Test Assurance Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Test Assurance
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring Test Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Assurance 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 1.11% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £62.00 - -
25th Percentile £63.13 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stevenage

Test Assurance 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 269 127 438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 74.93% 94.07% 87.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 40 46
10th Percentile £350 £445 £80
25th Percentile £425 £500 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £550 £388
Median % change year-on-year -13.09% +41.94% -8.82%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £575
90th Percentile £713 £625 £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £510 £550 £400
% change year-on-year -7.27% +37.50% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 57 294
10th Percentile £22.68 £38.59 £38.12
25th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +40.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £81.01 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.00 £75.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £62.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -19.35% +24.00% -20.00%

Test Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Assurance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

Test Assurance job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Test Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) GitLab
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Testing Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Testing Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 4 (100.00%) PLM
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) IBM