Software Testing Contract Job Trends in Crawley

Software Testing
West Sussex > Crawley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Crawley requiring Software Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 +11
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 1 13
As % of all contract jobs in Crawley 1.41% 3.13% 22.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 4.17% 22.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 13
10th Percentile - - £325
25th Percentile £563 - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £374
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% +20.32% +20.65%
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - £375
West Sussex median daily rate £290 £388 £374
% change year-on-year -25.16% +3.61% -7.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Crawley

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 Crawley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 55 24 58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Crawley 77.46% 75.00% 98.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 14 48
10th Percentile £181 £202 £235
25th Percentile £205 £308 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -45.26% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £455 £499 £538
90th Percentile £575 £564 £683
West Sussex median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -3.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £65.51
25th Percentile £15.50 - £66.27
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £67.54
75th Percentile £29.25 - £68.80
90th Percentile £52.20 - £69.56
West Sussex median hourly rate £16.00 £28.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% -41.67% +136.74%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Crawley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Crawley.

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Crawley

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Crawley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Crawley citing Software Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Crawley citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Crawley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Crawley citing Software Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Crawley citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crawley 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Engineering Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS