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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 96 -
Rank change year-on-year +43 - -
Contract jobs citing System Testing 38 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.94% 0.13% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 0.16% -
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 0
10th Percentile £506 £245 -
25th Percentile £525 £275 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £338 -
Median % change year-on-year +62.96% - -
75th Percentile £600 £413 -
90th Percentile £670 £450 -
England median daily rate £569 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.55% +4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £37.50 - -
25th Percentile £44.94 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £55.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £45.00 £23.86
% change year-on-year +22.22% +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 1,156 1,244 1,650
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.40% 81.79% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 502 452 899
10th Percentile £200 £213 £230
25th Percentile £379 £309 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £442 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.12% -11.60% -
75th Percentile £580 £550 £625
90th Percentile £682 £638 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 395 358
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.48 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.33 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +92.43% -3.37%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.45 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.33
% change year-on-year -41.51% -0.76% +48.85%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for System Testing 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 14 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing System Testing in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for System Testing in the East of England

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 14 September 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 +33 28 £531 +18.00% 6
Essex - 9 £662 - 3
Bedfordshire - 1 - - 1
System Testing
England

System 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.16%) Apache
1 5 (13.16%) IIS
1 5 (13.16%) SAS
1 5 (13.16%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (13.16%) DB2
1 5 (13.16%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Finance
2 5 (13.16%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Local Government
4 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.63%) Automotive
4 1 (2.63%) Banking
4 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (28.95%) Systems Engineer
2 10 (26.32%) Electrical Engineer
3 9 (23.68%) Consultant
4 7 (18.42%) Developer
5 6 (15.79%) ServiceNow Developer
6 5 (13.16%) Implementation Manager
6 5 (13.16%) Maximo Consultant
6 5 (13.16%) Support Manager
6 5 (13.16%) Technical Implementation Manager
6 5 (13.16%) Technical Manager
6 5 (13.16%) Technical Support
6 5 (13.16%) Technical Support Manager
7 4 (10.53%) ServiceNow Consultant
7 4 (10.53%) Software Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) Senior
8 2 (5.26%) Senior Developer
8 2 (5.26%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
8 2 (5.26%) Service Manager
8 2 (5.26%) Service Support Manager
8 2 (5.26%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.16%) SOAP
1 5 (13.16%) Web Services
1 5 (13.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Windows
1 5 (13.16%) Windows Server
2 2 (5.26%) Linux
2 2 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (39.47%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (26.32%) Customer Requirements
2 10 (26.32%) Knowledge Transfer
2 10 (26.32%) Product Strategy
2 10 (26.32%) User Acceptance Testing
3 9 (23.68%) Software Engineering
4 8 (21.05%) ITSM
4 8 (21.05%) Risk Management
4 8 (21.05%) Service Management
4 8 (21.05%) TestOps
5 6 (15.79%) Computer Science
6 5 (13.16%) Analytical Modelling
6 5 (13.16%) CAFM
6 5 (13.16%) CI/CD
6 5 (13.16%) Facilities Management
6 5 (13.16%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (13.16%) Service Design
6 5 (13.16%) Task Automation
6 5 (13.16%) Time Management
6 5 (13.16%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 17 (44.74%) Python
2 12 (31.58%) Java
3 10 (26.32%) SQL
4 5 (13.16%) JavaScript
4 5 (13.16%) R
5 2 (5.26%) Bash
5 2 (5.26%) C
5 2 (5.26%) Tcl
6 1 (2.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (31.58%) SC Cleared
1 12 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.79%) Degree
3 5 (13.16%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (26.32%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) ServiceNow
2 5 (13.16%) IBM
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.89%) Computacenter