Performance Testing
Somerset > Taunton
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Taunton requiring Performance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
16 May 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
15 |
- |
11 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs citing Performance Testing |
5 |
0 |
1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Taunton |
8.47% |
- |
3.33% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
10.20% |
- |
3.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
- |
- |
£600 |
| Somerset median daily rate |
- |
£610 |
£600 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+1.67% |
+14.29% |
Performance 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 Taunton.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills |
49 |
9 |
29 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton |
83.05% |
100.00% |
96.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
21 |
8 |
24 |
| 10th Percentile |
£400 |
£614 |
£550 |
| 25th Percentile |
£431 |
£620 |
£569 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£450 |
£883 |
£600 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-49.01% |
+47.08% |
-9.06% |
| 75th Percentile |
£600 |
£925 |
£606 |
| 90th Percentile |
£630 |
£1,045 |
£621 |
| Somerset median daily rate |
£516 |
£550 |
£500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-6.14% |
+10.00% |
-0.99% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
3 |
1 |
4 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£37.25 |
- |
£12.50 |
| Median hourly rate |
£40.54 |
£12.45 |
£13.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+225.62% |
-4.23% |
-25.71% |
| 75th Percentile |
£43.84 |
- |
£14.25 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
£15.60 |
| Somerset median hourly rate |
£57.50 |
£18.51 |
£25.00 |
| % change year-on-year |
+210.64% |
-25.96% |
-50.00% |
Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Performance Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton.
Performance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Taunton citing Performance Testing.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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:
