Software Testing Contracts in the East of England

Software Testing
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 70 95
Rank change year-on-year +6 +25 -36
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 49 60 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.58% 2.89% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.00% 3.31% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 16
10th Percentile £405 £235 £298
25th Percentile £408 £345 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £450 £390
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% +5.76%
75th Percentile £445 £508 £481
90th Percentile £638 £665 £525
England median daily rate £450 £510 £488
% change year-on-year -11.76% +4.62% +4.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 18 16
10th Percentile - £48.38 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £51.25 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £52.93
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +20.45% +17.61%
75th Percentile - £67.81 £55.00
90th Percentile - £70.00 £76.88
England median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year +19.05% +7.14% +8.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,633 1,810 2,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 86.13% 87.14% 88.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 706 1,068 1,270
10th Percentile £207 £200 £185
25th Percentile £336 £313 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 599 344 388
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.39 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £23.31 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.67% +50.39% -11.93%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £39.51
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in the East of England

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in the East of England

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in the East of England

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in the East of England

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Software Testing in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Software Testing in the East of England

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 27 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
Hertfordshire +8 42 £418 -35.77% 13
Cambridgeshire -11 5 £625 +38.89% 42
Essex +2 2 - - 11
Software Testing
England

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

Communications & Networking
1 36 (73.47%) Modbus
1 36 (73.47%) RS-422
1 36 (73.47%) RS-485
2 4 (8.16%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Git
1 3 (6.12%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.08%) JIRA
2 2 (4.08%) Subversion
3 1 (2.04%) Gerrit
General
1 36 (73.47%) Electronics
2 30 (61.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.08%) Games
4 1 (2.04%) Automotive
4 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (73.47%) Software Engineer
2 27 (55.10%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (16.33%) C Software Engineer
3 8 (16.33%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (14.29%) Test Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Development Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Test Development Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Radio Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) RF Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) RF Test Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Lead
7 2 (4.08%) Verification Engineer
8 1 (2.04%) Configuration Specialist
8 1 (2.04%) Integration Engineer
8 1 (2.04%) Python Engineer
8 1 (2.04%) Software Integration Engineer
8 1 (2.04%) Software Validation Engineer
8 1 (2.04%) Test and Integration Engineer
8 1 (2.04%) Test and Validation Engineer
8 1 (2.04%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) JSON
1 2 (4.08%) YAML
2 1 (2.04%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 28 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.08%) ASIC
2 2 (4.08%) FPGA
2 2 (4.08%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (4.08%) Verilog
3 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.16%) Linux
2 2 (4.08%) Unix
2 2 (4.08%) Windows
3 1 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.04%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (77.55%) Agile
1 38 (77.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 37 (75.51%) Continuous Integration
3 36 (73.47%) Customer Requirements
3 36 (73.47%) DevOps
3 36 (73.47%) Pair Programming
3 36 (73.47%) Software Engineering
3 36 (73.47%) TDD
3 36 (73.47%) Unit Testing
4 10 (20.41%) Scrum
5 5 (10.20%) Validation
6 4 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (8.16%) Project Management
7 2 (4.08%) Capacity Management
7 2 (4.08%) Data Acquisition
7 2 (4.08%) Project Delivery
7 2 (4.08%) Signal Processing
7 2 (4.08%) Software Deployment
7 2 (4.08%) UVM
7 2 (4.08%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 40 (81.63%) C#
2 38 (77.55%) C
2 38 (77.55%) C++
3 5 (10.20%) Python
4 3 (6.12%) Bash
5 2 (4.08%) Assembly Language
5 2 (4.08%) Shell Script
5 2 (4.08%) SystemVerilog
5 2 (4.08%) Tcl
6 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (4.08%) Degree
2 1 (2.04%) A+ Certification
2 1 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (2.04%) MCSE
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.04%) SCCM
1 1 (2.04%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (4.08%) Cadence
1 2 (4.08%) Siemens
1 2 (4.08%) Synopsys
1 2 (4.08%) Xilinx
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.04%) Red Hat