Zephyr Contract Job Trends in England

D Software Zephyr
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Zephyr skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 536 470 521
Rank change year-on-year -66 +51 +100
Contract jobs citing Zephyr 66 17 15
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.070% 0.041%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.30% 0.50% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 11 7
10th Percentile £316 £333 £313
25th Percentile £350 £400 £337
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -19.33% +5.88% -29.17%
75th Percentile £443 £494 £478
90th Percentile £570 £523 £550
UK median daily rate £363 £425 £375
% change year-on-year -14.59% +13.33% -37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £83.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £83.50 -

All Development Application Skills
England

Zephyr falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,061 3,426 4,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.05% 14.14% 11.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,314 2,319 2,916
10th Percentile £348 £350 £350
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £611 £638
90th Percentile £681 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 63 207
10th Percentile £36.25 £27.59 £31.53
25th Percentile £55.94 £50.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £79.75 £77.70
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +5.69%

Zephyr
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Zephyr relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Zephyr job vacancy trend in England

Zephyr
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Zephyr

Zephyr
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Zephyr in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Zephyr in England

Zephyr
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Zephyr

Zephyr
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 Zephyr within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2026. 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
Midlands -26 31 £358 -20.44% 4
West Midlands -31 30 £354 -21.33% 3
London -56 28 £424 -5.83% 3
South East - 5 £358 - 2
North of England -76 4 £467 +16.81% 3
North West -44 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 £467 - 3
East Midlands - 1 £418 - 1
Zephyr
UK

Zephyr
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (24.24%) Confluence
2 1 (1.52%) Appian
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 34 (51.52%) AWS
2 11 (16.67%) Azure
3 9 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (6.06%) GitHub
4 4 (6.06%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (4.55%) GCP
5 3 (4.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 2 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.52%) BrowserStack
7 1 (1.52%) SaaS
7 1 (1.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (1.52%) Sauce Labs
7 1 (1.52%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.52%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (45.45%) Data Warehouse
2 29 (43.94%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.52%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 66 (100.00%) JIRA
2 26 (39.39%) Postman
3 18 (27.27%) Git
4 16 (24.24%) Selenium
5 9 (13.64%) Jenkins
6 7 (10.61%) GitLab
6 7 (10.61%) TestRail
7 4 (6.06%) Appium
8 2 (3.03%) Cucumber
8 2 (3.03%) JMeter
8 2 (3.03%) SoapUI
9 1 (1.52%) Cypress.io
9 1 (1.52%) Gatling
9 1 (1.52%) JUnit
9 1 (1.52%) LoadRunner
9 1 (1.52%) Maven
9 1 (1.52%) QADirector
9 1 (1.52%) SpecFlow
9 1 (1.52%) TestDirector
9 1 (1.52%) WebDriver
General
1 38 (57.58%) Social Skills
2 19 (28.79%) Finance
3 13 (19.70%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.09%) Banking
5 2 (3.03%) Automotive
5 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.52%) Advertising
6 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (33.33%) Tester
2 18 (27.27%) Analyst
2 18 (27.27%) QA Tester
3 15 (22.73%) Test Analyst
4 12 (18.18%) Lead
5 9 (13.64%) Test Engineer
6 7 (10.61%) Test Manager
7 5 (7.58%) Lead Test Engineer
7 5 (7.58%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) QA Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) QA Test Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Test Leader
9 3 (4.55%) Quality Analyst
9 3 (4.55%) Senior
10 2 (3.03%) Automation Engineer
10 2 (3.03%) QA Automation Engineer
10 2 (3.03%) QA Engineer
11 1 (1.52%) Senior Test Analyst
11 1 (1.52%) Senior Test Manager
11 1 (1.52%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) Playwright
2 3 (4.55%) REST
3 2 (3.03%) ADO
3 2 (3.03%) Kafka
3 2 (3.03%) SOAP
3 2 (3.03%) XML
4 1 (1.52%) JSON
4 1 (1.52%) LDAP
4 1 (1.52%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.52%) OpenID
4 1 (1.52%) RESTful
4 1 (1.52%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.06%) Mobile App
2 3 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.03%) Mobile Banking
4 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.52%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.06%) Android
1 4 (6.06%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.52%) Linux
2 1 (1.52%) Unix
2 1 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (72.73%) Test Automation
2 45 (68.18%) Agile
3 39 (59.09%) Test Management
4 36 (54.55%) End-to-End Testing
4 36 (54.55%) Migration
5 34 (51.52%) Data Migration
5 34 (51.52%) Integration Testing
6 33 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
7 32 (48.48%) ETL
7 32 (48.48%) System Testing
8 28 (42.42%) Test Scripting
9 25 (37.88%) Customer Requirements
10 22 (33.33%) Manual Testing
11 15 (22.73%) Functional Testing
12 14 (21.21%) Test Strategy
12 14 (21.21%) User Acceptance Testing
13 12 (18.18%) CI/CD
14 11 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
15 10 (15.15%) Regression Testing
16 9 (13.64%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (31.82%) SQL
2 11 (16.67%) Python
3 8 (12.12%) Java
4 3 (4.55%) C#
5 2 (3.03%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.52%) Scala
6 1 (1.52%) XPath
Qualifications
1 34 (51.52%) ISTQB
2 33 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 33 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.58%) Degree
4 3 (4.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 3 (4.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.52%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (56.06%) QA
2 4 (6.06%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.52%) GDPR
4 1 (1.52%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (1.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (16.67%) Docker
2 1 (1.52%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 5 (7.58%) HP ALM
2 4 (6.06%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (53.03%) Oracle
2 7 (10.61%) Talend
3 5 (7.58%) HP
3 5 (7.58%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.06%) Denodo
4 4 (6.06%) Sage
4 4 (6.06%) Salesforce
5 3 (4.55%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.52%) New Relic
6 1 (1.52%) SAP
6 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.52%) Splunk
6 1 (1.52%) Workday