Software Testing Contracts in Hertfordshire

Software Testing
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 39 45
Rank change year-on-year +9 +6 -16
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 45 32 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 5.43% 3.95% 3.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.01% 4.56% 4.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 6
10th Percentile £404 - -
25th Percentile £407 £350 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £650 £445
Median % change year-on-year -36.15% +46.07% +61.82%
75th Percentile £430 £700 £500
90th Percentile - £715 £525
East of England median daily rate £420 £450 £390
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% +5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 12 12
10th Percentile - £55.13 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £59.06 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile - £69.06 £55.00
90th Percentile - £70.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £52.93
% change year-on-year +4.00% +18.09% +17.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 749 701 684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 90.35% 86.44% 87.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 373 404
10th Percentile £237 £238 £202
25th Percentile £318 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -2.06%
75th Percentile £597 £675 £625
90th Percentile £701 £788 £688
East of England median daily rate £465 £475 £468
% change year-on-year -2.11% +1.50% +10.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 154 83
10th Percentile £38.12 £21.00 £20.20
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.27 £39.53
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £50.85
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +27.83% +13.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -11.93%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Hertfordshire

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Hertfordshire

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Hertfordshire

Software Testing
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Testing within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Stevenage -3 38 - - 5
Watford - 2 £406 - 3
Software Testing
East of England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 38 (84.44%) Modbus
1 38 (84.44%) RS-422
1 38 (84.44%) RS-485
2 5 (11.11%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Jenkins
General
1 38 (84.44%) Electronics
2 31 (68.89%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.44%) Games
Job Titles
1 38 (84.44%) Software Engineer
2 29 (64.44%) C++ Software Engineer
3 9 (20.00%) C Software Engineer
3 9 (20.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Development Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Test Development Engineer
4 5 (11.11%) Test Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) RF Engineer
5 4 (8.89%) RF Test Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) Radio Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Lead
7 2 (4.44%) Python Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (64.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Linux
1 2 (4.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (88.89%) Agile
1 40 (88.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 38 (84.44%) Continuous Integration
2 38 (84.44%) Customer Requirements
2 38 (84.44%) DevOps
2 38 (84.44%) Pair Programming
2 38 (84.44%) Software Engineering
2 38 (84.44%) TDD
2 38 (84.44%) Unit Testing
3 11 (24.44%) Scrum
4 2 (4.44%) Capacity Management
4 2 (4.44%) People Management
4 2 (4.44%) Project Delivery
4 2 (4.44%) Project Management
4 2 (4.44%) SDLC
4 2 (4.44%) Software Deployment
4 2 (4.44%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (4.44%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 43 (95.56%) C#
2 38 (84.44%) C
2 38 (84.44%) C++
3 3 (6.67%) Python