Load Testing
South West > Somerset
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset requiring Load Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Load 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 | 23 | - | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +5 |
| Contract jobs citing Load Testing | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset | 0.72% | - | 1.93% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.77% | - | 2.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £585 |
| 25th Percentile | £605 | - | £589 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £610 | - | £602 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +43.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £615 | - | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £625 |
| South West median daily rate | £568 | £590 | £602 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -2.00% | +44.21% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset
Load 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 Somerset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 130 | 154 | 186 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset | 93.53% | 75.86% | 89.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 80 | 86 | 140 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £159 | £234 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £397 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.00% | - | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £597 | £664 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £613 | £724 |
| South West median daily rate | £520 | £525 | £549 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.37% | +9.80% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 29 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.42 | £12.50 | £17.38 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £32.11 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.51 | £25.00 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.96% | -50.00% | +0.50% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £40.00 | £61.09 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £50.65 | £76.84 |
| South West median hourly rate | £63.00 | £50.00 | £61.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.00% | -18.70% | +26.16% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Job postings citing Load Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Load Testing in Somerset.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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: