Exploratory Testing Contracts in Hampshire

Exploratory Testing
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring Exploratory Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Exploratory 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 65 - 97
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Exploratory Testing 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.54% - 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £410
25th Percentile £375 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £450
75th Percentile £456 - £475
90th Percentile £475 - £490
South East median daily rate £438 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +25.00% -12.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Exploratory 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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 671 1,348 1,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 89.95% 83.73% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 715 797
10th Percentile £325 £388 £240
25th Percentile £450 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £618 £675 £625
90th Percentile £675 £738 £696
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 162 104
10th Percentile £20.10 £13.05 £18.25
25th Percentile £29.38 £25.52 £22.85
Median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%
75th Percentile £71.88 £62.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.63
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Exploratory Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing Exploratory Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Exploratory Testing in Hampshire

Exploratory Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Exploratory Testing in Hampshire.

Daily rate trend for Exploratory Testing in Hampshire

Exploratory Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Exploratory Testing in Hampshire.

Hourly rate trend for Exploratory Testing in Hampshire

Exploratory Testing
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exploratory Testing within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Portsmouth - 1 - - 1
Farnborough - 1 £475 -
Exploratory Testing
South East

Exploratory Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Postman
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
1 1 (25.00%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (75.00%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Tester
2 2 (50.00%) QA Tester
3 1 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (75.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Security Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Test Management
3 2 (50.00%) User Stories
4 1 (25.00%) Agile Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
4 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA