End-to-End Testing Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

End-to-End Testing
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring End-to-End Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 26 27
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 +5
Contract jobs citing End-to-End Testing 4 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 1.61% 2.11% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 2.70% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £454 £166 -
25th Percentile £459 £328 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £456 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -8.75% -
75th Percentile £502 £488 -
90th Percentile £504 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £470
% change year-on-year -3.85% +10.64% -14.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

End-to-End 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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 225 148 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 90.36% 77.89% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 66 76
10th Percentile £263 £146 £200
25th Percentile £325 £168 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +18.75% -19.96%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £527
90th Percentile £636 £650 £613
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 17 9
10th Percentile £12.52 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £14.78 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +27.01%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.25 £16.00
90th Percentile - £43.00 £18.15
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £37.39 £43.17
% change year-on-year -32.80% -13.38% +26.81%

End-to-End Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing End-to-End Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

End-to-End Testing job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

End-to-End Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing End-to-End Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing End-to-End Testing

End-to-End Testing
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing End-to-End Testing within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 27 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim -9 4 £481 +5.48% 6
End-to-End Testing
UK

End-to-End Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) TestRail
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Test and Validation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) HP