Software Testing Contracts in Kingston Upon Thames

Software Testing
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 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 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 6 13 12
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 -4
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 5.56% 3.13% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.67% 3.23% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South London median daily rate £553 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +18.82% -2.11% +18.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £43.84 £52.97
Median % change year-on-year - -17.24% +9.04%
South London median hourly rate - £41.00 £52.97
% change year-on-year - -22.60% +9.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kingston Upon Thames

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 Kingston Upon Thames.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15 31 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 83.33% 96.88% 69.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 22 31
10th Percentile £190 £200 £133
25th Percentile £277 £400 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +5.56% -12.20%
75th Percentile £563 £500 £544
90th Percentile £630 - £600
South London median daily rate £525 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 10
10th Percentile £40.96 £56.99 £18.75
25th Percentile £51.40 £81.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £73.60 £82.50 £50.42
Median % change year-on-year -10.79% +63.63% +6.29%
75th Percentile £80.80 £83.75 -
90th Percentile £82.24 - £53.94
South London median hourly rate £15.84 £23.50 £23.46
% change year-on-year -32.60% +0.17% -50.54%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Kingston Upon Thames

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Kingston Upon Thames.

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Kingston Upon Thames

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Kingston Upon Thames.

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Kingston Upon Thames

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WinCC
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens