Tester Contracts in the South West

Tester
England > South West

The median Tester daily rate in the South West is £533 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 149 131
Rank change year-on-year +11 -18 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 12 24 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.38% 0.66% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.71% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 19 38
10th Percentile £420 £363 £356
25th Percentile £506 £406 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -7.22% +10.23%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £514
90th Percentile £590 £641 £541
England median daily rate £450 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.43
Median hourly rate - - £43.95
75th Percentile - - £46.48
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.15 £72.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -58.13% +289.19% +5.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 2,979 3,380 3,559
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 92.50% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,910 2,526 2,537
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £659
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 391 276 205
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £51.24 £17.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +10.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £78.00 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in the South West

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Tester in the South West

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in the South West

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Tester in the South West

Tester
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 Tester within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 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 0 8 £566 +25.83% 2
Gloucestershire +6 3 £513 -6.82% 2
Devon - 1 - - 2
Tester
England

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 5 (41.67%) Agile
1 5 (41.67%) Test Automation
2 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 3 (25.00%) CREST Certified
3 3 (25.00%) Red Team
3 3 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 3 (25.00%) QA
3 3 (25.00%) SQL
3 3 (25.00%) OSCP
3 3 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (16.67%) Open Source
4 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Black-Box Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Python
4 2 (16.67%) Scrum
4 2 (16.67%) Validation
4 2 (16.67%) Situational Awareness
4 2 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (16.67%) Software Quality Assurance
4 2 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (16.67%) Code Quality
4 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
4 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 2 (16.67%) White-Box Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Security Operations
5 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Research

Tester Skill Set
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 1 (8.33%) Apache
1 1 (8.33%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Apache Hive
1 1 (8.33%) Big Data
1 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (8.33%) Delta Lake
1 1 (8.33%) Hadoop
1 1 (8.33%) Metadata
1 1 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Selenium
1 1 (8.33%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Banking
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (8.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
1 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (8.33%) Cyberattack
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Agile
1 5 (41.67%) Test Automation
2 3 (25.00%) Red Team
2 3 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (16.67%) Black-Box Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Code Quality
3 2 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Open Source
3 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Scrum
3 2 (16.67%) Situational Awareness
3 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) Validation
3 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (16.67%) White-Box Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (8.33%) C
3 1 (8.33%) C++
3 1 (8.33%) Java
3 1 (8.33%) Perl
3 1 (8.33%) Ruby
3 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CREST Certified
1 3 (25.00%) OSCP
2 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
2 2 (16.67%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Cloudera
1 1 (8.33%) Databricks
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle