £840 £544
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £650 £475
% change year-on-year -15.38% +36.84% -15.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £75.00 £78.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +30.00% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 190 130 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 84.82% 84.42% 92.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 89 87
10th Percentile £383 £348 £257
25th Percentile £513 £508 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £724
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £530 £513
% change year-on-year +3.77% +3.41% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 3
10th Percentile £64.55 £27.38 £12.15
25th Percentile £70.50 £35.00 £12.38
Median hourly rate £71.00 £70.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +422.22% -73.00%
75th Percentile £73.75 £90.00 £14.63
90th Percentile £73.88 £92.25 £14.85
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £35.00 £78.00 £32.40
% change year-on-year -55.13% +140.74% -35.20%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Cheltenham

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Cheltenham.

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Cheltenham

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Cheltenham.

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Cheltenham

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) IPv4
1 2 (40.00%) OSPF
1 2 (40.00%) VLAN
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (20.00%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Java Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Lead DevOps Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Spring
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Unix
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) Scalability Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Records Management
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) Bash
2 2 (40.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) Assembly Language
3 1 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) GIAC
2 1 (20.00%) RHCE
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
1 2 (40.00%) Puppet
2 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (20.00%) VMware
1 1 (20.00%) Wind River