Performance Testing Contracts in England

Performance Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Performance Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance 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 319 331 408
Rank change year-on-year +12 +77 0
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 169 217 258
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.69% 0.58% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.67% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 158 176
10th Percentile £318 £362 £416
25th Percentile £380 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £516 £599 £600
90th Percentile £663 £630 £718
UK median daily rate £448 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £81.68
25th Percentile - - £83.06
Median hourly rate - - £85.75
75th Percentile - - £88.06
90th Percentile - - £89.23
UK median hourly rate - - £85.75
% change year-on-year - - +351.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Performance 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%

Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Testing in England

Performance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Testing in England

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Performance Testing in England

Performance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Testing in England

Performance 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 Performance 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 +5 97 £438 -12.50% 61
North of England +37 23 £450 -9.09% 33
Midlands +27 21 £475 +31.03% 31
South East +33 18 £475 -1.04% 51
North West +31 18 £413 -16.67% 14
West Midlands +27 17 £483 +28.80% 15
South West +36 7 £505 -14.04% 18
Yorkshire +11 4 £500 - 14
East Midlands +2 4 £371 +2.21% 13
East of England +28 1 - - 22
North East - 1 £363 - 5
Performance Testing
UK

Performance 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 9 (5.33%) Confluence
2 5 (2.96%) NetWeaver
2 5 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.18%) IIS
4 2 (1.18%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.59%) Apache
5 1 (0.59%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.59%) Appian
5 1 (0.59%) CICS
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.18%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (1.18%) Shopify
3 1 (0.59%) iTrent
3 1 (0.59%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.59%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.59%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.59%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.59%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 54 (31.95%) Azure
2 33 (19.53%) AWS
3 21 (12.43%) Azure DevOps
3 21 (12.43%) GitHub
4 18 (10.65%) GitHub Actions
5 12 (7.10%) GCP
6 9 (5.33%) Azure AKS
6 9 (5.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 9 (5.33%) Azure Service Bus
6 9 (5.33%) BrowserStack
6 9 (5.33%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.96%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.96%) SaaS
8 4 (2.37%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.78%) Cloud Run
9 3 (1.78%) Datadog
9 3 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 3 (1.78%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 3 (1.78%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.33%) DNS
1 9 (5.33%) HTTP
2 3 (1.78%) Ethernet VPN
2 3 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (1.78%) Wireless
3 2 (1.18%) 802.11
3 2 (1.18%) BGP
3 2 (1.18%) Bluetooth
3 2 (1.18%) Broadband
3 2 (1.18%) DOCSIS
3 2 (1.18%) DSL
3 2 (1.18%) Firewall
3 2 (1.18%) Intranet
3 2 (1.18%) MPLS
3 2 (1.18%) Multicast
3 2 (1.18%) VPN
3 2 (1.18%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.18%) ZigBee
4 1 (0.59%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.59%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.33%) NoSQL
3 7 (4.14%) MySQL
4 6 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.96%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.96%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.78%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.78%) Apache Iceberg
6 3 (1.78%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.78%) Delta Lake
6 3 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.78%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.18%) Parquet
7 2 (1.18%) Power BI
7 2 (1.18%) Star Schema
7 2 (1.18%) Tableau
8 1 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.59%) MS Access
8 1 (0.59%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 52 (30.77%) JMeter
2 34 (20.12%) Selenium
3 33 (19.53%) JIRA
4 31 (18.34%) Jenkins
5 27 (15.98%) LoadRunner
6 21 (12.43%) Postman
7 17 (10.06%) Cypress.io
7 17 (10.06%) REST Assured
8 15 (8.88%) Git
9 14 (8.28%) Appium
10 13 (7.69%) GitLab
11 11 (6.51%) Gatling
12 10 (5.92%) Cucumber
13 8 (4.73%) CircleCI
13 8 (4.73%) SoapUI
14 7 (4.14%) NeoLoad
15 6 (3.55%) WebDriver
16 5 (2.96%) SpecFlow
16 5 (2.96%) TestRail
17 4 (2.37%) Travis CI
General
1 67 (39.64%) Social Skills
2 35 (20.71%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (17.75%) Finance
4 9 (5.33%) Banking
5 7 (4.14%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.55%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.96%) Retail
8 3 (1.78%) Billing
8 3 (1.78%) Marketing
9 2 (1.18%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.18%) Front Office
9 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.18%) Military
9 2 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.59%) Advertising
10 1 (0.59%) Aviation
10 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.59%) Legal
10 1 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 47 (27.81%) Tester
2 26 (15.38%) Test Engineer
3 22 (13.02%) Senior
4 21 (12.43%) Developer
5 13 (7.69%) Analyst
6 12 (7.10%) QA Engineer
7 11 (6.51%) Lead
8 10 (5.92%) Test Analyst
9 9 (5.33%) Software Engineer
10 8 (4.73%) Test Automation Engineer
10 8 (4.73%) Test Manager
11 7 (4.14%) Automation Tester
11 7 (4.14%) Consultant
11 7 (4.14%) Python Engineer
11 7 (4.14%) Senior Test Engineer
11 7 (4.14%) Software Developer
11 7 (4.14%) Test Leader
12 6 (3.55%) Developer in Test
12 6 (3.55%) Software Tester
13 5 (2.96%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (11.83%) REST
2 13 (7.69%) Playwright
3 11 (6.51%) Kafka
4 9 (5.33%) OAuth
4 9 (5.33%) OAuth2
4 9 (5.33%) OpenID
5 8 (4.73%) PySpark
5 8 (4.73%) RESTful
6 7 (4.14%) .NET
6 7 (4.14%) SOAP
6 7 (4.14%) XML
7 6 (3.55%) Gherkin
7 6 (3.55%) Node.js
7 6 (3.55%) SAP PI
8 5 (2.96%) IDoc
8 5 (2.96%) JDBC
8 5 (2.96%) JMS
8 5 (2.96%) NumPy
8 5 (2.96%) Pandas
8 5 (2.96%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.73%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (3.55%) SCADA
2 6 (3.55%) Virtual Team
3 5 (2.96%) Legacy Applications
4 4 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.78%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.18%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.18%) Equities
6 2 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.18%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.18%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (1.18%) Online Banking
7 1 (0.59%) FMCG
7 1 (0.59%) IoT
7 1 (0.59%) Life Science
7 1 (0.59%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.59%) NHS
7 1 (0.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.73%) Linux
2 5 (2.96%) Windows
3 4 (2.37%) Unix
4 2 (1.18%) AIX
4 2 (1.18%) CentOS
5 1 (0.59%) Android
5 1 (0.59%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.59%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (66.86%) Test Automation
2 83 (49.11%) Agile
3 67 (39.64%) CI/CD
4 57 (33.73%) DevOps
5 55 (32.54%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (26.63%) Test Strategy
7 33 (19.53%) API Testing
7 33 (19.53%) Test Scripting
8 31 (18.34%) Scrum
8 31 (18.34%) Software Testing
9 30 (17.75%) Integration Testing
10 28 (16.57%) User Acceptance Testing
11 24 (14.20%) End-to-End Testing
11 24 (14.20%) Regression Testing
12 22 (13.02%) Non-Functional Testing
13 21 (12.43%) Security Testing
14 20 (11.83%) Validation
15 19 (11.24%) Functional Testing
16 18 (10.65%) Defect Management
16 18 (10.65%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (30.18%) Python
2 46 (27.22%) Java
3 37 (21.89%) JavaScript
4 35 (20.71%) SQL
5 28 (16.57%) C#
6 12 (7.10%) TypeScript
7 7 (4.14%) Bash
8 6 (3.55%) ABAP
9 5 (2.96%) Ruby
10 4 (2.37%) C++
10 4 (2.37%) PHP
10 4 (2.37%) Scala
11 3 (1.78%) Groovy
12 2 (1.18%) C
12 2 (1.18%) RPG
13 1 (0.59%) JCL
13 1 (0.59%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.59%) VB
13 1 (0.59%) VB6
13 1 (0.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 37 (21.89%) Security Cleared
2 34 (20.12%) SC Cleared
3 17 (10.06%) Degree
4 15 (8.88%) ISTQB
5 12 (7.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.96%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.78%) CEH
7 3 (1.78%) CISSP
8 2 (1.18%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.59%) CCNA
9 1 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.59%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.59%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.59%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.59%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (32.54%) QA
2 7 (4.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (2.96%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.96%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.78%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.59%) DICOM
5 1 (0.59%) GxP
5 1 (0.59%) HL7
5 1 (0.59%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (5.33%) Docker
2 1 (0.59%) Firmware
2 1 (0.59%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (11.83%) Kubernetes
2 13 (7.69%) Terraform
3 6 (3.55%) Ansible
3 6 (3.55%) Perfmon
4 5 (2.96%) Kibana
5 3 (1.78%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.78%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.78%) Puppet
6 2 (1.18%) CA Wily
6 2 (1.18%) Grafana
6 2 (1.18%) HP ALM
6 2 (1.18%) Salt
7 1 (0.59%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.59%) Iperf
7 1 (0.59%) OPNET
Vendors
1 20 (11.83%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.88%) Oracle
3 13 (7.69%) SAP
4 8 (4.73%) Dynatrace
4 8 (4.73%) New Relic
5 6 (3.55%) Databricks
6 5 (2.96%) Informatica
6 5 (2.96%) Splunk
6 5 (2.96%) Talend
7 4 (2.37%) AppDynamics
7 4 (2.37%) Cisco
7 4 (2.37%) HP
8 3 (1.78%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.78%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.78%) StreamSets
9 2 (1.18%) Adobe
9 2 (1.18%) BT
9 2 (1.18%) Google
9 2 (1.18%) Sybase
9 2 (1.18%) VMware