Software Testing Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Software Testing
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Software Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 43 51
Rank change year-on-year +10 +8 +20
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 9 4 9
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 3.19% 1.32% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.59% 1.54% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 3
10th Percentile - - £394
25th Percentile £325 £413 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -19.05% +50.00%
75th Percentile £563 £453 £550
90th Percentile £575 £463 £558
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £363 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -14.71% -15.00% +42.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 251 260 545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 89.01% 85.81% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 187 422
10th Percentile £227 £249 £275
25th Percentile £343 £396 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% -7.77% +5.64%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £600
90th Percentile £635 £633 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £438 £475 £515
% change year-on-year -7.89% -7.77% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 14
10th Percentile £15.12 £14.25 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.83 £14.18
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.25 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.80% +29.63% +58.82%
75th Percentile - £36.19 £24.00
90th Percentile - £37.12 £28.20
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.00 £30.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year -40.00% +48.15% +47.27%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

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

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in Milton Keynes

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Software Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Software Testing

Software 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) AWS
3 3 (33.33%) GCP
3 3 (33.33%) GitHub
3 3 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) MySQL
2 3 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (11.11%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JIRA
2 3 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 3 (33.33%) JUnit
2 3 (33.33%) Storybook
3 1 (11.11%) SoapUI
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Electronics
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 3 (33.33%) Marketing
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
1 6 (66.67%) Test Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Integration Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Integration Test Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) WebdriverIO
2 3 (33.33%) CSS
2 3 (33.33%) HTML
2 3 (33.33%) React
2 3 (33.33%) RESTful
2 3 (33.33%) Spring
2 3 (33.33%) Spring Boot
2 3 (33.33%) Vitest
3 1 (11.11%) Middleware
3 1 (11.11%) SOAP
3 1 (11.11%) Web Services
3 1 (11.11%) XML
3 1 (11.11%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) DevOps
1 7 (77.78%) End-to-End Testing
2 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) Agile
3 5 (55.56%) Data Migration
3 5 (55.56%) Defect Management
3 5 (55.56%) Integration Testing
3 5 (55.56%) Logistics
3 5 (55.56%) Migration
3 5 (55.56%) Scenario Testing
3 5 (55.56%) System Integration Testing
3 5 (55.56%) Test Automation
3 5 (55.56%) Test Planning
3 5 (55.56%) Waterfall
4 4 (44.44%) Microservices
4 4 (44.44%) Performance Testing
4 4 (44.44%) SDLC
4 4 (44.44%) Test Management
5 3 (33.33%) API Development
5 3 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) C#
2 4 (44.44%) VB
3 3 (33.33%) Java
3 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 3 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) ISEB
2 1 (11.11%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) Compaq
3 1 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) Terracotta
3 1 (11.11%) webMethods
5 Software Testing jobs in Milton Keynes