Test Assurance Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Test Assurance
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Test Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 - 132
Rank change year-on-year - - +70
Contract jobs citing Test Assurance 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.032% - 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £358 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £366 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.73%
75th Percentile £374 - £438
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £440 £380
% change year-on-year +25.00% +15.79% -10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
England median hourly rate - - £55.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Test Assurance 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 2,729 1,983 2,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.31% 86.29% 84.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,704 1,248 1,515
10th Percentile £250 £250 £255
25th Percentile £377 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 71 95
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.10
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.87
Median hourly rate £19.50 £22.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -4.35% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £32.91 £51.50
90th Percentile £30.85 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

Test Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Assurance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Test Assurance job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Test Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Test Assurance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Test Assurance

Test Assurance
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Test Assurance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Test Assurance

Test Assurance
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 Test Assurance within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 December 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 - 1 £366 -
Test Assurance
England

Test Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA