Zephyr Contracts in England

D Software Zephyr
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Zephyr skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Zephyr over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 541 621
Rank change year-on-year +72 +80 +88
Contract jobs citing Zephyr 26 18 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.099% 0.048% 0.031%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.70% 0.39% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 8 9
10th Percentile £329 £313 £452
25th Percentile £400 £349 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -29.17% +40.19%
75th Percentile £488 £495 £700
90th Percentile £529 £542 £760
UK median daily rate £450 £375 £550
% change year-on-year +20.00% -31.82% +28.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.75 - -
Median hourly rate £83.50 - -
75th Percentile £85.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 3,737 4,565 6,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.18% 12.22% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,551 3,058 4,756
10th Percentile £332 £350 £363
25th Percentile £409 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £675
90th Percentile £707 £725 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 231 205
10th Percentile £28.32 £33.00 £46.21
25th Percentile £50.00 £51.88 £53.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +17.04%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -8.46% +4.00% +18.60%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Zephyr in England

Zephyr
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Zephyr in England over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Zephyr in England

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 4 July 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 +43 19 £456 -11.12% 20
North of England +7 4 £400 +6.67% 17
North West +3 3 £400 +6.67% 8
Midlands +8 2 £450 +24.14% 17
West Midlands - 2 £450 - 9
South West +37 1 £475 - 12
Yorkshire - 1 - - 7
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 7 (26.92%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.85%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.85%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
2 4 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (11.54%) SaaS
4 2 (7.69%) AWS
4 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.85%) GCP
5 1 (3.85%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (11.54%) BigQuery
3 2 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 26 (100.00%) JIRA
2 7 (26.92%) Selenium
3 6 (23.08%) TestRail
4 5 (19.23%) Jenkins
5 3 (11.54%) Git
5 3 (11.54%) JUnit
5 3 (11.54%) TestNG
5 3 (11.54%) WebDriver
6 2 (7.69%) Cucumber
6 2 (7.69%) LoadRunner
6 2 (7.69%) REST Assured
6 2 (7.69%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (3.85%) Appium
7 1 (3.85%) Bitbucket
7 1 (3.85%) Cypress.io
7 1 (3.85%) GitLab
7 1 (3.85%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (3.85%) JMeter
7 1 (3.85%) Postman
7 1 (3.85%) SoapUI
General
1 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Banking
3 3 (11.54%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Health Technology
4 1 (3.85%) Marketing
4 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Analyst
2 8 (30.77%) Test Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Tester
4 5 (19.23%) Automation Tester
5 4 (15.38%) QA Automation Tester
5 4 (15.38%) QA Tester
6 3 (11.54%) Developer
6 3 (11.54%) Selenium Automation Tester
6 3 (11.54%) Selenium Tester
6 3 (11.54%) Test Engineer
6 3 (11.54%) Test Manager
7 2 (7.69%) JIRA Developer
7 2 (7.69%) Lead
7 2 (7.69%) Senior
7 2 (7.69%) UAT Analyst
7 2 (7.69%) UAT Test Analyst
8 1 (3.85%) Implementation Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) SAP Analyst
8 1 (3.85%) SAP Test Analyst
8 1 (3.85%) Senior Implementation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (19.23%) SOAP
2 3 (11.54%) Playwright
2 3 (11.54%) REST
2 3 (11.54%) Web Services
3 2 (7.69%) Gherkin
3 2 (7.69%) RESTful
4 1 (3.85%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 3 (11.54%) Algorithms
2 3 (11.54%) PDA
3 2 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (7.69%) Reinsurance
4 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Android
1 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Test Management
2 12 (46.15%) Test Automation
2 12 (46.15%) Test Scripting
3 11 (42.31%) Agile
3 11 (42.31%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (30.77%) Scrum
5 6 (23.08%) CI/CD
5 6 (23.08%) DevOps
5 6 (23.08%) End-to-End Testing
5 6 (23.08%) Migration
5 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (23.08%) SDLC
5 6 (23.08%) Test Strategy
5 6 (23.08%) Validation
6 5 (19.23%) Test Planning
7 4 (15.38%) API Integration
7 4 (15.38%) Data Migration
7 4 (15.38%) Data Validation
7 4 (15.38%) Software Testing
7 4 (15.38%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) Java
1 7 (26.92%) SQL
2 6 (23.08%) JavaScript
3 5 (19.23%) Python
4 2 (7.69%) Groovy
4 2 (7.69%) Ruby
5 1 (3.85%) Apex Code
5 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) ISTQB
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (30.77%) QA
2 2 (7.69%) SLA
3 1 (3.85%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) HP ALM
2 2 (7.69%) Opsgenie
3 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) HP
2 3 (11.54%) Atlassian
2 3 (11.54%) Duck Creek
2 3 (11.54%) Guidewire
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle
2 3 (11.54%) Salesforce
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.85%) Concur
4 1 (3.85%) SAP
4 1 (3.85%) Workday