Tester Contracts in Swindon

Tester
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Tester daily rate in Swindon is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 34 31
Rank change year-on-year +15 -3 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 3 2 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 2.38% 0.86% 2.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.59% 0.86% 3.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - £393 £423
25th Percentile - £404 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £430 £485
Median % change year-on-year +39.53% -11.34% +55.20%
75th Percentile - £462 £510
90th Percentile - £477 £515
Wiltshire median daily rate £566 £450 £485
% change year-on-year +25.83% -7.22% -3.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 116 232 299
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 100.00% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 186 208
10th Percentile £144 £200 £247
25th Percentile £200 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.07% +3.75% +14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £755 £694 £665
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £550 £508
% change year-on-year - +8.37% +6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 3
10th Percentile £13.89 - £15.18
25th Percentile £14.36 - £15.44
Median hourly rate £16.50 £63.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -73.81% +265.22% -27.25%
75th Percentile £30.25 - £26.19
90th Percentile - - £30.73
Wiltshire median hourly rate £16.50 £65.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -74.81% +19.09% +22.22%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Swindon

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Daily rate trend for Tester in Swindon

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Hourly rate trend for Tester in Swindon

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 Swindon region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) OSCP
1 3 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 3 (100.00%) Red Team
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) Perl
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (33.33%) Cyberattack
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Ruby
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (33.33%) OWASP
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Cyberattack
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Red Team
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Application Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
3 1 (33.33%) OWASP
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) Ruby
1 1 (33.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 3 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS