End-to-End Testing Contracts in England

End-to-End Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring End-to-End Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited End-to-End 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 336 314 332
Rank change year-on-year -22 +18 +3
Contract jobs citing End-to-End Testing 149 237 367
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.61% 0.64% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.74% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 173 246
10th Percentile £350 £340 £355
25th Percentile £408 £411 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £673 £738 £781
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - - £53.00
25th Percentile - - £54.50
Median hourly rate - £26.03 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year - -54.33% +62.86%
75th Percentile - £29.38 £59.50
90th Percentile - £35.38 £61.00
UK median hourly rate - £26.03 £57.00
% change year-on-year - -54.33% +62.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

End-to-End 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%

End-to-End Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for End-to-End Testing in England

End-to-End Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for End-to-End Testing in England

End-to-End Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for End-to-End Testing in England

End-to-End Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for End-to-End Testing in England

End-to-End 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 End-to-End 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 -25 78 £525 +5.00% 99
North of England +16 28 £475 -5.00% 32
North West +13 20 £500 - 24
South East +29 19 £500 +5.26% 26
Midlands +14 9 £450 +6.76% 13
West Midlands +17 7 £425 -43.33% 9
Yorkshire +9 7 £450 +3.69% 6
East of England +33 5 £910 +114.12% 5
South West +45 4 £525 +13.51% 9
East Midlands -1 2 £450 +12.50% 3
North East 0 1 £475 +20.25% 2
End-to-End Testing
UK

End-to-End 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 14 (9.40%) Confluence
2 4 (2.68%) CMS
3 3 (2.01%) Headless CMS
4 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.34%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.67%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.67%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.67%) Camunda
5 1 (0.67%) IIS
5 1 (0.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (2.01%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (2.01%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.34%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.34%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.34%) Shopify
3 1 (0.67%) Murex MxG2000
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.67%) SAP APO
3 1 (0.67%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.67%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.67%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.67%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 31 (20.81%) AWS
2 24 (16.11%) Azure
3 16 (10.74%) GitHub
4 11 (7.38%) GitHub Actions
5 9 (6.04%) Azure AKS
5 9 (6.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 9 (6.04%) Azure Service Bus
5 9 (6.04%) Entra ID
6 8 (5.37%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (4.03%) SaaS
8 4 (2.68%) Sentry
9 3 (2.01%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (2.01%) GCP
9 3 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.01%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.34%) BrowserStack
10 2 (1.34%) Firebase
10 2 (1.34%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.04%) DNS
2 1 (0.67%) 3GPP
2 1 (0.67%) 4G
2 1 (0.67%) 5G
2 1 (0.67%) HTTP
2 1 (0.67%) LTE
2 1 (0.67%) MIMO
2 1 (0.67%) PuTTY
2 1 (0.67%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.72%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.38%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (4.70%) MySQL
4 5 (3.36%) MongoDB
4 5 (3.36%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.68%) Redis
6 3 (2.01%) Siebel EIM
7 2 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.34%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.34%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.34%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.67%) Big Data
8 1 (0.67%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.67%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 28 (18.79%) JIRA
2 16 (10.74%) Postman
3 14 (9.40%) Selenium
4 12 (8.05%) Cypress.io
5 11 (7.38%) JMeter
6 10 (6.71%) Git
7 9 (6.04%) Jenkins
8 6 (4.03%) LoadRunner
8 6 (4.03%) TestRail
9 5 (3.36%) Cucumber
9 5 (3.36%) JUnit
9 5 (3.36%) SpecFlow
10 4 (2.68%) Bitbucket
10 4 (2.68%) CircleCI
10 4 (2.68%) Maven
11 3 (2.01%) Gradle
11 3 (2.01%) REST Assured
11 3 (2.01%) SoapUI
11 3 (2.01%) Team Foundation Server
12 2 (1.34%) Grunt
General
1 61 (40.94%) Social Skills
2 43 (28.86%) Finance
3 24 (16.11%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (14.09%) Public Sector
5 14 (9.40%) Banking
6 7 (4.70%) Retail
7 6 (4.03%) Investment Banking
8 5 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.68%) Marketing
10 3 (2.01%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.01%) Front Office
11 2 (1.34%) Back Office
11 2 (1.34%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (1.34%) Electronics
11 2 (1.34%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.34%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.34%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (15.44%) Developer
2 19 (12.75%) Tester
3 18 (12.08%) Lead
4 13 (8.72%) Consultant
4 13 (8.72%) QA Engineer
4 13 (8.72%) Senior
5 12 (8.05%) Analyst
6 11 (7.38%) Software Engineer
6 11 (7.38%) Test Leader
6 11 (7.38%) Test Manager
7 7 (4.70%) Business Analyst
7 7 (4.70%) Test Engineer
8 6 (4.03%) Python Developer
8 6 (4.03%) Python Engineer
8 6 (4.03%) SAP Consultant
9 5 (3.36%) Automation Engineer
9 5 (3.36%) Senior QA Engineer
9 5 (3.36%) Test Analyst
10 4 (2.68%) Senior Tester
10 4 (2.68%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (12.75%) REST
2 12 (8.05%) React
3 11 (7.38%) Kafka
4 10 (6.71%) Node.js
5 9 (6.04%) HTML
5 9 (6.04%) OAuth
5 9 (6.04%) OAuth2
5 9 (6.04%) OpenID
6 5 (3.36%) .NET
6 5 (3.36%) AngularJS
6 5 (3.36%) CSS
6 5 (3.36%) JPA
6 5 (3.36%) NumPy
6 5 (3.36%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (3.36%) Pandas
6 5 (3.36%) Playwright
6 5 (3.36%) pytest
6 5 (3.36%) Spring
6 5 (3.36%) Spring Boot
6 5 (3.36%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.70%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.68%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.68%) PKI
4 3 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.34%) Derivative
5 2 (1.34%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.34%) EPoS
5 2 (1.34%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.34%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (1.34%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (0.67%) Culture of Ownership
6 1 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.67%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (0.67%) NHS
6 1 (0.67%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.68%) Linux
2 2 (1.34%) Android
2 2 (1.34%) Windows
3 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (40.27%) Test Automation
2 56 (37.58%) Agile
3 38 (25.50%) Test Strategy
4 34 (22.82%) Validation
5 32 (21.48%) CI/CD
6 30 (20.13%) Integration Testing
6 30 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (16.11%) Performance Testing
8 23 (15.44%) DevOps
9 21 (14.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (14.09%) User Acceptance Testing
10 20 (13.42%) Manual Testing
10 20 (13.42%) Migration
11 17 (11.41%) Software Engineering
12 16 (10.74%) System Integration Testing
12 16 (10.74%) Test Scripting
13 14 (9.40%) Software Testing
13 14 (9.40%) Test Management
14 13 (8.72%) Scrum
14 13 (8.72%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (20.81%) SQL
2 30 (20.13%) Python
3 19 (12.75%) JavaScript
4 17 (11.41%) C#
4 17 (11.41%) Java
5 9 (6.04%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.01%) PHP
6 3 (2.01%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.34%) Go
7 2 (1.34%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.67%) ABAP
8 1 (0.67%) Bash
8 1 (0.67%) Groovy
8 1 (0.67%) JSX
8 1 (0.67%) Perl
8 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 32 (21.48%) Security Cleared
2 28 (18.79%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.71%) ISTQB
4 9 (6.04%) Degree
5 5 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.01%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.34%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.67%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.67%) CBAP
8 1 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (26.17%) QA
2 7 (4.70%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.03%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.01%) ISO 22301
4 3 (2.01%) ISO 31000
4 3 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.34%) WCAG
6 1 (0.67%) EMIR
6 1 (0.67%) MiFID
6 1 (0.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (7.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (8.72%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.38%) Terraform
3 5 (3.36%) Grafana
4 3 (2.01%) HP ALM
5 2 (1.34%) Ansible
6 1 (0.67%) Kibana
6 1 (0.67%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 17 (11.41%) SAP
2 12 (8.05%) Oracle
3 9 (6.04%) ServiceNow
4 6 (4.03%) Microsoft
5 5 (3.36%) Databricks
6 4 (2.68%) HP
6 4 (2.68%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.01%) Siebel
7 3 (2.01%) Snow
8 2 (1.34%) Adobe
8 2 (1.34%) Ariba
8 2 (1.34%) Google
8 2 (1.34%) Kofax
8 2 (1.34%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.34%) Murex
8 2 (1.34%) Nintex
8 2 (1.34%) ReadSoft
8 2 (1.34%) Sitecore
8 2 (1.34%) Workday
9 1 (0.67%) Atlassian