Performance Testing Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Performance Testing
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Performance Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 127 138
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 +38
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 14 5 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.55% 0.19% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.23% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 7
10th Percentile £400 - £391
25th Percentile £425 £356 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £363 £425
Median % change year-on-year +31.03% -14.71% -15.00%
75th Percentile £500 £497 £438
90th Percentile £538 £574 £483
England median daily rate £454 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -7.16% -2.20% -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Performance 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,235 2,192 2,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.48% 81.55% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,446 1,455 1,755
10th Percentile £235 £256 £250
25th Percentile £360 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £572 £612 £600
90th Percentile £650 £695 £706
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 85 93
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.75 £13.27
25th Percentile £16.17 £14.70 £20.00
Median hourly rate £21.39 £21.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.86% -23.64% +52.78%
75th Percentile £26.69 £37.50 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +53.90%

Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Performance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Performance Testing in the Midlands

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Performance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Performance Testing

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Testing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Testing in the Midlands

Performance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Performance Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Performance Testing

Performance Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Testing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +4 14 £475 -20.83% 5
Performance Testing
England

Performance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (14.29%) Confluence
2 1 (7.14%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) GitHub
1 2 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 10 (71.43%) JIRA
2 5 (35.71%) Jenkins
3 3 (21.43%) Git
3 3 (21.43%) GitLab
3 3 (21.43%) JMeter
4 2 (14.29%) Cypress.io
4 2 (14.29%) LoadRunner
4 2 (14.29%) Postman
4 2 (14.29%) REST Assured
4 2 (14.29%) Selenium
4 2 (14.29%) TestNG
4 2 (14.29%) Travis CI
5 1 (7.14%) ClearCase
General
1 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Tester
2 2 (14.29%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Lead
3 1 (7.14%) Performance Test Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Performance Tester
3 1 (7.14%) Quality Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) SAP Manager
3 1 (7.14%) SAP Test Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Software Tester
3 1 (7.14%) Test Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Test Leader
3 1 (7.14%) Test Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Testing Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) RESTful
2 1 (7.14%) Web Services
2 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (42.86%) SCADA
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
1 1 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Functional Testing
2 6 (42.86%) Agile
2 6 (42.86%) Network Monitoring
2 6 (42.86%) Systems Engineering
3 5 (35.71%) CI/CD
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
3 5 (35.71%) Test Strategy
4 4 (28.57%) API Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Regression Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Security Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Test Scripting
5 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
5 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) DevOps
6 2 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
6 2 (14.29%) SIEM
6 2 (14.29%) Test Management
6 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Bash
1 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 2 (14.29%) Python
1 2 (14.29%) TypeScript
2 1 (7.14%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
1 3 (21.43%) ISTQB
2 2 (14.29%) CEH
2 2 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (7.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) QA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Kibana
1 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Atlassian
1 1 (7.14%) Micro Focus
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle
1 1 (7.14%) SAP