Exploratory Testing Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Exploratory Testing
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Exploratory Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Exploratory Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.14% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £485 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
75th Percentile £495 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £490 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Exploratory 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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 557 156 336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 77.47% 92.86% 85.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 121 245
10th Percentile £313 £286 £277
25th Percentile £414 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -
75th Percentile £592 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 20
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.68 £15.85
25th Percentile £15.80 £14.69 £17.64
Median hourly rate £16.35 £17.25 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% -25.69% +68.84%
75th Percentile £18.32 £28.81 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £43.78 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £16.35 £14.20 £25.00
% change year-on-year +15.14% -43.20% +81.82%

Exploratory Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Exploratory Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Exploratory Testing job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Exploratory Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Exploratory Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Exploratory Testing

Exploratory Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Manager
1 1 (100.00%) QA Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) VMware