Software Tester Contracts in Gloucestershire

Software Tester
South West > Gloucestershire

As of 6 June 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Tester daily rate in Gloucestershire.

6 months to
6 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 56 -
Rank change year-on-year +19 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Tester 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 0.79% 0.22% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 227 413 409
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 91.98% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 230 261
10th Percentile £133 £311 £313
25th Percentile £282 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £636 £674 £650
90th Percentile £748 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 47 42
10th Percentile £24.99 £15.65 £35.00
25th Percentile £32.42 £19.25 £50.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £57.50 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -26.28% +228.42%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.50 £83.31
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £64.15
% change year-on-year - -14.26% +39.45%

Software Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings that featured Software Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Tester in Gloucestershire

Software Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Tester in Gloucestershire.

Daily rate trend for Software Tester in Gloucestershire

Software Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Tester in Gloucestershire.

Hourly rate trend for Software Tester in Gloucestershire

Software Tester
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Tester within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 6 June 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
Cheltenham +20 2 - - 1
Software Tester
South West

Software Tester Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 6 June 2025, Software Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Gloucestershire region featuring Software Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation

Software Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible