JTAG Contracts in England

Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring JTAG skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JTAG over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 520 595
Rank change year-on-year +5 +75 -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing JTAG 1 7 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.021% 0.032%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.021% 0.16% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 12
10th Percentile - - £361
25th Percentile £425 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £475 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £61.25 -
UK median hourly rate - £61.25 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

JTAG falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,727 4,377 6,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.16% 13.17% 13.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,084 2,705 4,087
10th Percentile £285 £300 £325
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £668
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 252 211
10th Percentile £15.13 £10.95 £15.00
25th Percentile £18.59 £13.23 £19.47
Median hourly rate £31.64 £26.62 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.86% -25.01% +57.78%
75th Percentile £64.69 £62.96 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.90 £70.00 £78.36
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £24.84 £35.00
% change year-on-year +18.76% -29.03% +52.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for JTAG in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JTAG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JTAG

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JTAG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing JTAG

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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 JTAG within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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 - 1 £450 - 3
JTAG
UK

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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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) IDA Disassembler
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware