Software Testing Contract Job Trends in Newton Abbot

Software Testing
Devon > Newton Abbot

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newton Abbot requiring Software Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newton Abbot 25.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £413 £488 £600
% change year-on-year -15.38% -18.75% -15.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newton Abbot

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 Newton Abbot.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newton Abbot 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £430
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £500 £338 £458
% change year-on-year +48.15% -26.23% -3.68%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Newton Abbot

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Newton Abbot

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newton Abbot 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python