Stress Testing Contracts in the South East

Stress Testing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Stress Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Stress Testing over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 173 206
Rank change year-on-year +19 +33 +61
Contract jobs citing Stress Testing 6 10 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.25% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 6
10th Percentile £570 £350 -
25th Percentile £600 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -11.11% -13.46%
75th Percentile - - £521
90th Percentile - £500 £545
England median daily rate £715 £400 £675
% change year-on-year +78.75% -40.74% +4.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Stress 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 3,199 4,018 4,965
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.91% 82.66% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,997 2,464 3,358
10th Percentile £250 £255 £252
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £518
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.39% +3.60%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £622
90th Percentile £665 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 319 233
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.00 £15.30
25th Percentile £15.13 £26.25 £21.05
Median hourly rate £21.58 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.38% +14.70% +98.02%
75th Percentile £50.00 £70.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.60 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £41.02
% change year-on-year -40.82% +3.61% +53.35%

Stress Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Stress Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Stress Testing in the South East

Stress Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Stress Testing in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Stress Testing in the South East

Stress Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Stress Testing in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Stress Testing in the South East

Stress 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 Stress Testing within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
Thames Valley +8 6 £650 +8.33%
Buckinghamshire +7 6 £650 +8.33%
Stress Testing
England

Stress Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (83.33%) SAS
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Credit Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Credit Risk Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Actuary
2 1 (16.67%) Credit Risk Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Financial Controller
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Internal Audit
3 2 (33.33%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) IFRS
1 5 (83.33%) IFRS 9