Software Testing Contracts in Devon

Software Testing
South West > Devon

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Devon with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 2.13% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £403 - -
25th Percentile £544 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £488
% change year-on-year +4.76% +7.69% -2.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Devon

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Devon with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 226 173 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 80.14% 82.38% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 133 164
10th Percentile £150 £240 £173
25th Percentile £313 £400 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £407
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +16.57% -22.39%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £590
90th Percentile £600 £685 £666
South West median daily rate £525 £545 £500
% change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 9 5
10th Percentile £10.42 £39.60 £18.43
25th Percentile £18.74 £47.00 £20.32
Median hourly rate £30.00 £55.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.45% +161.90% -10.16%
75th Percentile £56.88 £60.00 £39.16
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.00 £41.46
South West median hourly rate £47.83 £61.50 £48.38
% change year-on-year -22.23% +27.13% +7.50%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Devon

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Devon

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Devon over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in Devon

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Devon

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Exeter - 3 £575 - 1
Plymouth - 1 - - 2
Software Testing
South West

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
1 1 (16.67%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Test Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Migration
1 4 (66.67%) DevOps
1 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
1 4 (66.67%) Non-Functional Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Requirements Management
2 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Test Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Business Process Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Functional Testing
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA