Software Testing Contracts in Milton Keynes

Software Testing
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes with a requirement for Software Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Testing over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 68 54
Rank change year-on-year +25 -14 -12
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 4 4 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 0.97% 0.53% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 0.56% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £379 £312 £343
25th Percentile £418 £320 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £344 £425
Median % change year-on-year +42.55% -19.12% +47.83%
75th Percentile £568 £370 £488
90th Percentile £610 £381 £555
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £490 £344 £425
% change year-on-year +42.55% -19.12% +45.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Software 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 Milton Keynes with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 353 718 578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 85.47% 95.61% 87.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 584 444
10th Percentile £286 £268 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £473 £461
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £560 £550
90th Percentile £725 £650 £638
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £475 £460
% change year-on-year - +3.26% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 1 33
10th Percentile £15.85 - £10.43
25th Percentile £17.64 £9.50 -
Median hourly rate £23.22 £10.00 £10.77
Median % change year-on-year +132.15% -7.15% -17.03%
75th Percentile £30.00 £10.50 £12.75
90th Percentile £48.75 - £18.21
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.00 £10.00 £10.77
% change year-on-year +150.00% -7.15% -17.15%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Milton Keynes

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Milton Keynes.

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Milton Keynes

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in Milton Keynes

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Milton Keynes.

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Milton Keynes

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Software Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Software Test Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Test Automation Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Test Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA