Tester Contracts in Southampton

Tester
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Tester daily rate in Southampton is £460, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 2.78% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.83% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £356 - -
25th Percentile £390 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 - -
75th Percentile £530 - -
90th Percentile £565 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £401 £210 £420
% change year-on-year +90.95% -50.00% -6.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 106 141 143
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.15% 83.43% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 84 100
10th Percentile £139 £200 £240
25th Percentile £313 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.12% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £593
90th Percentile £617 £713 £665
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 10
10th Percentile - £15.73 £16.00
25th Percentile - £62.50 £17.31
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £23.79
Median % change year-on-year - +194.24% +35.40%
75th Percentile - £80.00 £33.27
90th Percentile - - £45.03
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Southampton

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Tester in Southampton.

Daily rate trend for Tester in Southampton

Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Tester in Southampton over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Tester in Southampton

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Tester in Southampton.

Hourly rate trend for Tester in Southampton

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Southampton region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) TestRail
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Aviation
3 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) CCIE
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) CCDP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) CCDE
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) TestRail
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aviation
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCDE
1 1 (33.33%) CCDP
1 1 (33.33%) CCIE
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
20 Tester jobs in Hampshire