Performance Testing Contracts in Hampshire

Performance Testing
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring Performance Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Performance 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 63 94 95
Rank change year-on-year +31 +1 +18
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 6 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.80% 0.062% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 0.074% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 £431 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £438 £420
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -16.00%
75th Percentile £553 £444 £430
90th Percentile £671 - -
South East median daily rate £475 £480 £509
% change year-on-year -1.04% -5.70% +1.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Performance 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%

Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Testing in Hampshire

Performance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Testing in Hampshire

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Testing in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Testing in Hampshire

Performance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Testing in Hampshire

Performance 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 Performance 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
Southampton - 2 - - 2
Winchester - 1 £750 -
Farnborough - 1 £475 - 1
Performance Testing
South East

Performance 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Tester
2 2 (33.33%) QA Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Network Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Network Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 3 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Test Management
3 2 (33.33%) User Stories
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) FMEA
4 1 (16.67%) Functional Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Test Assurance
4 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Iperf
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) BT
1 1 (16.67%) Juniper
1 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds