Test Consultant Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Test Consultant
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Test Consultant daily rate in Hertfordshire is £565, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Consultant 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.17% - 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £364
25th Percentile - - £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 - £388
75th Percentile - - £416
90th Percentile - - £421
East of England median daily rate £565 - £388
% change year-on-year - - -26.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 533 429 695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.95% 94.91% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 187 397
10th Percentile £216 £266 £275
25th Percentile £413 £337 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.33% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £675
90th Percentile £750 £650 £746
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 101 157
10th Percentile £17.91 £15.50 £19.10
25th Percentile £23.63 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £32.62 £47.50 £40.28
% change year-on-year -31.33% +17.94% +97.67%

Test Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Test Consultant job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Test Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Consultant job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Consultant job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Test Consultant
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 Test Consultant within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 30 November 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
Hatfield - 1 £565 - 3
Test Consultant
East of England

Test Consultant Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 30 November 2025, Test Consultant 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Test Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Test Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow