Software Testing Contracts in Portsmouth

Software Testing
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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 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 18 37 32
Rank change year-on-year +19 -5 -9
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 10 9 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 8.13% 3.01% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% 3.38% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £63 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -87.98% +21.02%
75th Percentile - - £553
90th Percentile - - £566
Hampshire median daily rate £400 £400 £520
% change year-on-year - -23.08% +19.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 6
10th Percentile £52.25 £59.00 £50.00
25th Percentile £55.59 £61.25 £55.31
Median hourly rate £59.13 £62.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.64% +7.83% +130.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £63.13 £63.88
90th Percentile £62.63 £65.61 £67.79
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.75 £62.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -6.85% +7.83% +130.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 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%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Portsmouth

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Portsmouth.

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Portsmouth

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Portsmouth.

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Portsmouth

Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (60.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 8 (80.00%) SNMP
3 3 (30.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 9 (90.00%) Git
1 9 (90.00%) JIRA
1 9 (90.00%) Robot Framework
2 8 (80.00%) GoogleTest
3 6 (60.00%) Bitbucket
4 5 (50.00%) Eclipse
5 3 (30.00%) Jenkins
6 1 (10.00%) Cucumber
6 1 (10.00%) Postman
6 1 (10.00%) Selenium
6 1 (10.00%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (10.00%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 8 (80.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (80.00%) CSS
1 8 (80.00%) HTML
2 3 (30.00%) Node.js
3 1 (10.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Agile
1 9 (90.00%) Scrum
2 8 (80.00%) SysML
2 8 (80.00%) UML
2 8 (80.00%) Validation
2 8 (80.00%) Verification and Validation
3 6 (60.00%) Prototyping
3 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
4 4 (40.00%) Integration Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (10.00%) Code Quality
6 1 (10.00%) Exploratory Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Manual Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 1 (10.00%) SDLC
6 1 (10.00%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C++
2 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (30.00%) Python
4 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Atlassian
1 6 (60.00%) Google
2 1 (10.00%) Twitter