Compatibility Testing Contracts in England

Compatibility Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Compatibility Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Compatibility 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 474 536 637
Rank change year-on-year +62 +101 +115
Contract jobs citing Compatibility Testing 11 6 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.016% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.019% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 15
10th Percentile £340 £334 -
25th Percentile £363 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -10.71% -4.85%
75th Percentile £483 £451 £675
90th Percentile £508 £454 £700
UK median daily rate £467 £438 £490
% change year-on-year +6.63% -10.71% +2.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Compatibility 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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Compatibility Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Compatibility Testing in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Compatibility Testing in England.

Daily rate trend for Compatibility Testing in England

Compatibility Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Compatibility Testing in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Compatibility Testing in England

Compatibility Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Compatibility Testing in England.

Hourly rate trend for Compatibility Testing in England

Compatibility 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 Compatibility Testing within the England 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
London +42 6 £450 +1.06% 1
Midlands - 2 £483 -
West Midlands - 2 £483 -
East of England - 2 £438 -
Compatibility Testing
UK

Compatibility 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) CMS
1 1 (9.09%) Confluence
1 1 (9.09%) Drupal
1 1 (9.09%) Sitecore CMS
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) Entra ID
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (27.27%) OneDrive
4 1 (9.09%) BrowserStack
4 1 (9.09%) Sauce Labs
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Cucumber
1 3 (27.27%) MSI
1 3 (27.27%) Selenium
2 2 (18.18%) Git
2 2 (18.18%) JMeter
3 1 (9.09%) Cypress.io
3 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
3 1 (9.09%) JIRA
3 1 (9.09%) Postman
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Investment Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Back Office
3 1 (9.09%) Front Office
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Applications Packager
2 1 (9.09%) Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Digital Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
2 1 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) Lead Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Migration Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Migration Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) QA Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) QA Test Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) QA Tester
2 1 (9.09%) Test Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Test Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Tester
2 1 (9.09%) UAT Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
1 2 (18.18%) AngularJS
1 2 (18.18%) CSS
1 2 (18.18%) DOM
1 2 (18.18%) Gherkin
1 2 (18.18%) Next.js
1 2 (18.18%) React
1 2 (18.18%) Vue
2 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) AIX
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Unix
2 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Migration
1 4 (36.36%) Project Management
2 3 (27.27%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (27.27%) Application Packaging
2 3 (27.27%) Microservices
2 3 (27.27%) Programme Management
2 3 (27.27%) Scrum
2 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
2 3 (27.27%) User Stories
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
3 2 (18.18%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
3 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
3 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Web Development
4 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
4 1 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C#
1 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
2 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
3 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
3 1 (9.09%) Python
3 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
1 2 (18.18%) QA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Optimizely
2 1 (9.09%) Perfecto Mobile
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce
2 1 (9.09%) Sitecore