Software Testing Contract Job Trends in Solihull

Software Testing
West Midlands > Solihull

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Solihull requiring Software Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 19 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Solihull 3.53% 1.64% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 1.72% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £420 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% -13.51%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Solihull

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 Solihull.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77 58 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Solihull 90.59% 95.08% 79.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 42 29
10th Percentile £351 £228 £313
25th Percentile £413 £358 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £446 £415
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% +7.47% -24.55%
75th Percentile £531 £588 £489
90th Percentile £608 £624 £500
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £514
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.68% +2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £21.13 - -
25th Percentile £24.08 - £15.00
Median hourly rate £28.40 - £16.00
75th Percentile £37.46 - £17.00
90th Percentile £40.03 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £23.70 £23.05
% change year-on-year -5.04% +2.80% -16.18%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Solihull

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

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

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

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Solihull

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

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

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 3 (100.00%) JUnit
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
1 3 (100.00%) WebDriver
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 3 (100.00%) SDET
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA