Software Testing Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Software Testing
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring Software Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 21 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 5.71% 2.41% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.35% 2.47% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £400 £328 -
25th Percentile £459 £350 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £395 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.04% - -
75th Percentile £573 £435 -
90th Percentile - £455 -
South East median daily rate £460 £600 £513
% change year-on-year -23.33% +17.07% +20.59%

All Process & 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 63 81 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 90.00% 97.59% 91.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 57 46
10th Percentile £160 £300 £281
25th Percentile £450 £400 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +10.53% -20.83%
75th Percentile £629 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £653 £779
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 9
10th Percentile £12.51 - £11.00
25th Percentile £14.40 - £15.38
Median hourly rate £15.75 - £25.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -54.09%
75th Percentile £17.75 - £26.88
90th Percentile - - £51.50
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year -41.35% -9.73% +5.56%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Software Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in East Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in East Sussex over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in East Sussex

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Software Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Software Testing

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 20 February 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
Brighton +6 4 £565 +73.85% 3
Software Testing
South East

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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 4 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 4 (100.00%) Couchbase
1 4 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 4 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (25.00%) Big Data
2 1 (25.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
1 4 (100.00%) GitLab
1 4 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Kafka
1 4 (100.00%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
1 4 (100.00%) Open Source
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Go
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Atlassian