Software Testing Contract Job Trends in Fareham

Software Testing
Hampshire > Fareham

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Fareham 1.68% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £425 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -29.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Fareham

Software 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 Fareham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87 25 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fareham 73.11% 92.59% 68.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 17 11
10th Percentile £288 - £300
25th Percentile £413 £256 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £372 £375
Median % change year-on-year +41.23% -0.87% -8.54%
75th Percentile £538 £458 £488
90th Percentile £578 £488 £575
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £538 £580
% change year-on-year +2.33% -7.33% +10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 6
10th Percentile - - £19.13
25th Percentile - - £30.75
Median hourly rate £13.45 - £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +259.16%
75th Percentile £14.97 - £78.75
90th Percentile £16.88 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £37.44 £57.35
% change year-on-year +26.86% -34.71% +9.24%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Fareham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Fareham.

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Fareham

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Fareham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Software Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Fareham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Software Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fareham 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Principal Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Qt Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Qt
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Ada
2 1 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IBM