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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 528 594
Rank change year-on-year +22 +66 +158
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Compatibility Testing 10 5 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.036% 0.015% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% 0.018% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 11
10th Percentile £338 - £581
25th Percentile £359 - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £500 £700
Median % change year-on-year -23.50% -28.57% +27.27%
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile £465 - -
UK median daily rate £383 £500 £700
% change year-on-year -23.50% -28.57% +27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £52.50 -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,068 28,478 39,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.83% 85.75% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,969 18,416 27,246
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £404 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £626 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £754 £761
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,464 1,557 1,376
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.85 £18.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% +2.41% +53.76%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% -2.41% +54.56%

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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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Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Compatibility Testing in England over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Compatibility Testing in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

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DemandTrendContract 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 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +22 6 £450 - 2
South West +30 3 £383 -23.50% 2
East of England - 1 £350 -
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (20.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) WAAS
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Git
1 2 (20.00%) MSI
2 1 (10.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (10.00%) JMeter
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Legal
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Applications Packager
1 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Test Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Lead DevOps
2 1 (10.00%) Migration Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Migration Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (10.00%) UI Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Web Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (20.00%) CSS
1 2 (20.00%) DOM
1 2 (20.00%) Next.js
1 2 (20.00%) React
1 2 (20.00%) Vue
2 1 (10.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Scrum
3 2 (20.00%) Application Packaging
3 2 (20.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
3 2 (20.00%) DevOps
3 2 (20.00%) Microservices
3 2 (20.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (20.00%) Web Development
4 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (10.00%) OWASP
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (30.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft