Performance Testing Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Performance Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Performance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 115 134
Rank change year-on-year +12 +19 +22
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 13 10 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.75% 0.46% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.54% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 3
10th Percentile £350 - £487
25th Percentile £475 - £532
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £615
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -26.83% +2.50%
75th Percentile £544 £472 £623
90th Percentile £550 £511 -
South East median daily rate £500 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% -13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,568 1,868 2,404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.43% 86.08% 90.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 969 1,060 1,613
10th Percentile £268 £300 £250
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +3.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 73 92
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.71 £16.44
25th Percentile £15.91 £27.75 £25.19
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.30 £54.47
Median % change year-on-year -56.86% +7.03% +182.97%
75th Percentile £46.70 £63.00 £68.44
90th Percentile £72.55 £75.17 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £58.49 £54.37
% change year-on-year -64.46% +7.58% +55.34%

Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Performance Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Performance Testing job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Testing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Testing in the Thames Valley

Performance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Performance 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 Performance Testing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 October 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 +15 12 £500 +11.11% 5
Buckinghamshire - 1 £350 -
Performance Testing
South East

Performance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (69.23%) NoSQL
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (69.23%) JIRA
2 2 (15.38%) Cypress.io
2 2 (15.38%) NUnit
2 2 (15.38%) Selenium
3 1 (7.69%) SoapUI
General
1 10 (76.92%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Cloud Engineer
2 7 (53.85%) AWS Engineer
3 6 (46.15%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (30.77%) AWS DevOps
4 4 (30.77%) AWS DevOps Engineer
5 2 (15.38%) Automation Tester
5 2 (15.38%) Tester
6 1 (7.69%) Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Senior
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Senior Test Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Test Analyst
6 1 (7.69%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
1 2 (15.38%) Playwright
2 1 (7.69%) RFC 2544
2 1 (7.69%) SOAP
2 1 (7.69%) XML
2 1 (7.69%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.69%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Test Automation
2 11 (84.62%) CI/CD
2 11 (84.62%) DevOps
2 11 (84.62%) End-to-End Testing
2 11 (84.62%) Test Scripting
3 10 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (76.92%) Scenario Testing
3 10 (76.92%) Validation
4 9 (69.23%) Analytical Thinking
4 9 (69.23%) High Availability
4 9 (69.23%) Load Testing
4 9 (69.23%) Risk Analysis
4 9 (69.23%) Verification and Validation
5 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Unit Testing
6 2 (15.38%) API Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Defect Management
6 2 (15.38%) Service Management
7 1 (7.69%) ITIL
7 1 (7.69%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) SQL
2 9 (69.23%) Python
3 2 (15.38%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) SC Cleared
1 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
2 9 (69.23%) AWS Certification
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) ISEB
3 1 (7.69%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (7.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco
1 1 (7.69%) Compaq
1 1 (7.69%) HP
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) Terracotta
1 1 (7.69%) webMethods