The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth requiring Exploratory Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Exploratory Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
27
-
40
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Exploratory Testing
1
0
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth
Exploratory 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 Portsmouth.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
100
266
227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth
81.30%
88.96%
92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted
58
112
138
10th Percentile
£363
£400
£201
25th Percentile
£438
£450
£355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£573
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-3.93%
+14.50%
+4.17%
75th Percentile
£613
£675
£574
90th Percentile
£660
£848
£672
Hampshire median daily rate
£550
£581
£525
% change year-on-year
-5.25%
+10.57%
+5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
18
100
22
10th Percentile
£40.88
£51.06
£45.06
25th Percentile
£53.13
£53.40
£51.44
Median hourly rate
£58.88
£59.44
£57.50
Median % change year-on-year
-0.95%
+3.37%
+27.78%
75th Percentile
£63.44
£65.00
£67.02
90th Percentile
£66.88
£76.86
£70.00
Hampshire median hourly rate
£57.63
£57.35
£53.00
% change year-on-year
+0.48%
+8.21%
+113.80%
Exploratory Testing Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth
Job postings citing Exploratory Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.
Exploratory Testing Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Exploratory Testing in Portsmouth.
Exploratory Testing Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Exploratory Testing also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Portsmouth region with a requirement for Exploratory Testing.
Exploratory Testing Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:
