Software Testing Contracts in London

Software Testing
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 218 217
Rank change year-on-year +18 -1 +41
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 209 339 533
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.17% 1.23% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.35% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 249 366
10th Percentile £320 £355 £363
25th Percentile £375 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £613
90th Percentile £703 £740 £675
England median daily rate £450 £513 £480
% change year-on-year -12.20% +6.77% +3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 5
10th Percentile £37.83 - £34.43
25th Percentile £38.95 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £43.84 £50.00 £48.58
Median % change year-on-year -12.32% +2.92% +99.51%
75th Percentile £48.37 £55.00 £55.90
90th Percentile £49.28 - £59.11
England median hourly rate £62.50 £51.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year +21.95% +4.59% +8.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Software Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,790 25,066 36,292
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.39% 91.04% 92.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,322 17,932 26,478
10th Percentile £338 £375 £389
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £680
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £532
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.38% +9.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 288 426
10th Percentile £15.96 £18.63 £18.00
25th Percentile £19.92 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £38.88 £36.21
Median % change year-on-year -22.83% +7.37% +13.14%
75th Percentile £48.75 £61.06 £50.72
90th Percentile £66.70 £78.15 £69.25
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £23.96
% change year-on-year -6.17% +55.71% -0.19%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in London

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in London

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in London

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in London

Software 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 Software Testing within the London region over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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 +37 31 £500 -19.35% 6
East London +1 8 £435 -1.69% 3
West London +21 6 £521 +18.41%
South London +13 6 - -
Software Testing
England

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (1.91%) Confluence
1 4 (1.91%) OpenStack
2 3 (1.44%) CMS
2 3 (1.44%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.44%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.96%) Apache
3 2 (0.96%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.96%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.48%) Tornado
Applications
1 8 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.44%) Windchill
4 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.39%) Endur
2 4 (1.91%) FLEXCUBE
3 3 (1.44%) ENOVIA
3 3 (1.44%) Oracle BPM
3 3 (1.44%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.96%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.96%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.96%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.96%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (0.96%) WebTrends
4 2 (0.96%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.48%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.48%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.48%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 44 (21.05%) Azure
2 39 (18.66%) AWS
3 18 (8.61%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (4.78%) Serverless
5 8 (3.83%) AWS Lambda
5 8 (3.83%) SaaS
6 7 (3.35%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.87%) PaaS
8 5 (2.39%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (2.39%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.91%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (1.91%) GitHub
9 4 (1.91%) Google Analytics
10 3 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.44%) GCP
10 3 (1.44%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.96%) Amazon EventBridge
11 2 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.39%) DNS
1 5 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (1.91%) DHCP
2 4 (1.91%) Firewall
3 3 (1.44%) FTP
3 3 (1.44%) SMS
3 3 (1.44%) SSH
4 2 (0.96%) HTTP
5 1 (0.48%) 5G
5 1 (0.48%) Internet
5 1 (0.48%) MVNO
5 1 (0.48%) VLAN
5 1 (0.48%) VoLTE
5 1 (0.48%) VoWiFi
5 1 (0.48%) VPN
5 1 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.66%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.83%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.35%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.87%) Amazon Redshift
4 6 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.91%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.91%) MySQL
6 3 (1.44%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (1.44%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.44%) Power BI
7 2 (0.96%) Big Data
7 2 (0.96%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.48%) Couchbase
8 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 46 (22.01%) Selenium
2 37 (17.70%) Git
3 26 (12.44%) Cucumber
4 24 (11.48%) JIRA
5 23 (11.00%) JUnit
6 18 (8.61%) REST Assured
6 18 (8.61%) WebDriver
7 16 (7.66%) TestNG
8 13 (6.22%) Jenkins
9 12 (5.74%) Appium
9 12 (5.74%) Postman
10 11 (5.26%) SoapUI
10 11 (5.26%) SpecFlow
11 10 (4.78%) eggPlant
11 10 (4.78%) SOAtest
12 9 (4.31%) Visual Studio
13 6 (2.87%) HP UFT
14 5 (2.39%) Cypress.io
14 5 (2.39%) LoadRunner
14 5 (2.39%) TestRail
General
1 61 (29.19%) Social Skills
2 47 (22.49%) Finance
3 36 (17.22%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (12.92%) Banking
5 19 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 17 (8.13%) Back Office
7 9 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.31%) Investment Banking
8 8 (3.83%) Retail
9 7 (3.35%) Telecoms
10 6 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.39%) Front Office
11 5 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.91%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.44%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.96%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.96%) Electronics
14 2 (0.96%) Law
14 2 (0.96%) Marketing
15 1 (0.48%) Legal
Job Titles
1 31 (14.83%) Analyst
1 31 (14.83%) Developer
1 31 (14.83%) Senior
1 31 (14.83%) Tester
2 28 (13.40%) Lead
3 18 (8.61%) Test Analyst
4 14 (6.70%) Software Engineer
5 13 (6.22%) Software Developer
6 12 (5.74%) Test Engineer
7 10 (4.78%) React Developer
8 9 (4.31%) Automation Engineer
8 9 (4.31%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (3.83%) Business Analyst
9 8 (3.83%) Consultant
9 8 (3.83%) Manual Tester
9 8 (3.83%) QA Engineer
9 8 (3.83%) Senior Test Analyst
9 8 (3.83%) Technical Leader
9 8 (3.83%) Test Leader
10 7 (3.35%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (15.31%) .NET
2 24 (11.48%) React
3 22 (10.53%) .NET Framework
4 14 (6.70%) AngularJS
4 14 (6.70%) HTML
4 14 (6.70%) REST
5 12 (5.74%) Redux
6 10 (4.78%) GraphQL
6 10 (4.78%) Node.js
7 9 (4.31%) CSS
7 9 (4.31%) Web Services
8 8 (3.83%) RESTful
9 7 (3.35%) ADO
9 7 (3.35%) HTML5
9 7 (3.35%) Kafka
9 7 (3.35%) React Native
9 7 (3.35%) XML
10 6 (2.87%) Angular 2
10 6 (2.87%) Blazor
10 6 (2.87%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.31%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.83%) Algorithms
3 7 (3.35%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.87%) Client/Server
4 6 (2.87%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.87%) Replication
5 5 (2.39%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (2.39%) Hedge funds
6 4 (1.91%) Clustering
6 4 (1.91%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.91%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.44%) Fixed Income
7 3 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.44%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.96%) NHS
8 2 (0.96%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.18%) Windows
2 9 (4.31%) Android
3 8 (3.83%) Linux
4 3 (1.44%) Unix
4 3 (1.44%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.96%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (48.80%) Test Automation
2 93 (44.50%) Agile
3 56 (26.79%) CI/CD
4 47 (22.49%) Software Engineering
5 44 (21.05%) DevOps
6 35 (16.75%) Scrum
7 34 (16.27%) Test Strategy
8 32 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (14.35%) Continuous Integration
10 28 (13.40%) End-to-End Testing
10 28 (13.40%) Test Scripting
11 25 (11.96%) SDLC
11 25 (11.96%) User Stories
12 24 (11.48%) SDET
12 24 (11.48%) TDD
13 22 (10.53%) Regression Testing
14 21 (10.05%) User Acceptance Testing
15 19 (9.09%) BDD
16 18 (8.61%) Continuous Deployment
16 18 (8.61%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (23.92%) Java
2 47 (22.49%) Python
3 44 (21.05%) C#
4 34 (16.27%) SQL
5 27 (12.92%) TypeScript
6 25 (11.96%) JavaScript
7 13 (6.22%) PowerShell
8 7 (3.35%) Go
9 6 (2.87%) C
10 5 (2.39%) Bash
11 4 (1.91%) C++
12 3 (1.44%) Bicep
12 3 (1.44%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.96%) Ada
13 2 (0.96%) Scala
13 2 (0.96%) VBScript
14 1 (0.48%) Perl
14 1 (0.48%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (17.70%) Degree
1 37 (17.70%) Security Cleared
2 33 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 19 (9.09%) ISTQB
4 16 (7.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.44%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.44%) ISEB
6 3 (1.44%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 3 (1.44%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.48%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.48%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.48%) MCSE
7 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.48%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.27%) QA
2 5 (2.39%) ISO 9001
3 4 (1.91%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.91%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.91%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.48%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.48%) SLA
4 1 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (4.78%) Docker
2 7 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (6.70%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.83%) SCCM
3 5 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.91%) Ansible
4 4 (1.91%) Terraform
5 3 (1.44%) HP ALM
5 3 (1.44%) Kibana
5 3 (1.44%) WSUS
6 2 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.96%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (0.48%) Grafana
7 1 (0.48%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.48%) Iperf
7 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.66%) Oracle
3 7 (3.35%) IBM
4 6 (2.87%) Adobe
4 6 (2.87%) HP
4 6 (2.87%) SAP
5 5 (2.39%) OpenLink
6 4 (1.91%) Databricks
6 4 (1.91%) Google
6 4 (1.91%) Optimizely
7 3 (1.44%) Micro Focus
7 3 (1.44%) PTC
7 3 (1.44%) Siemens
8 2 (0.96%) Ab Initio
8 2 (0.96%) Apple
8 2 (0.96%) Broadcom
8 2 (0.96%) Dell
8 2 (0.96%) Maxymiser
8 2 (0.96%) Murex
8 2 (0.96%) VMware