Software Testing
Shropshire > Telford
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Telford 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 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 31 | 26 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Software Testing | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford | 4.60% | 1.02% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 4.79% | 1.37% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £398 | £565 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £580 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.21% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £530 | £595 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £538 | - | - |
| Shropshire median daily rate | £515 | £580 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -11.21% | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Telford
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 Telford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 167 | 73 | 58 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford | 95.98% | 74.49% | 93.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 128 | 56 | 38 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £229 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £338 | £465 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £358 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +43.16% | -33.70% | +8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £503 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £549 | £519 | £577 |
| Shropshire median daily rate | £512 | £358 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | +43.09% | -33.46% | +7.60% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £14.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +79.64% | - | - |
| Shropshire median hourly rate | £31.31 | £14.00 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +123.61% | - | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Telford
Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Telford.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Telford
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Testing in Telford.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Telford
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Telford over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Telford 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: