System Testing Contracts in the South West

System Testing
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for System Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited System Testing over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 116 160
Rank change year-on-year -19 +44 -33
Contract jobs citing System Testing 22 51 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.69% 1.41% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.57% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 41 12
10th Percentile £450 £463 £413
25th Percentile £513 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +17.95% +14.71%
75th Percentile £706 £612 £550
90th Percentile £725 £675 £561
England median daily rate £500 £530 £500
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £49.25
Median hourly rate - - £50.50
75th Percentile - - £51.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.00 £62.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -66.40% +78.57% -22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

System Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,656 3,250 3,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.03% 89.63% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,696 2,395 2,328
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £404 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +6.30%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £590
90th Percentile £700 £719 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 335 194
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £17.00 £20.08
Median hourly rate £50.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.36 £69.95
England median hourly rate £36.00 £37.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -4.00% +53.06% +2.08%

System Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for System Testing 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 System Testing in the South West.

Daily rate trend for System Testing in the South West

System Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing System Testing in the South West over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for System Testing in the South West

System Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing System Testing in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for System Testing 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 System Testing within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
Wiltshire -12 12 £563 +2.27% 6
Bristol +27 3 £525 - 6
Dorset -7 2 £600 -1.80% 3
Devon - 2 £450 - 1
Gloucestershire - 1 £500 - 1
System Testing
England

System Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (36.36%) Confluence
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (9.09%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
2 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) VSAN
2 2 (9.09%) 4G
2 2 (9.09%) 5G
2 2 (9.09%) DHCP
2 2 (9.09%) DNS
2 2 (9.09%) Network Security
2 2 (9.09%) Skype
2 2 (9.09%) Unified Communications
2 2 (9.09%) VoIP
3 1 (4.55%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
1 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (45.45%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) Bitbucket
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 11 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 9 (40.91%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Finance
5 2 (9.09%) Aerospace
5 2 (9.09%) Automotive
5 2 (9.09%) Military
6 1 (4.55%) Marketing
6 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Lead
4 4 (18.18%) Consultant
4 4 (18.18%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 4 (18.18%) Lead Consultant
4 4 (18.18%) Test Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Integration Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Product Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Systems Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Test Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Windows Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (27.27%) Flash
2 1 (4.55%) .NET
2 1 (4.55%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.55%) CSS
2 1 (4.55%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Clustering
2 2 (9.09%) Data Structures
2 2 (9.09%) PKI
3 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 2 (9.09%) Linux
2 2 (9.09%) Windows 10
2 2 (9.09%) Windows 7
2 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
2 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Validation
2 8 (36.36%) Agile
2 8 (36.36%) Critical Thinking
2 8 (36.36%) NsoIT
2 8 (36.36%) Service Management
2 8 (36.36%) Waterfall
3 7 (31.82%) Computer Science
3 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (27.27%) High Availability
4 6 (27.27%) Network Virtualisation
4 6 (27.27%) Power Management
5 4 (18.18%) Data Migration
5 4 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (18.18%) Inventory Management
5 4 (18.18%) Migration
5 4 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (18.18%) Requirements Workshops
5 4 (18.18%) Supply Chain Management
5 4 (18.18%) Test Scripting
5 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 2 (9.09%) SQL
2 1 (4.55%) C++
2 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 12 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 10 (45.45%) Degree
3 7 (31.82%) CCNA
3 7 (31.82%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (27.27%) Master's Degree
4 6 (27.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (18.18%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) CCNP
7 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
7 1 (4.55%) ISTQB
7 1 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (4.55%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Def Stans
System Software
1 8 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (31.82%) VMware ESXi
2 7 (31.82%) VMware NSX
3 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (9.09%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (31.82%) vCenter Server
2 2 (9.09%) WSUS
3 1 (4.55%) Ansible
3 1 (4.55%) Progress Chef
3 1 (4.55%) Puppet
3 1 (4.55%) SCCM
3 1 (4.55%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 8 (36.36%) Atlassian
2 8 (36.36%) VMware
3 7 (31.82%) Cisco
4 2 (9.09%) SolarWinds
4 2 (9.09%) Veeam
5 1 (4.55%) Splunk