Compatibility Testing Contract Job Trends in London

Compatibility Testing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Compatibility Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 380 422
Rank change year-on-year +23 +42 +148
Contract jobs citing Compatibility Testing 3 2 13
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.023% 0.013% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.014% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 12
10th Percentile £330 - £508
25th Percentile £361 - £633
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +27.27%
75th Percentile £486 - -
90th Percentile £517 - -
England median daily rate £390 £625 £675
% change year-on-year -37.60% -7.41% +25.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Compatibility 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,287 14,247 18,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.44% 89.25% 89.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,085 9,211 13,622
10th Percentile £333 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 176 231
10th Percentile £18.03 £17.75 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.00 £24.17 £21.63
Median hourly rate £30.50 £37.79 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -19.28% -4.15% +5.12%
75th Percentile £47.75 £57.81 £62.75
90th Percentile £64.95 £78.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.40% -7.78% +28.77%

Compatibility Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Compatibility Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Compatibility Testing job vacancy trend in London

Compatibility Testing
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Compatibility Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Compatibility Testing

Compatibility Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Compatibility Testing in London over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Compatibility Testing in London

Compatibility Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Compatibility Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Compatibility Testing

Compatibility Testing
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Compatibility Testing within the London region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Central London +9 1 £525 -
Compatibility Testing
England

Compatibility Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) AWS CodePipeline
3 1 (33.33%) BrowserStack
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (33.33%) npm
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) gulp
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) JMeter
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio Code
1 1 (33.33%) webpack
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Test Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Lead DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Playwright
2 1 (33.33%) ARM Templates
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) HTML5
2 1 (33.33%) Jest
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) React
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) Sass
2 1 (33.33%) SPFx
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) OWASP
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
1 2 (66.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) NetApp