Data-Driven Testing Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data-Driven Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data-Driven Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data-Driven 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 329 393 459
Rank change year-on-year +64 +66 +49
Contract jobs citing Data-Driven Testing 7 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.055% 0.029% 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.061% 0.034% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £608 - £588
25th Percentile £675 £575 £589
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £600 £606
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -1.03% +51.56%
75th Percentile £738 £628 £627
90th Percentile - £634 £629
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £613
% change year-on-year +4.17% -2.04% +39.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data-Driven 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Data-Driven Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data-Driven Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data-Driven Testing in the UK excluding London

Data-Driven Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data-Driven Testing in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Data-Driven Testing in the UK excluding London

Data-Driven Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data-Driven Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data-Driven Testing in the UK excluding London

Data-Driven Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data-Driven Testing in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Data-Driven Testing in the UK excluding London

Data-Driven Testing
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data-Driven Testing within the UK excluding London 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
South East +47 7 £725 +20.83%
Data-Driven Testing
UK

Data-Driven Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Big Data
2 2 (28.57%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) SpecFlow
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Electronics
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
1 3 (42.86%) Marketing
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Test Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Test Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Automation Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Data Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Automation Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Data Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Test Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Data Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Gherkin
1 3 (42.86%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) DevOps
2 5 (71.43%) Validation
3 3 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Component Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
3 3 (42.86%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (42.86%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (42.86%) Machine Learning
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Programme Management
3 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Test Management
3 3 (42.86%) Unit Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (28.57%) Data Integration
4 2 (28.57%) Data Validation
4 2 (28.57%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Data Quality
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Databricks
1 3 (42.86%) SAP