Software Testing
South Wales > Newport
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newport requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 23 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +21 |
| Contract jobs citing Software Testing | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport | - | - | 3.10% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 3.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £800 |
| South Wales median daily rate | - | £210 | £800 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -73.75% | +64.95% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Newport
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 Newport.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 48 | 83 | 126 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport | 88.89% | 90.22% | 97.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 39 | 84 |
| 10th Percentile | £161 | £133 | £273 |
| 25th Percentile | £260 | £188 | £458 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £413 | £425 | £549 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.94% | -22.55% | +3.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £553 | £625 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £626 | £638 | £696 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £413 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.50% | +5.26% | -2.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 18 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.35 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £20.12 | £16.98 | £16.98 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.75 | £23.93 | £18.14 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.43% | +31.92% | -27.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £41.25 | £75.75 | £19.98 |
| 90th Percentile | £45.00 | £87.80 | £49.25 |
| South Wales median hourly rate | £20.62 | £22.68 | £18.14 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +25.03% | -16.12% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Newport
Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newport.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newport
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Newport.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newport
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Newport.