Tester Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Tester
South East > Hampshire

The median Tester daily rate in Hampshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 67 68
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 24 8 25
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.83% 0.88% 1.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% 0.93% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 4
10th Percentile £359 £347 £460
25th Percentile £383 £376 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £538
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -20.93% -2.27%
75th Percentile £672 £561 £603
90th Percentile £738 £614 £609
South East median daily rate £413 £425 £463
% change year-on-year -2.94% -8.11% +12.12%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,186 858 1,179
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.19% 94.39% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 781 598 656
10th Percentile £313 £313 £292
25th Percentile £450 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £694
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £510
% change year-on-year -1.96% - +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 45 73
10th Percentile £16.17 £22.40 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.78 £30.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £23.89 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.56% +10.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £48.75 £70.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £59.11 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.69 £53.00
% change year-on-year -41.09% -19.45% +50.53%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Tester job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Hampshire

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in Hampshire over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in Hampshire

Tester
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Tester job vacancies in Hampshire

Tester
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 Tester within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Basingstoke +1 9 £500 -15.97% 4
Havant -6 4 - -
Farnborough - 4 £375 -
Southampton +2 3 £650 +83.75% 5
Winchester - 3 £725 -
Tester
South East

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hampshire region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 16 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 13 (54.17%) Test Automation
3 12 (50.00%) DV Cleared
4 10 (41.67%) JIRA
5 9 (37.50%) Test Strategy
6 7 (29.17%) Agile
6 7 (29.17%) Python
7 6 (25.00%) Jenkins
7 6 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
7 6 (25.00%) SOAP
8 5 (20.83%) Test Planning
8 5 (20.83%) Test Scripting
9 4 (16.67%) .NET
9 4 (16.67%) Bitbucket
9 4 (16.67%) C#
9 4 (16.67%) Confluence
9 4 (16.67%) Cucumber
9 4 (16.67%) Regression Testing
9 4 (16.67%) REST
9 4 (16.67%) REST Assured
9 4 (16.67%) RESTful
9 4 (16.67%) Selenium
10 3 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
10 3 (12.50%) Ansible
10 3 (12.50%) Bash
10 3 (12.50%) BGP
10 3 (12.50%) CheckPoint
10 3 (12.50%) CI/CD
10 3 (12.50%) Cisco
10 3 (12.50%) Cisco ASA

Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.67%) Confluence
2 2 (8.33%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) BGP
1 3 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (12.50%) Firewall
1 3 (12.50%) MPLS
1 3 (12.50%) Multicast
1 3 (12.50%) OSPF
1 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 3 (12.50%) VLAN
1 3 (12.50%) VPN
1 3 (12.50%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 10 (41.67%) JIRA
2 6 (25.00%) Jenkins
3 4 (16.67%) Bitbucket
3 4 (16.67%) Cucumber
3 4 (16.67%) REST Assured
3 4 (16.67%) Selenium
4 2 (8.33%) Cypress.io
4 2 (8.33%) SoapUI
General
1 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Finance
4 3 (12.50%) Automotive
5 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (25.00%) SOAP
2 4 (16.67%) .NET
2 4 (16.67%) REST
2 4 (16.67%) RESTful
3 2 (8.33%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (8.33%) Swagger
3 2 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.17%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Test Automation
2 9 (37.50%) Test Strategy
3 7 (29.17%) Agile
4 6 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
5 5 (20.83%) Test Planning
5 5 (20.83%) Test Scripting
6 4 (16.67%) Regression Testing
7 3 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 3 (12.50%) Functional Testing
7 3 (12.50%) Non-Functional Testing
7 3 (12.50%) TDD
8 2 (8.33%) API Testing
8 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (8.33%) Contract Management
8 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
8 2 (8.33%) Programme Delivery
8 2 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (8.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) Python
2 4 (16.67%) C#
3 3 (12.50%) Bash
3 3 (12.50%) SQL
4 2 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 12 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) CCIE
3 2 (8.33%) CCNP
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Ansible
1 3 (12.50%) Iperf
1 3 (12.50%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) CheckPoint
1 3 (12.50%) Cisco
1 3 (12.50%) Fortinet
1 3 (12.50%) Palo Alto
1 3 (12.50%) SolarWinds
2 2 (8.33%) Oracle