Software Testing Contracts in East Sussex

Software Testing
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East Sussex requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software 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 19 17 22
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +17
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East Sussex 0.88% 1.18% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 1.33% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £406
25th Percentile - - £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £438
75th Percentile - - £466
90th Percentile - - £479
South East median daily rate £550 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +29.41% - -5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Sussex

Software 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 East Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 108 75 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 94.74% 88.24% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 58 75
10th Percentile £319 £304 £201
25th Percentile £413 £385 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -17.39% +15.00%
75th Percentile £638 £628 £700
90th Percentile £656 £743 £820
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 4
10th Percentile £16.89 £11.00 £27.28
25th Percentile £17.75 £15.38 £42.69
Median hourly rate £19.36 £25.25 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -23.34% -53.02% -
75th Percentile £20.82 £26.88 £60.00
90th Percentile £21.59 £51.50 £64.50
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in East Sussex

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in East Sussex.

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in East Sussex

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in East Sussex.

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in East Sussex

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex 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
Brighton -3 1 - - 12
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex 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 1 (100.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Openreach