Software Testing Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Software Testing
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Software Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 11 15
Rank change year-on-year - +4 -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 0 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford - 1.85% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 2.50% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £260 -
Oxfordshire median daily rate - £260 £488
% change year-on-year - -46.67% -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49 40 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 90.74% 74.07% 76.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 34 57
10th Percentile £222 £189 £152
25th Percentile £250 £251 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% +15.63% -11.11%
75th Percentile £515 £534 £488
90th Percentile £580 £575 £643
Oxfordshire median daily rate £448 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.79% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.15 - -
Median hourly rate £51.08 - -
75th Percentile £87.97 - -
90th Percentile £89.63 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £25.15 £25.50 £32.32
% change year-on-year -1.35% -21.12% +72.70%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Oxford

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Software Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Software Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Software Testing