End-to-End Testing Contracts in the Thames Valley

End-to-End Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring End-to-End Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited End-to-End Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 135 131
Rank change year-on-year +44 -4 +10
Contract jobs citing End-to-End Testing 11 10 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.73% 0.37% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.43% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 11
10th Percentile £465 £381 £363
25th Percentile £475 £403 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £556 £438 £545
90th Percentile £603 £469 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £26.03 -
South East median hourly rate - £26.03 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

End-to-End 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 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

End-to-End Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for End-to-End Testing in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing End-to-End Testing in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for End-to-End Testing in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing End-to-End Testing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for End-to-End Testing in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing End-to-End Testing in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for End-to-End Testing in the Thames Valley

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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 End-to-End Testing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +33 8 £500 +17.65% 14
Oxfordshire +4 2 £525 - 6
Buckinghamshire +16 1 - - 13
End-to-End Testing
South East

End-to-End 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 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (18.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (9.09%) NoSQL
2 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
1 3 (27.27%) Postman
1 3 (27.27%) SpecFlow
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Electronics
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Consultant
1 3 (27.27%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
1 3 (27.27%) Tester
2 2 (18.18%) Automation Tester
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Data Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Automation Tester
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Data Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Test Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Tester
2 2 (18.18%) Test Automation Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Test Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Test Leader
2 2 (18.18%) Test Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) PySpark
2 2 (18.18%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (9.09%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Integration Testing
2 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
2 4 (36.36%) Test Strategy
2 4 (36.36%) Validation
3 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (27.27%) Data Validation
3 3 (27.27%) DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) Load Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Performance Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Product Backlog
3 3 (27.27%) System Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Test Management
3 3 (27.27%) Test Scripting
3 3 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (18.18%) Backlog Refinement
4 2 (18.18%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (18.18%) Data-Driven Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
2 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
2 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Databricks
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) SAP
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) Snow