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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 85 113
Rank change year-on-year +18 +28 +20
Contract jobs citing System Testing 31 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.18% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 0.19% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 1 2
10th Percentile £509 - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £225 £475
Median % change year-on-year +144.44% -52.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile £666 - -
England median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £37.50 - -
25th Percentile £39.36 - £57.50
Median hourly rate £48.29 - £60.00
75th Percentile £51.65 - £62.50
90th Percentile £53.20 - -
England median hourly rate £45.07 £45.00 £23.86
% change year-on-year +0.16% +88.64% +496.38%

All Process and 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,273 1,048 1,646
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.33% 80.00% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 550 418 900
10th Percentile £194 £225 £225
25th Percentile £363 £316 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £556 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 345 224 377
10th Percentile £13.92 £15.00 £14.10
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £26.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +31.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.50 £70.00 £75.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.07 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.94% -14.45% +27.14%

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 job vacancy trend 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.

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

System Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing System Testing in the East of England over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for System Testing in the East of England

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.

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 4 November 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
Hertfordshire - 25 £528 - 6
Essex - 5 £662 -
Bedfordshire - 1 - -
System Testing
England

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (16.13%) Apache
1 5 (16.13%) IIS
1 5 (16.13%) SAS
1 5 (16.13%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.13%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (16.13%) DB2
1 5 (16.13%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (38.71%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.13%) Finance
2 5 (16.13%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Local Government
4 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.23%) Automotive
4 1 (3.23%) Banking
4 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Consultant
1 9 (29.03%) Developer
2 8 (25.81%) ServiceNow Developer
3 6 (19.35%) Electrical Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Maximo Consultant
5 4 (12.90%) ServiceNow Consultant
5 4 (12.90%) Software Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Developer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
6 2 (6.45%) Service Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Service Support Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Systems Support
7 1 (3.23%) Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) IT Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Software Developer
7 1 (3.23%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Technical Support
7 1 (3.23%) Technical Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) SOAP
1 5 (16.13%) Web Services
1 5 (16.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
1 5 (16.13%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.23%) Linux
2 1 (3.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (41.94%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (38.71%) Customer Requirements
2 12 (38.71%) Knowledge Transfer
2 12 (38.71%) Product Strategy
2 12 (38.71%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (25.81%) ITSM
3 8 (25.81%) Risk Management
3 8 (25.81%) Service Management
4 7 (22.58%) Time Management
5 5 (16.13%) Analytical Modelling
5 5 (16.13%) CAFM
5 5 (16.13%) CI/CD
5 5 (16.13%) DevOps
5 5 (16.13%) Facilities Management
5 5 (16.13%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (16.13%) Service Design
5 5 (16.13%) Software Engineering
5 5 (16.13%) Test Strategy
5 5 (16.13%) Translating Business Requirements
5 5 (16.13%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (38.71%) Python
2 10 (32.26%) SQL
3 7 (22.58%) Java
4 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
4 5 (16.13%) R
5 1 (3.23%) Bash
5 1 (3.23%) C
5 1 (3.23%) Tcl
5 1 (3.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (41.94%) SC Cleared
1 13 (41.94%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) Degree
3 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (38.71%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) ServiceNow
2 5 (16.13%) IBM
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.68%) Computacenter