Smoke Testing (including Confidence Testing, Sanity Testing)
Dorset > Poole
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Poole requiring Smoke Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Apr 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 2 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Smoke Testing | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Poole | 14.29% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 16.67% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | - | - |
| Dorset median daily rate | £350 | - | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Poole
Smoke 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 Poole.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Poole | 85.71% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £449 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £306 | £514 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | £625 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.00% | +13.64% | +2.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £513 | £731 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £610 | £743 | - |
| Dorset median daily rate | £410 | £475 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.68% | +11.76% | -14.14% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Poole
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Smoke Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Poole.
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Daily Rate Trend in Poole
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Poole citing Smoke Testing.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Poole 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: