Software Testing
North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 22 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 66 | 40 | 51 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -26 | +11 | +14 |
| Contract jobs citing Software Testing | 3 | 14 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire | 0.51% | 2.71% | 0.42% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.56% | 3.12% | 0.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £314 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £355 | £306 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £340 | £378 | £313 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.05% | +20.96% | -37.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £355 | £397 | £319 |
| 90th Percentile | £364 | £417 | - |
| North West median daily rate | £425 | £400 | £413 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.25% | -3.03% | -10.81% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire
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 Cheshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 536 | 449 | 426 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 91.78% | 86.85% | 89.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 402 | 308 | 262 |
| 10th Percentile | £311 | £311 | £288 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £390 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.89% | -5.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £534 | £575 | £586 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £638 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.72% | -1.40% | +0.40% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 21 | 25 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £12.20 | £17.21 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.82 | £16.79 | £22.53 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.00 | £35.00 | £30.54 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.57% | +14.60% | +40.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £50.00 | £43.75 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £46.00 | £39.15 |
| North West median hourly rate | £28.88 | £28.00 | £29.30 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -4.44% | +19.40% |
Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Cheshire.
Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Cheshire.
Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 22 July 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knutsford | -20 | 3 | £340 | -10.99% | 1 |
| Software Testing North West |
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Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:
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