Agile Testing Contract Job Trends in England

Agile Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Agile Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 504 590
Rank change year-on-year -6 +86 +148
Contract jobs citing Agile Testing 9 22 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.032% 0.067% 0.031%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.036% 0.078% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 12
10th Percentile £325 - £379
25th Percentile £368 - £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £400 £473
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -15.34% -5.97%
75th Percentile £450 £482 £619
90th Percentile £524 £555 £637
UK median daily rate £420 £400 £495
% change year-on-year +5.00% -19.19% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Agile 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,277 28,358 37,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.89% 86.07% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,059 17,631 26,012
10th Percentile £300 £313 £315
25th Percentile £405 £420 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £645 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,509 1,303 1,436
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £20.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.66%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.55 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.53%

Agile Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Agile Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Agile Testing in England

Agile Testing
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Agile Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Agile Testing

Agile Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Agile Testing in England over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Agile Testing in England

Agile Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Agile Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Agile Testing

Agile Testing
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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
South East +21 4 £420 -4.00% 2
London 0 3 £350 -28.28% 3
North West -18 1 £300 -25.00% 2
North of England -38 1 £300 -25.00% 2
South West - 1 £575 -
Agile Testing
UK

Agile Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
2 1 (11.11%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JIRA
2 3 (33.33%) Selenium
3 2 (22.22%) Cucumber
3 2 (22.22%) Postman
4 1 (11.11%) Appium
4 1 (11.11%) Git
4 1 (11.11%) HP UFT
4 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
4 1 (11.11%) JMeter
4 1 (11.11%) LoadRunner
4 1 (11.11%) SoapUI
4 1 (11.11%) WebDriver
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Test Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Test Strategist
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Java Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Test Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Playwright
1 1 (11.11%) REST
1 1 (11.11%) RESTful
1 1 (11.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
2 8 (88.89%) Test Automation
3 6 (66.67%) Software Testing
4 5 (55.56%) Test Management
5 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (44.44%) Test Strategy
6 3 (33.33%) Business Continuity
6 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (33.33%) ERP
6 3 (33.33%) Integration Testing
6 3 (33.33%) Resilience Testing
6 3 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
6 3 (33.33%) Scrum
6 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (33.33%) Validation
7 2 (22.22%) Test Planning
7 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 3 (33.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 3 (33.33%) Workday
2 1 (11.11%) Hitachi