Software Testing
North West > Merseyside
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 26 | - | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +13 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Software Testing | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside | 0.55% | - | 4.13% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.65% | - | 4.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £488 |
| 25th Percentile | £263 | - | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £275 | - | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £288 | - | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £620 |
| North West median daily rate | £370 | £388 | £438 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.52% | -11.43% | -5.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £50.00 |
| North West median hourly rate | £31.38 | £40.33 | £45.88 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.18% | -12.11% | +86.54% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside
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 Merseyside.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 155 | 149 | 209 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside | 84.70% | 71.98% | 86.36% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 98 | 76 | 137 |
| 10th Percentile | £129 | £176 | £255 |
| 25th Percentile | £213 | £213 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £445 | £420 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.95% | -16.00% | +16.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £573 | £513 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £682 | £594 | £600 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 10 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.37 | £15.35 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.21 | £19.14 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.30 | £27.69 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -37.52% | +38.44% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £17.44 | £39.06 | £34.25 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £54.00 | £50.00 |
| North West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £35.36 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.87% | +1.03% | +60.70% |
Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Software Testing.
Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Software Testing.
Software Testing
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Merseyside
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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 28 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | - | 1 | £275 | - | 2 |
| Software Testing North West |
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Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:
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