Software Testing Contracts in Liverpool

Software Testing
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Liverpool 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 23 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 2 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 1.47% - 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% - 3.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile - - £465
25th Percentile £588 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £530
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.64%
75th Percentile £663 - £600
90th Percentile - - £620
Merseyside median daily rate £625 - £530
% change year-on-year - - -3.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 112 150 238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 82.35% 80.65% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 67 185
10th Percentile £143 £143 £325
25th Percentile £163 £213 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £375 £490
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -23.47% +4.53%
75th Percentile £588 £494 £550
90th Percentile £654 £630 £655
Merseyside median daily rate £425 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 23 6
10th Percentile £13.28 - £16.22
25th Percentile - £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £18.11 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.49% +55.52%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.27 £19.13
90th Percentile £25.22 £36.99 £21.50
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £20.31 £18.00
% change year-on-year -14.11% +12.81% +48.42%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Liverpool

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Liverpool

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Liverpool

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) InterSystems Cache
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) MUMPS