Exploratory Testing Contracts in Surrey

Exploratory Testing
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for Exploratory Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Exploratory Testing over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 - 76
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Exploratory Testing 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 0.34% - 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% - 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £283 - -
25th Percentile £294 - £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £263
75th Percentile £344 - £269
90th Percentile £348 - -
South East median daily rate £350 £400 £388
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.23% -26.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

Exploratory 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 Surrey with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 482 575 800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 82.25% 85.57% 91.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 434 562
10th Percentile £213 £193 £213
25th Percentile £364 £341 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.45% +6.44%
75th Percentile £619 £623 £600
90th Percentile £699 £725 £688
South East median daily rate £501 £506 £500
% change year-on-year -1.14% +1.25% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 32 22
10th Percentile £11.71 £30.80 £17.59
25th Percentile £13.25 £42.50 £19.88
Median hourly rate £18.35 £45.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.22% +40.63% -26.44%
75th Percentile £46.25 £59.07 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £62.55 £56.18
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -12.62%

Exploratory Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing Exploratory Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Exploratory Testing in Surrey

Exploratory Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Exploratory Testing in Surrey.

Daily rate trend for Exploratory Testing in Surrey

Exploratory Testing
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Exploratory Testing within the Surrey 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
Redhill - 2 £325 -
Exploratory Testing
South East

Exploratory Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Test Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Unix Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Unix Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) HNC
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA