Zephyr Contract Job Trends in the South East

D Software Zephyr
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Zephyr skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 - 201
Rank change year-on-year - - +34
Contract jobs citing Zephyr 2 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.042% - 0.16%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.41% - 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile - - £375
25th Percentile - - £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +24.09%
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - £478
England median daily rate £405 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -19.00% +17.65% -19.81%

All Development Application Skills
South East

Zephyr 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 482 407 584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 10.22% 13.00% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 231 381
10th Percentile £287 £350 £375
25th Percentile £363 £411 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -6.98% +1.42%
75th Percentile £550 £589 £615
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
England median daily rate £500 £508 £535
% change year-on-year -1.48% -5.14% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 18 34
10th Percentile £43.75 £50.28 £46.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £55.87 £54.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £61.50 £62.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.20% +3.75%
75th Percentile £75.00 £62.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £97.00 £66.88 £76.53
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%

Zephyr
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Zephyr job vacancy trend in the South East

Zephyr
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Zephyr
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 Zephyr within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 February 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
Kent - 2 £500 -
Zephyr
England

Zephyr
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification