Software Testing Contracts in Farnborough

Software Testing
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Farnborough requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 25 25
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Farnborough 2.20% 0.72% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 0.91% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £635 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.20% - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £400 £400 £520
% change year-on-year - -23.08% +19.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.75 £62.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -6.85% +7.83% +130.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 90 110 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough 98.90% 79.71% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 39 69
10th Percentile £379 £371 £309
25th Percentile £425 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £488
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +17.95% -2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £538
90th Percentile £646 £750 £640
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £581 £525
% change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 22
10th Percentile £70.50 - £36.63
25th Percentile - - £47.19
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £59.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +73.19%
75th Percentile - - £68.44
90th Percentile £76.13 - £74.75
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Farnborough

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Farnborough.

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Farnborough

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Farnborough

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Farnborough.

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Farnborough

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Farnborough 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO