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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 513 581
Rank change year-on-year +44 +68 +120
Contract jobs citing Zephyr 32 20 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.061% 0.045%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.77% 0.46% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 14
10th Percentile £325 £413 £371
25th Percentile £375 £434 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -0.58%
75th Percentile £488 £557 £566
90th Percentile £514 £600 £717
UK median daily rate £450 £488 £425
% change year-on-year -7.69% +14.71% -0.58%

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 4,134 4,364 5,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.89% 13.35% 13.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,857 2,803 3,930
10th Percentile £325 £353 £363
25th Percentile £405 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -2.74%
75th Percentile £603 £634 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 168 227
10th Percentile £44.63 £37.31 £46.18
25th Percentile £54.94 £54.27 £52.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £77.75
90th Percentile £81.50 £73.83 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

Zephyr
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Zephyr 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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 +35 23 £465 -9.22% 2
North of England -11 5 £363 -14.71%
North West -15 3 £400 -5.88%
Yorkshire -9 2 £325 -35.00%
Midlands -12 2 £450 +24.14%
West Midlands - 2 £450 -
South West - 1 £475 - 3
Zephyr
UK

Zephyr
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 (28.13%) Confluence
2 1 (3.13%) CMS
2 1 (3.13%) EPiServer
2 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (3.13%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (3.13%) SAP ERP
1 1 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Azure
2 6 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (9.38%) AWS
3 3 (9.38%) GCP
3 3 (9.38%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (6.25%) PowerApps
4 2 (6.25%) SaaS
5 1 (3.13%) GitHub
5 1 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) BigQuery
2 4 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (6.25%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 31 (96.88%) JIRA
2 11 (34.38%) Selenium
3 8 (25.00%) Jenkins
3 8 (25.00%) TestRail
4 4 (12.50%) Git
4 4 (12.50%) Postman
5 3 (9.38%) JUnit
5 3 (9.38%) REST Assured
5 3 (9.38%) SoapUI
5 3 (9.38%) TestNG
5 3 (9.38%) WebDriver
6 2 (6.25%) Cucumber
7 1 (3.13%) Appium
7 1 (3.13%) Bitbucket
7 1 (3.13%) Cypress.io
7 1 (3.13%) GitLab
7 1 (3.13%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (3.13%) JMeter
7 1 (3.13%) LoadRunner
7 1 (3.13%) ScriptRunner
General
1 19 (59.38%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Finance
3 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.38%) Banking
5 3 (9.38%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Retail
7 1 (3.13%) Health Technology
7 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.13%) Marketing
7 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Analyst
2 10 (31.25%) Test Analyst
2 10 (31.25%) Tester
3 5 (15.63%) Automation Tester
3 5 (15.63%) Senior
4 4 (12.50%) QA Automation Tester
4 4 (12.50%) QA Tester
4 4 (12.50%) Test Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Lead
5 3 (9.38%) Selenium Automation Tester
5 3 (9.38%) Selenium Tester
5 3 (9.38%) Test Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Developer
6 2 (6.25%) QA Leader
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Test Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Tester
6 2 (6.25%) UAT Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) UAT Test Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.88%) SOAP
2 5 (15.63%) Playwright
3 4 (12.50%) REST
4 3 (9.38%) Web Services
5 2 (6.25%) Gherkin
5 2 (6.25%) Kafka
5 2 (6.25%) RESTful
6 1 (3.13%) .NET
6 1 (3.13%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (3.13%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Product Ownership
2 4 (12.50%) PDA
3 3 (9.38%) Algorithms
4 2 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (6.25%) Reinsurance
5 1 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.13%) FMCG
5 1 (3.13%) Low-Code
5 1 (3.13%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.13%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Android
2 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.13%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) Test Automation
2 15 (46.88%) Test Management
3 14 (43.75%) Agile
3 14 (43.75%) Test Scripting
4 10 (31.25%) Scrum
5 9 (28.13%) User Acceptance Testing
6 8 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 8 (25.00%) DevOps
6 8 (25.00%) Test Strategy
6 8 (25.00%) Validation
7 7 (21.88%) End-to-End Testing
7 7 (21.88%) Manual Testing
8 6 (18.75%) API Testing
8 6 (18.75%) Data Validation
8 6 (18.75%) Integration Testing
8 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (18.75%) SDLC
8 6 (18.75%) Software Testing
8 6 (18.75%) System Integration Testing
8 6 (18.75%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 11 (34.38%) SQL
2 8 (25.00%) Java
3 7 (21.88%) JavaScript
4 5 (15.63%) Python
5 2 (6.25%) Ruby
5 2 (6.25%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.13%) Apex Code
6 1 (3.13%) C#
6 1 (3.13%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) ISTQB
2 3 (9.38%) Degree
3 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (28.13%) QA
2 2 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.25%) SLA
3 1 (3.13%) JTAG
3 1 (3.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Docker
1 1 (3.13%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (3.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) HP ALM
2 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.13%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Oracle
2 5 (15.63%) HP
3 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (9.38%) Atlassian
4 3 (9.38%) Duck Creek
4 3 (9.38%) Guidewire
4 3 (9.38%) Salesforce
5 2 (6.25%) Pega
5 2 (6.25%) SAP
6 1 (3.13%) Concur
6 1 (3.13%) Google
6 1 (3.13%) Optimizely
6 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow