Exploratory Testing Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Exploratory Testing
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Exploratory Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Exploratory Testing 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.09% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £63.13 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 452 177 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 82.03% 83.49% 86.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 128 87
10th Percentile £350 £213 £350
25th Percentile £410 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% -7.50% -10.71%
75th Percentile £588 £573 £588
90th Percentile £638 £625 £638
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £453 £460 £500
% change year-on-year -1.52% -8.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 6 24
10th Percentile £17.00 £15.88 £18.25
25th Percentile £56.25 £17.22 £22.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £19.61 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +231.46% -58.72% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £41.72 £54.69
90th Percentile - £50.38 £69.63
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £65.00 £18.13 £19.50
% change year-on-year +258.62% -7.05% -

Exploratory Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Exploratory Testing job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Exploratory Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Exploratory Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Exploratory Testing

Exploratory Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Exploratory Testing in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Exploratory Testing in Newcastle upon Tyne

Exploratory Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Postman
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) REST
1 6 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 6 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 6 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 6 (100.00%) Test Management
1 6 (100.00%) User Stories
2 5 (83.33%) Configuration Management
2 5 (83.33%) Scrum
2 5 (83.33%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared