Software Testing Contracts in the East Midlands

Software Testing
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 76 77
Rank change year-on-year +25 +1 -19
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 16 9 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.07% 0.86% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 0.98% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 19
10th Percentile £299 £280 £325
25th Percentile £403 £353 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £375 £433
Median % change year-on-year +22.53% -13.29% +8.13%
75th Percentile £538 £400 £520
90th Percentile £583 - £529
England median daily rate £450 £510 £485
% change year-on-year -11.76% +5.15% +4.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 605 918 1,198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.27% 88.10% 83.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 691 885
10th Percentile £200 £213 £209
25th Percentile £272 £335 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +2.27% +13.55%
75th Percentile £550 £565 £520
90th Percentile £625 £700 £611
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 74 83
10th Percentile £11.41 £11.80 £9.51
25th Percentile £12.75 £16.25 £13.32
Median hourly rate £17.00 £18.56 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.39% +0.31% +19.90%
75th Percentile £26.15 £31.50 £26.81
90th Percentile £45.79 £58.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the East Midlands

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in the East Midlands

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in the East Midlands

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in the East Midlands

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
Leicestershire +18 8 £419 +109.50% 4
Derbyshire - 5 £588 - 5
Northamptonshire - 1 £500 - 4
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JMeter
1 3 (18.75%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (12.50%) Selenium
2 2 (12.50%) TestRail
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (25.00%) Electronics
3 3 (18.75%) Games
4 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.25%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Test Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Validation Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) Verification Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Performance Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Performance Test Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Test Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Software Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Software Test Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Project Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Software Validation Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Software Verification Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) React
2 1 (6.25%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Agile
2 6 (37.50%) DevOps
2 6 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 5 (31.25%) Software Engineering
3 5 (31.25%) Test Scripting
3 5 (31.25%) Validation
4 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
4 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
4 4 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
5 3 (18.75%) Continuous Delivery
5 3 (18.75%) Data Design
5 3 (18.75%) Pair Programming
5 3 (18.75%) Performance Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Scrum
5 3 (18.75%) Technical Debt
5 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Web Development
6 2 (12.50%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) C#
1 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 7 (43.75%) ISTQB
3 5 (31.25%) DV Cleared
4 4 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
4 4 (25.00%) Degree
5 3 (18.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (18.75%) ISEB
6 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 1 (6.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle