System Testing Contracts in the East Midlands

System Testing
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring System Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited System Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 60 84
Rank change year-on-year +16 +24 +15
Contract jobs citing System Testing 12 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.24% 0.78% 0.096%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 1.00% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 1
10th Percentile £370 - -
25th Percentile £502 £356 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £363 £360
Median % change year-on-year +42.41% +0.69% +15.20%
75th Percentile £530 £467 £365
90th Percentile £825 £525 -
England median daily rate £575 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +15.00% -5.66% +6.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

System 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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 462 603 918
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 86.19% 78.01% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 404 692
10th Percentile £200 £192 £213
25th Percentile £323 £269 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £419 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.81% -7.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £525 £553 £573
90th Percentile £591 £625 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 57 74
10th Percentile - £11.41 £12.07
25th Percentile £13.81 £12.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.36 £17.00 £18.56
Median % change year-on-year +7.97% -8.39% +3.10%
75th Percentile £24.54 £26.15 £31.50
90th Percentile £33.15 £45.79 £58.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for System Testing in the East Midlands

System Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for System Testing in the East Midlands

System Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing System Testing in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for System Testing in the East Midlands

System Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for System Testing in the East Midlands

System 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 System Testing within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Lincolnshire +7 5 £631 +14.77% 1
Nottinghamshire - 5 £520 -
Northamptonshire -4 2 £375 +3.45% 1
System Testing
England

System 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (33.33%) SAP HR
1 4 (33.33%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (8.33%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Database
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Local Government
2 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Consultant
2 6 (50.00%) HR Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) Payroll Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) SAP HR Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 3 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 2 (16.67%) Implementation Specialist
5 2 (16.67%) Senior
5 2 (16.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (16.67%) Senior Implementation Specialist
6 1 (8.33%) Analyst
6 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
6 1 (8.33%) Lead
6 1 (8.33%) Lead Consultant
6 1 (8.33%) Oracle Analyst
6 1 (8.33%) Test Analyst
6 1 (8.33%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 3 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (25.00%) Migration
2 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
3 2 (16.67%) SAP Implementation
3 2 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) Contract Management
4 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
1 3 (25.00%) SAP Certification
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (8.33%) MBA
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft