Software Testing Contracts in Stevenage

Software Testing
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage requiring Software Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Testing 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 20 29 23
Rank change year-on-year +9 -6 0
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 8 36 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 6.40% 7.86% 9.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.72% 8.43% 10.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £350
Hertfordshire median daily rate £450 £420 £650
% change year-on-year +7.14% -35.38% +46.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 36 12
10th Percentile - - £56.63
25th Percentile £82.50 £61.25 £63.75
Median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £88.75 - £69.06
90th Percentile £89.50 - £70.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £85.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +30.77% - +32.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

Software Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 119 427 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 95.20% 93.23% 91.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 41 60
10th Percentile £348 £80 £273
25th Percentile £450 £258 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £375 £388
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% -3.23% -16.22%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £504
90th Percentile £628 £650 £607
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 298 133
10th Percentile £40.00 £38.12 £49.20
25th Percentile £55.00 £43.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £66.75 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.50% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £81.35 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £77.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Stevenage

Software Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Stevenage.

Daily rate trend for Software Testing in Stevenage

Software Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Stevenage.

Hourly rate trend for Software Testing in Stevenage

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Operational Technology
2 3 (37.50%) PCIe
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Apple iOS
2 3 (37.50%) FreeRTOS
2 3 (37.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) Coaching
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Security
1 5 (62.50%) Incident Management
1 5 (62.50%) Validation
2 3 (37.50%) SysML
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (37.50%) Test Scripting
2 3 (37.50%) UML
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) ServiceNow