NeoLoad Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Neotys NeoLoad
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring NeoLoad skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 - 395
Rank change year-on-year - - +102
Contract jobs citing NeoLoad 5 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.027% - 0.026%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.19% - 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £401 - -
25th Percentile £401 - £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.05%
75th Percentile £423 - £438
90th Percentile £432 - -
UK median daily rate £415 £600 £426
% change year-on-year -30.83% +40.76% -13.89%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

NeoLoad falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,650 1,931 2,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.50% 13.00% 12.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,829 1,172 1,648
10th Percentile £320 £325 £363
25th Percentile £400 £394 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £483 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% -5.90% -2.29%
75th Percentile £551 £575 £600
90th Percentile £644 £656 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.74% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 73 178
10th Percentile £39.53 £46.18 £46.18
25th Percentile £54.94 £54.36 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £77.50
90th Percentile £82.70 £75.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%

NeoLoad
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NeoLoad relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

NeoLoad job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

NeoLoad
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NeoLoad.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NeoLoad

NeoLoad
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 NeoLoad within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Midlands - 4 £403 -
West Midlands - 4 £403 -
South East - 1 £425 - 3
NeoLoad
UK

NeoLoad
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Lead
1 4 (80.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 5 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared