Toad Contract Job Trends in the South East

Quest Toad
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Toad skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 176 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs citing Toad 5 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.13% 0.073% -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.13% 0.58% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £360 - -
25th Percentile £361 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.13% - -
75th Percentile £381 - -
90th Percentile £385 - -
England median daily rate £368 £350 £600
% change year-on-year +5.00% -41.67% +11.11%

All Development Application Skills
South East

Toad 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 441 518 685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.52% 12.52% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 313 462
10th Percentile £260 £347 £382
25th Percentile £368 £390 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £534
Median % change year-on-year - -11.01% -0.23%
75th Percentile £550 £585 £600
90th Percentile £625 £650 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 31 34
10th Percentile £50.00 £51.25 £50.38
25th Percentile £50.50 £55.87 £54.40
Median hourly rate £58.50 £66.00 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +13.30% -10.38%
75th Percentile £78.75 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Toad job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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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 Toad within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 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
West Sussex -6 2 £368 -8.13%
East Sussex - 2 - -
Surrey - 1 - -
Toad
England

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Tricentis Tosca
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Tester
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Defect Management
3 2 (40.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) Korn
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Ariba
2 2 (40.00%) webMethods
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft