JMeter Contract Job Trends in the South East

Apache JMeter
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East citing JMeter skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 163 169
Rank change year-on-year -58 +6 +42
Contract jobs citing JMeter 13 9 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.19% 0.24% 0.24%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.37% 2.07% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 6
10th Percentile - £302 £413
25th Percentile £275 £320 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £370 £523
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -29.19% -8.33%
75th Percentile £400 £388 £586
90th Percentile £471 £445 £594
England median daily rate £448 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +5.35% -10.53% -5.00%

All Development Application Skills
South East

JMeter falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing development application skills in the South East.

6 months to
1 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing development application skills 548 435 525
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 8.22% 11.52% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 316 319
10th Percentile £275 £260 £338
25th Percentile £393 £366 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -10.38%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £585
90th Percentile £673 £628 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 19 32
10th Percentile £47.50 £50.00 £51.53
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.50 £55.87
Median hourly rate £62.00 £58.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.98% -10.69% +13.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £78.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.51 £89.63 £74.88
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

JMeter Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

JMeter job vacancy trend in the South East

JMeter Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

JMeter Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JMeter in the South East over the 6 months to 1 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for JMeter in the South East

JMeter Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

JMeter 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 JMeter within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Surrey - 7 £275 - 1
Berkshire - 5 £448 - 1
Thames Valley - 5 £448 - 1
West Sussex - 1 £297 -
JMeter
England

JMeter Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Development Applications

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1LoadRunner84.6%11
2Gatling53.8%7
3JIRA38.5%5
4NeoLoad23.1%3
5Selenium15.4%2
6Burp Suite7.7%1
6Cypress.io7.7%1
6Jenkins7.7%1
6Postman7.7%1
6Tricentis qTest7.7%1
6Zephyr7.7%1