System Testing Contract Job Trends in the East of England

System Testing
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring System Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	117	64	92
Rank change year-on-year	-53	+28	-
Contract jobs citing System Testing	7	36	3
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England	0.29%	2.58%	0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.37%	2.88%	0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted	3	19	2
10^th Percentile	-	£509	£245
25^th Percentile	£238	£525	£275
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£275	£550	£338
Median % change year-on-year	-50.00%	+62.96%	-
75^th Percentile	£313	£588	£413
90^th Percentile	-	£666	£450
England median daily rate	£475	£550	£525
% change year-on-year	-13.64%	+4.76%	-6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	9	0
Median hourly rate	-	£48.29	-
England median hourly rate	£21.72	£48.29	£45.00
% change year-on-year	-55.02%	+7.31%	+88.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	1,893	1,251	1,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England	78.88%	89.81%	81.26%
Number of daily rates quoted	761	541	462
10^th Percentile	£190	£200	£213
25^th Percentile	£353	£375	£316
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£500	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-	+11.11%	-10.00%
75^th Percentile	£600	£588	£568
90^th Percentile	£700	£682	£644
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	530	342	270
10^th Percentile	£14.22	£14.35	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£17.00	£16.00	£15.62
Median hourly rate	£47.00	£21.64	£28.42
Median % change year-on-year	+117.19%	-23.86%	+42.10%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£59.75	£61.88
90^th Percentile	£79.00	£75.00	£68.88
England median hourly rate	£38.00	£25.15	£42.50
% change year-on-year	+51.09%	-40.82%	-5.56%

System Testing Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing System Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

System Testing Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing System Testing.

System Testing Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing System Testing.

System 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 System Testing within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 October 2026. 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	-41	5	£275	-47.92%	7
Cambridgeshire	-	2	-	-	5
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System Testing Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing System Testing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region with a requirement for System Testing.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	API Integration	42.9%	3
2	.NET	28.6%	2
2	C	28.6%	2
2	C#	28.6%	2
2	Change Control	28.6%	2
2	Code Quality	28.6%	2
2	Degree	28.6%	2
2	Digital Signal Processing	28.6%	2
2	Embedded C	28.6%	2
2	Ethernet	28.6%	2
2	FreeRTOS	28.6%	2
2	Functional Testing	28.6%	2
2	HP	28.6%	2
2	HP ALM	28.6%	2
2	HP Quality Center	28.6%	2
2	Integration Testing	28.6%	2
2	ISTQB	28.6%	2
2	Manual Testing	28.6%	2
2	MSTest	28.6%	2
2	Performance Testing	28.6%	2
2	PowerShell	28.6%	2
2	QA	28.6%	2
2	Ranorex	28.6%	2
2	Rational DOORS	28.6%	2
2	Regression Testing	28.6%	2
2	Siemens	28.6%	2
2	Signal Processing	28.6%	2
2	Software Engineering	28.6%	2
2	Software Testing	28.6%	2
2	Software-Defined Radio	28.6%	2

System Testing Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	API Integration	42.9%	3
2	Change Control	28.6%	2
2	Code Quality	28.6%	2
2	Digital Signal Processing	28.6%	2
2	Functional Testing	28.6%	2
2	Integration Testing	28.6%	2
2	Manual Testing	28.6%	2
2	Performance Testing	28.6%	2
2	Regression Testing	28.6%	2
2	Signal Processing	28.6%	2
2	Software Engineering	28.6%	2
2	Software Testing	28.6%	2
2	SysML	28.6%	2
2	Test Automation	28.6%	2
2	Test Management	28.6%	2
2	Test Scripting	28.6%	2
2	UML	28.6%	2
2	User Acceptance Testing	28.6%	2
19	DevOps	14.3%	1