TestRail Contract Job Trends in the South East

Gurock TestRail
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring TestRail skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 154 193
Rank change year-on-year 0 +39 +58
Contract jobs citing TestRail 5 27 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.14% 0.58% 0.34%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.28% 5.02% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 26 11
10th Percentile - £375 £513
25th Percentile £513 £475 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £616
90th Percentile £564 £603 £623
England median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +17.95%

All Development Application Skills
South East

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 390 538 710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.20% 11.60% 12.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 342 470
10th Percentile £285 £325 £363
25th Percentile £400 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £518 £543
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% -4.61% +4.23%
75th Percentile £550 £608 £618
90th Percentile £613 £651 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 32 38
10th Percentile - £45.12 £49.40
25th Percentile £50.00 £54.56 £52.97
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.50 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.03% +12.45% -7.91%
75th Percentile £73.00 £70.00 £69.69
90th Percentile £87.64 £73.38 £75.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

TestRail
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for TestRail in the South East

TestRail
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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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 TestRail within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 September 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
Hampshire +1 5 £525 -4.55%
TestRail
England

TestRail
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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Test Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 4 (80.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Line Management
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared