Agile Testing Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Agile Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Agile Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - 144
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Agile Testing 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.19% - 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% - 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - £375
75th Percentile £440 - £388
90th Percentile £452 - -
South East median daily rate £420 £438 £498
% change year-on-year -4.00% -12.06% -5.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Agile 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,472 1,895 2,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.81% 85.40% 90.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 897 1,066 1,678
10th Percentile £270 £280 £275
25th Percentile £400 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £524
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.72% +4.85%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 81 90
10th Percentile £14.20 £18.70 £16.39
25th Percentile £15.13 £30.41 £24.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.00% +16.98% +163.16%
75th Percentile £44.68 £67.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £86.08 £75.03
South East median hourly rate £20.73 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -63.85% +8.21% +75.90%

Agile Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Agile Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Agile Testing in the Thames Valley

Agile Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Agile Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Agile Testing

Agile Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Agile Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Agile Testing

Agile Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Agile Testing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 September 2025. 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
Berkshire - 3 £420 - 1
Agile Testing
South East

Agile Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Test Manager
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) ERP
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (100.00%) Workday