Agile Testing Contract Job Trends in the South East

Agile Testing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Agile Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 179 210
Rank change year-on-year +6 +31 +53
Contract jobs citing Agile Testing 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.13% 0.048% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.057% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile - £408 £570
25th Percentile £420 £419 £576
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £438 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% -27.08% +22.20%
75th Percentile £460 £456 £621
90th Percentile £461 £468 £627
England median daily rate £420 £400 £605
% change year-on-year +5.00% -33.88% +19.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £47.50 - £45.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Agile 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,402 3,529 4,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.91% 84.65% 89.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,148 2,151 3,178
10th Percentile £219 £258 £221
25th Percentile £389 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £616
90th Percentile £655 £688 £696
England median daily rate £509 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.05% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 373 168 248
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £24.88
Median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.40% +10.80% +40.00%
75th Percentile £33.05 £70.00 £66.30
90th Percentile £68.50 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.93% -15.73% +27.14%

Agile Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Agile Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Agile Testing job vacancy trend in the South East

Agile Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Agile Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Agile Testing

Agile Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Agile Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Agile Testing

Agile Testing
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Testing within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 4 £440 - 1
Thames Valley - 4 £440 - 2
Hampshire -7 1 - -
Agile Testing
England

Agile Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Postman
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
1 1 (20.00%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Test Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategist
3 1 (20.00%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Business Continuity
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (80.00%) ERP
2 4 (80.00%) Integration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Resilience Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Scenario Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Test Management
2 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (80.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow
1 4 (80.00%) Workday