pytest Contracts in the South West

pytest
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring pytest skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited pytest over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 155 162
Rank change year-on-year +45 +7 +14
Contract jobs citing pytest 1 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.060% 0.063% 0.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.34% 0.47% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £469 £429
25th Percentile - £478 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £513 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -14.58% -20.00%
75th Percentile - £553 -
90th Percentile - £566 -
England median daily rate £470 £506 £600
% change year-on-year -7.16% -15.63% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South West

pytest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 292 429 561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 17.40% 13.41% 15.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 286 445
10th Percentile £355 £313 £387
25th Percentile £445 £400 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.38% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £625
90th Percentile £725 £703 £700
England median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 50 18
10th Percentile £61.25 £43.75 £49.25
25th Percentile £64.38 £45.00 £50.66
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.75 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.72% -4.78% -9.52%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.33 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £85.00 £78.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing pytest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for pytest in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing pytest in the South West.

Daily rate trend for pytest in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing pytest within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Gloucestershire +17 1 - - 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python