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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 530 472 539
Rank change year-on-year -58 +67 +88
Contract jobs citing Zephyr 53 12 15
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.049% 0.040%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.05% 0.36% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 9 8
10th Percentile £312 £387 £313
25th Percentile £344 £425 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £477 £434
Median % change year-on-year -22.43% +9.91% -22.84%
75th Percentile £425 £538 £497
90th Percentile £500 £588 £555
UK median daily rate £375 £477 £425
% change year-on-year -21.38% +12.24% -21.30%
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 5,033 3,301 4,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.86% 13.56% 11.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,359 2,215 2,904
10th Percentile £337 £341 £358
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.25%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 65 158
10th Percentile £39.53 £26.75 £30.60
25th Percentile £60.00 £52.18 £46.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £64.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +2.40% +1.63%
75th Percentile £75.44 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.43 £84.38
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £63.25 £61.00
% change year-on-year +6.72% +3.69% -0.81%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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
London -53 27 £400 -11.11% 7
West Midlands -47 17 £350 -28.35% 3
Midlands -49 17 £350 -28.35% 3
North of England -62 6 £374 -40.24% 3
Yorkshire - 4 £374 -
North West -28 2 - - 2
South East - 2 £500 - 4
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 8 (15.09%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Maximo
1 1 (1.89%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 24 (45.28%) AWS
2 18 (33.96%) Azure
3 15 (28.30%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (18.87%) GitHub
5 9 (16.98%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (7.55%) GCP
7 3 (5.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (1.89%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.89%) SaaS
8 1 (1.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (1.89%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.66%) HTTP
2 2 (3.77%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (30.19%) Data Warehouse
1 16 (30.19%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (3.77%) BigQuery
2 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 52 (98.11%) JIRA
2 21 (39.62%) Postman
3 16 (30.19%) Git
4 15 (28.30%) Selenium
5 12 (22.64%) TestRail
6 10 (18.87%) Jenkins
7 7 (13.21%) Cucumber
8 6 (11.32%) SpecFlow
9 3 (5.66%) GitLab
10 2 (3.77%) Appium
10 2 (3.77%) JMeter
11 1 (1.89%) Cypress.io
11 1 (1.89%) Gatling
11 1 (1.89%) JUnit
11 1 (1.89%) LoadRunner
11 1 (1.89%) Maven
11 1 (1.89%) REST Assured
11 1 (1.89%) SoapUI
11 1 (1.89%) Tricentis qTest
11 1 (1.89%) WebDriver
General
1 28 (52.83%) Social Skills
2 12 (22.64%) Finance
3 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.66%) Banking
5 2 (3.77%) Automotive
5 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.89%) Advertising
6 1 (1.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (41.51%) Tester
2 12 (22.64%) QA Tester
3 11 (20.75%) Lead
4 9 (16.98%) Analyst
5 8 (15.09%) Test Engineer
6 7 (13.21%) Test Analyst
6 7 (13.21%) Test Manager
7 6 (11.32%) Test Leader
8 5 (9.43%) Automation Tester
8 5 (9.43%) Lead Test Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Manual Tester
9 2 (3.77%) Quality Analyst
9 2 (3.77%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
9 2 (3.77%) Senior
10 1 (1.89%) QA Analyst
10 1 (1.89%) QA Test Analyst
10 1 (1.89%) Senior Analyst
10 1 (1.89%) Senior Test Analyst
10 1 (1.89%) Senior Test Manager
10 1 (1.89%) Systems Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.09%) Playwright
1 8 (15.09%) REST
2 6 (11.32%) JSON
2 6 (11.32%) XML
3 2 (3.77%) ADO
3 2 (3.77%) Kafka
4 1 (1.89%) .NET
4 1 (1.89%) CSS
4 1 (1.89%) HTML
4 1 (1.89%) LDAP
4 1 (1.89%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (1.89%) OpenID
4 1 (1.89%) React
4 1 (1.89%) RESTful
4 1 (1.89%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (5.66%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.77%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.89%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.77%) Android
1 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
1 2 (3.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (69.81%) Agile
2 35 (66.04%) Test Automation
3 34 (64.15%) Test Management
4 23 (43.40%) End-to-End Testing
5 21 (39.62%) Integration Testing
6 20 (37.74%) Scenario Testing
7 19 (35.85%) Data Migration
7 19 (35.85%) Migration
8 18 (33.96%) System Testing
8 18 (33.96%) Test Scripting
9 17 (32.08%) ETL
10 15 (28.30%) DevOps
10 15 (28.30%) User Acceptance Testing
11 14 (26.42%) API Testing
12 13 (24.53%) Defect Management
12 13 (24.53%) Manual Testing
12 13 (24.53%) Test Strategy
13 12 (22.64%) Customer Requirements
13 12 (22.64%) Functional Testing
14 11 (20.75%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 14 (26.42%) SQL
2 13 (24.53%) Java
3 9 (16.98%) C#
3 9 (16.98%) Python
4 6 (11.32%) XPath
5 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.89%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (47.17%) ISTQB
2 18 (33.96%) SC Cleared
2 18 (33.96%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.66%) Degree
3 3 (5.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (3.77%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.89%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (50.94%) QA
2 3 (5.66%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.66%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.77%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (1.89%) GDPR
4 1 (1.89%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (16.98%) Docker
2 1 (1.89%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 5 (9.43%) HP ALM
2 3 (5.66%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.89%) Grafana
3 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (43.40%) Oracle
2 5 (9.43%) HP
2 5 (9.43%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.55%) Sage
3 4 (7.55%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.66%) Denodo
4 3 (5.66%) Talend
5 1 (1.89%) SAP
5 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.89%) Workday