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

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 355 307
Rank change year-on-year +56 -48 +40
Contract jobs citing End-to-End Testing 213 183 339
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.77% 0.55% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.64% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 120 211
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £595 £625 £618
90th Percentile £674 £675 £743
UK median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £37.38 - -
25th Percentile £39.06 £26.03 £21.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £27.52 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +90.81% +22.29% -49.58%
75th Percentile £68.75 £32.94 £26.88
90th Percentile £75.50 £37.33 £28.75
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £27.52 £22.50
% change year-on-year +90.81% +22.29% -49.58%

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 25,197 28,779 40,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.72% 85.84% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,128 18,858 28,367
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £405 £419 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £666
90th Percentile £738 £756 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,394 1,701 1,412
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.16 £18.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%
75th Percentile £51.21 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.11 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% -4.71% +62.40%

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 2 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing End-to-End Testing in England over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +4 101 £525 +1.20% 115
North of England +33 49 £473 -5.50% 14
North West +27 32 £450 +15.21% 7
South East +14 28 £475 +5.56% 24
South West +27 14 £475 -22.61% 5
Midlands -7 14 £425 -15.00% 19
Yorkshire +1 12 £470 -10.48% 5
West Midlands +3 11 £388 - 12
North East 0 5 £500 +26.58% 2
East Midlands -10 3 £450 -10.00% 7
East of England - 2 £425 - 3
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 12 (5.63%) Confluence
2 3 (1.41%) Alfresco
2 3 (1.41%) Camunda
3 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.47%) CMS
4 1 (0.47%) IIS
4 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (4.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.88%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.94%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.47%) Cerner Millennium
4 1 (0.47%) Murex MxG2000
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.47%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.47%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 41 (19.25%) AWS
1 41 (19.25%) Azure
2 20 (9.39%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (7.98%) GitHub
4 10 (4.69%) GitHub Actions
5 8 (3.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 8 (3.76%) SaaS
6 7 (3.29%) SuccessFactors
7 6 (2.82%) Azure AKS
7 6 (2.82%) Azure Service Bus
7 6 (2.82%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.88%) GCP
9 3 (1.41%) BrowserStack
9 3 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.41%) Firebase
9 3 (1.41%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.94%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.29%) DNS
1 7 (3.29%) LAN
1 7 (3.29%) WAN
2 5 (2.35%) Wireshark
3 3 (1.41%) Firewall
4 2 (0.94%) BGP
4 2 (0.94%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.94%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.94%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (0.94%) IOS XR
4 2 (0.94%) Junos
4 2 (0.94%) MPLS
4 2 (0.94%) Multicast
4 2 (0.94%) NX-OS
4 2 (0.94%) OSPF
4 2 (0.94%) VPN
4 2 (0.94%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.47%) 5G
5 1 (0.47%) DNSSEC
5 1 (0.47%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.57%) PostgreSQL
1 14 (6.57%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.63%) MySQL
3 10 (4.69%) MongoDB
4 9 (4.23%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.76%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.82%) Siebel EIM
7 4 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.41%) Big Data
9 2 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.94%) Redis
10 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.47%) Data Mart
10 1 (0.47%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 44 (20.66%) JIRA
2 22 (10.33%) Selenium
3 18 (8.45%) Postman
4 17 (7.98%) Git
5 14 (6.57%) Cypress.io
6 10 (4.69%) JUnit
7 9 (4.23%) Jenkins
8 8 (3.76%) Cucumber
9 7 (3.29%) Zephyr
10 6 (2.82%) Bitbucket
11 5 (2.35%) JMeter
12 4 (1.88%) Maven
12 4 (1.88%) REST Assured
12 4 (1.88%) SoapUI
12 4 (1.88%) SpecFlow
13 3 (1.41%) Eclipse
13 3 (1.41%) GitLab
13 3 (1.41%) Gradle
13 3 (1.41%) NUnit
13 3 (1.41%) TestRail
General
1 79 (37.09%) Social Skills
2 65 (30.52%) Finance
3 29 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (13.15%) Public Sector
5 21 (9.86%) Banking
6 11 (5.16%) Front Office
7 8 (3.76%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.82%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.41%) Local Government
10 3 (1.41%) Retail
11 2 (0.94%) Back Office
11 2 (0.94%) Legal
11 2 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Advertising
12 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 40 (18.78%) Analyst
2 31 (14.55%) Lead
3 30 (14.08%) Test Manager
4 28 (13.15%) Developer
5 27 (12.68%) Test Analyst
6 19 (8.92%) Consultant
7 17 (7.98%) Test Engineer
8 14 (6.57%) QA Engineer
9 13 (6.10%) Business Analyst
9 13 (6.10%) Senior
9 13 (6.10%) Test Leader
10 10 (4.69%) Tester
11 8 (3.76%) Lead Consultant
12 7 (3.29%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
12 7 (3.29%) Lead Business Analyst
12 7 (3.29%) Test Automation Engineer
13 6 (2.82%) Business Consultant
13 6 (2.82%) Full-Stack Developer
13 6 (2.82%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (12.21%) REST
2 16 (7.51%) Web Services
3 15 (7.04%) Playwright
4 12 (5.63%) HTML
4 12 (5.63%) Spring
5 11 (5.16%) SOAP
6 10 (4.69%) AngularJS
6 10 (4.69%) Spring Boot
7 9 (4.23%) Node.js
7 9 (4.23%) React
7 9 (4.23%) RESTful
8 8 (3.76%) .NET
8 8 (3.76%) Hibernate
8 8 (3.76%) Kafka
9 7 (3.29%) OAuth
10 6 (2.82%) CSS
10 6 (2.82%) JMS
10 6 (2.82%) JPA
10 6 (2.82%) OAuth2
10 6 (2.82%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.57%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.76%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.76%) PKI
3 7 (3.29%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.82%) Virtual Team
5 5 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.35%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.88%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.41%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.94%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.94%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.94%) EPoS
8 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.94%) NHS
8 2 (0.94%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.94%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.69%) Windows
2 7 (3.29%) Android
2 7 (3.29%) Linux
3 5 (2.35%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.47%) Unix
4 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (39.91%) Test Automation
2 70 (32.86%) Agile
3 54 (25.35%) Validation
4 49 (23.00%) DevOps
5 48 (22.54%) CI/CD
6 46 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (21.60%) User Acceptance Testing
7 45 (21.13%) Test Strategy
8 42 (19.72%) Migration
9 38 (17.84%) Test Scripting
10 31 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (13.62%) Integration Testing
11 29 (13.62%) Test Management
12 26 (12.21%) Scrum
13 25 (11.74%) Defect Management
13 25 (11.74%) System Integration Testing
14 23 (10.80%) Performance Testing
15 22 (10.33%) Requirements Gathering
16 21 (9.86%) Change Management
16 21 (9.86%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 42 (19.72%) SQL
2 32 (15.02%) Java
2 32 (15.02%) Python
3 23 (10.80%) C#
4 18 (8.45%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.82%) PL/SQL
5 6 (2.82%) TypeScript
5 6 (2.82%) VB
6 3 (1.41%) Kotlin
6 3 (1.41%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.41%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.47%) ABAP
7 1 (0.47%) Ada
7 1 (0.47%) Bash
7 1 (0.47%) JSX
Qualifications
1 34 (15.96%) Security Cleared
2 32 (15.02%) SC Cleared
3 22 (10.33%) ISTQB
4 18 (8.45%) Degree
5 12 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.35%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.94%) CBAP
8 2 (0.94%) CISM
8 2 (0.94%) CISSP
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (26.29%) QA
2 8 (3.76%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.76%) EMIR
2 8 (3.76%) MiFID
3 7 (3.29%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.88%) SEPA
5 4 (1.88%) WCAG
6 3 (1.41%) ISO 22301
6 3 (1.41%) ISO 31000
6 3 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.94%) ITGC
8 1 (0.47%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.47%) GDPR
8 1 (0.47%) GRC
8 1 (0.47%) GxP
8 1 (0.47%) HL7
System Software
1 13 (6.10%) Docker
2 2 (0.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (7.51%) Kubernetes
2 11 (5.16%) HP ALM
3 6 (2.82%) Terraform
4 4 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.94%) Ansible
5 2 (0.94%) Grafana
6 1 (0.47%) Graphite
6 1 (0.47%) Kibana
Vendors
1 21 (9.86%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.04%) Oracle
3 14 (6.57%) SAP
4 12 (5.63%) HP
5 11 (5.16%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.29%) Cisco
7 6 (2.82%) Siebel
8 5 (2.35%) Charles River
8 5 (2.35%) Micro Focus
8 5 (2.35%) Progress
8 5 (2.35%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.88%) Databricks
9 4 (1.88%) Google
10 3 (1.41%) Nintex
10 3 (1.41%) Snow
10 3 (1.41%) UiPath
11 2 (0.94%) Arista
11 2 (0.94%) BeyondTrust
11 2 (0.94%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.94%) Thycotic