Data-Driven Testing Contracts in England

Data-Driven Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data-Driven Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data-Driven 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 475 536 650
Rank change year-on-year +61 +114 +122
Contract jobs citing Data-Driven Testing 10 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.016% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.019% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £540 - £589
25th Percentile £588 £575 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -2.04% +40.00%
75th Percentile £738 £628 £631
90th Percentile - £634 -
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £613
% change year-on-year +4.17% -2.04% +39.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data-Driven 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%

Data-Driven Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data-Driven Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data-Driven Testing in England

Data-Driven Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Data-Driven Testing in England

Data-Driven Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Data-Driven Testing in England

Data-Driven Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Data-Driven Testing in England

Data-Driven 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 Data-Driven 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
South East +47 7 £725 +20.83%
London - 3 £625 - 1
Data-Driven Testing
UK

Data-Driven 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 4 (40.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Big Data
2 2 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SpecFlow
2 2 (20.00%) Postman
3 1 (10.00%) Cucumber
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (30.00%) Electronics
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
1 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (30.00%) Marketing
1 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Automation Tester
2 3 (30.00%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Systems Test Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Data Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Automation Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Data Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Test Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Test Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Data Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Gherkin
1 3 (30.00%) PySpark
2 1 (10.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) IoT
2 2 (20.00%) Online Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Test Automation
2 8 (80.00%) DevOps
3 6 (60.00%) Agile
3 6 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 6 (60.00%) Validation
4 4 (40.00%) Component Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (30.00%) Containerisation
5 3 (30.00%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (30.00%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (30.00%) Programme Management
5 3 (30.00%) Test Management
5 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Verification and Validation
6 2 (20.00%) Matrix Management
6 2 (20.00%) System Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA
2 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Databricks
1 3 (30.00%) SAP