Software Testing
Northamptonshire > Northampton
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northampton 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 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 39 | 31 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -8 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Software Testing | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton | 1.35% | 0.49% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.42% | 0.54% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £158 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £226 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £340 | £500 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -32.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Northamptonshire median daily rate | £340 | £500 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -32.00% | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Northampton
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 Northampton.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 211 | 185 | 102 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northampton | 95.05% | 91.13% | 85.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 182 | 143 | 80 |
| 10th Percentile | £260 | £355 | £190 |
| 25th Percentile | £327 | £374 | £300 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | £450 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +12.50% | -13.98% |
| 75th Percentile | £447 | £575 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £500 | £620 | £609 |
| Northamptonshire median daily rate | £390 | £445 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.36% | +11.25% | -13.98% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.81 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £21.39 | £14.00 | £14.52 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +52.79% | -3.58% | +32.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £35.75 | - |
| Northamptonshire median hourly rate | £21.39 | £14.00 | £51.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +52.79% | -72.55% | +64.52% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton
Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northampton.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northampton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Northampton.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Northampton
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Northampton over the 6 months to 11 June 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northampton
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Northampton.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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: