Tester Contracts in Cheltenham

Tester
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Tester daily rate in Cheltenham is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
27 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 40 -
Rank change year-on-year +30 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 7 6 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 9.86% 2.37% -
As % of the Job Titles category 10.61% 2.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £379 -
25th Percentile £775 £403 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year +72.97% - -
75th Percentile £825 £528 -
90th Percentile - £556 -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £800 £463 £525
% change year-on-year +72.97% -11.90% +16.67%

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 66 245 172
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 96.84% 97.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 107 104
10th Percentile £386 £375 £272
25th Percentile £525 £513 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +15.38%
75th Percentile £718 £669 £700
90th Percentile £754 £738 £759
Gloucestershire median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 29 7
10th Percentile - - £23.85
25th Percentile £13.50 £63.75 £27.38
Median hourly rate £14.00 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -80.00% +16.67% +328.57%
75th Percentile £14.50 £72.50 £90.00
90th Percentile - £73.75 £91.80
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £36.00 £67.50 £78.00
% change year-on-year -46.67% -13.46% +316.00%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Cheltenham

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Daily rate trend for Tester in Cheltenham

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Hourly rate trend for Tester in Cheltenham

Tester Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 27 July 2025, Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheltenham region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
3 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (42.86%) Linux
3 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 3 (42.86%) Bash
3 3 (42.86%) Non-Functional Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Jenkins
3 3 (42.86%) Ansible
3 3 (42.86%) GitLab
3 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
3 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
4 2 (28.57%) Coaching
4 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing

Tester Skill Set
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:

Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) GitLab
1 3 (42.86%) Jenkins
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
1 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
1 3 (42.86%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (42.86%) Non-Functional Testing
1 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
1 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Coaching
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Ansible
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