Compatibility Testing Contract Job Trends in the South East

Compatibility Testing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Compatibility Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Compatibility Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.022% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.026% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
England median daily rate £400 £504 £441
% change year-on-year -20.63% +14.18% -11.72%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Compatibility 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 3,827 2,882 4,728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.61% 89.42% 88.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,524 1,772 2,936
10th Percentile £250 £250 £213
25th Percentile £393 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £613
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 105 328
10th Percentile £14.50 £18.58 £13.55
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.18 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.58 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.61% -5.26% +7.34%
75th Percentile £54.06 £62.50 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.95 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.31 £36.34
% change year-on-year -26.69% -5.59% +3.81%

Compatibility Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Compatibility Testing job vacancy trend in the South East

Compatibility Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Compatibility Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Compatibility 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 Compatibility Testing within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 January 2026. 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 - 1 £400 - 1
Thames Valley - 1 £400 - 1
Compatibility Testing
England

Compatibility 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Software Packaging
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware