System Testing Contracts in the Midlands

System Testing
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for System Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited System Testing over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 145 190
Rank change year-on-year +23 +45 -43
Contract jobs citing System Testing 16 21 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.58% 0.61% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.69% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 8
10th Percentile £351 £203 £347
25th Percentile £356 £350 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £360 £380
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -5.26% -10.59%
75th Percentile £536 £438 £430
90th Percentile - £530 £485
England median daily rate £500 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

System 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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,263 3,046 4,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.26% 88.47% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,509 2,126 3,289
10th Percentile £235 £250 £249
25th Percentile £356 £370 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £675 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 119 151
10th Percentile £11.07 £11.96 £10.00
25th Percentile £13.81 £15.05 £13.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.72 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +1.37% +9.25%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.81 £22.05
90th Percentile £55.00 £55.50 £34.50
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for System Testing in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing System Testing in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for System Testing in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing System Testing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for System Testing in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing System Testing in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for System Testing in the Midlands

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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 System Testing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
West Midlands +18 10 £500 +29.87% 13
East Midlands +27 6 £363 +0.69% 7
System Testing
England

System 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 1 (6.25%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Ant
2 1 (6.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (6.25%) Bitbucket
General
1 1 (6.25%) Automotive
1 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
1 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Developer
1 8 (50.00%) SQL Developer
2 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Test Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Data Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Oracle Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Product Owner
4 1 (6.25%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Senior PMO
4 1 (6.25%) Test Manager
4 1 (6.25%) UAT Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) UAT Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Agile
2 9 (56.25%) Software Testing
3 8 (50.00%) Scrum
4 6 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Manual Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Performance Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
5 4 (25.00%) Web Testing
6 1 (6.25%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (6.25%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (6.25%) Backlog Management
6 1 (6.25%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 1 (6.25%) End-to-End Testing
6 1 (6.25%) Product Backlog
6 1 (6.25%) Product Roadmap
6 1 (6.25%) Roadmaps
6 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (6.25%) Test Automation
6 1 (6.25%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) SQL
2 7 (43.75%) Bash
2 7 (43.75%) Bourne shell
2 7 (43.75%) Korn
2 7 (43.75%) PL/SQL
3 1 (6.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (12.50%) ISTQB
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) PMO
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft