Software Testing Contracts in Kent

Software Testing
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 27 28
Rank change year-on-year - +1 +8
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 0 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent - 1.01% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.52% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £517
25th Percentile - - £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £105 £569
Median % change year-on-year - -81.54% -5.21%
75th Percentile - - £608
90th Percentile - - £626
South East median daily rate £550 £438 £425
% change year-on-year +25.71% +2.94% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £56.47
South East median hourly rate £57.75 £60.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -4.55% +34.44% +23.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

Software 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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 97 132 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 90.65% 66.33% 74.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 92 125
10th Percentile £163 £205 £122
25th Percentile £206 £224 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £424 £350
Median % change year-on-year -21.53% +21.07% -19.08%
75th Percentile £535 £540 £530
90th Percentile £681 £656 £677
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £510
% change year-on-year -0.10% -1.86% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 5
10th Percentile £14.68 £11.47 £41.86
25th Percentile £17.52 £15.00 £44.64
Median hourly rate £21.43 £35.50 £56.47
Median % change year-on-year -39.63% -37.13% +64.19%
75th Percentile £22.61 £46.87 £57.76
90th Percentile £51.55 £62.96 £63.15
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +127.43%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Kent

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Kent

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Kent